On April 22, 2001, the 35-year-old WBC and IBF heavyweight world champion, Lennox Lewis (38-1-1, 29 KOs), faced a 28-year-old American boxer Hasim Rahman (34-2, 28 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Lewis came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 11 days. Rahman was on a 3-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 18 days.
Hasim Rahman stopped the champion via KO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBC and IBF heavyweight champion. Rahman improves his record to 35-2 (29 KOs), while Lewis adds a loss to his record at 38-2-1.
On September 24, 1994, the 29-year-old WBC heavyweight world champion, Lennox Lewis (25-0, 21 KOs), faced a 29-year-old American boxer Oliver McCall (24-5, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Lewis came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. McCall was on a 5-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 29 days.
Oliver McCall made very easy work of Lennox Lewis, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. McCall improves his record to 25-5 (18 KOs), while Lewis adds a loss to his record at 25-1.