updated March 02, 2009

Lennox Lewis accomplished more in one boxing career than most people can imagine. And his decision to retire as the reigning heavyweight champion of the world in 2004 re-affirmed that this is a man who makes decisions for himself and sticks to his principles.

The former undisputed heavyweight champ, who retired with a career mark of 41-2-1, 32 KOs, is the expert commentator for the late-night HBO BOXING AFTER DARK series. It marks his first full-time announcing venture. The exclamation point on his ring career came in June of 2001 when in the highest grossing heavyweight pay-per-view fight in history, Lewis totally outclassed challenger Mike Tyson in Memphis, Tenn. The extraordinary event generated two million pay-per-view buys and re-affirmed that the man who won Olympic gold in 1988 was the top heavyweight of his era.

In June of 2009, Lewis leads a distinguished group of inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in upstate New York.

Lennox and his family reside in Miami.