Lennox Lewis knocked out in the first round. Lewis retained the WBC world title in 1998 when he knocked out lineal champion Shannon Briggs, who had recently outpointed George Foreman in a controversial fight to win the lineal title in five rounds, and beat formerly-undefeated European champion Željko Mavrović from Croatia in a 12-round unanimous decision. Lewis stated in 2006 that his fight with Mavrovic was the most awkward win of his career. On 13 March 1999, Lewis faced WBA and IBF title holder Evander Holyfield in New York City in what was supposed to be a heavyweight unification bout. Lewis fought
Shannon Ritch Champion in bare knuckle boxing and ranked as high as the #2 heavyweight bare knuckle fighter in the UK. He plans to round out his professional boxing career in 2018 against boxing superstar Bobby Gunn. Shannon had a bare knuckle fight in 2018 for the BKB promotion in the UK against Jack Draper at BKB 6 hosted at the O2 Arena, losing in the second round after a controversial TKO and coming in with a 25-3 record. Ritch is set to fight again in bare knuckle boxing in 2019 for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships at BKFC 4 against Omar