Lennox Lewis responds to heavyweight Anthony Joshua’s ‘clown’ insult

Lennox Lewis has questioned why Anthony Joshua was allowed to brand him “a clown”. Joshua made the comment earlier this year following Lewis criticism for not fighting then fellow heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder. AJ went on to lose his belts to Andy Ruiz Jr in June. Now has overhauled his training regime in a bid to regain the belts. Lewis told the Undefeated podcast: "When AJ said Lennox Lewis is a clown, everybody was allowing him to say it but not asking him why. Why would he say that about the last undisputed champion, a legend? Please, tell me why he would say that. "I said he should have fought Wilder because if he wants to be the next undisputed he's got to fight Wilder. If you want to fight a guy then offer him proper money and don't allow your manager... you control your manager, tell him you want the fight. "No-one can say I ducked anybody, if I wanted a fight we negotiated a proper sum and we fought, we didn't give them pittance, you've got to give a man proper money. Will he be remembered for what he's done or for how much money he's made? "If he's the king of the hill he can control everything. He's doing his boxing career... who's his mentor? Who can he talk about real boxing with? Who knows the history of boxing?" Source- The Mirror

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