South Africa Lennox Lewis

Lennox Lewis gets taped up before completing his final public workout under the Big Top at Carnival City in Johannesburg. He called around 100 Soweto youngsters into the ring after sparring five rounds with the Canadian Egerton Marcus for a special welcome and photographs. *...Lewis, who is still acclimatising to the 6,000ft altitude of Johannesburg in readiness for Sunday's title defence against Hasim Rahman, appeared deeply saddened by the soccer tragedy of Ellis Park in which 43 people died, and the world heavyweight champion joined those who gathered to mourn the country's worst sporting disaster. 29/4/01: Lewis hopes of an early rematch with Hasim Rahman look to be waning after American cable network Showtime declared that talks aimed at getting Mike Tyson a shot at the new world champion are proceeding nicely. (Photo by Nick Potts - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)