"In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess."
"Thomas Hauser respects boxing and boxers. He gives readers insight into what happens in and out of the ring. Everything he writes is fair-minded and reality-based with a human touch."
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Source: Lennox Lewis' Retirement Speech, lennoxlewis.com. February 6, 2004.
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