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2000s: Top 10 Greatest Upsets

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Hasim Rahman def. Lennox Lewis

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2001 heavyweight title fight

Hasim Rahman def. Lennox Lewis
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Sports Illustrated boxing writer Richard Hoffer referred to the lightly regarded Rahman as "an upset winner of Buster Douglas magnitude." A 20-to-1 underdog who was fighting his first title bout, Rahman knocked out a poorly conditioned Lewis with a big right hand in the fifth round in South Africa. Lewis, perhaps looking ahead to a potential fight with former Douglas victim Mike Tyson, lost for only the second time in his career.
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