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I Used To Think Lennox Was a Gent. Now I KNOW He Is.
by Mr Bounce Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:46 pm
I follow Lennox Lewis on Twitter and have always regarded him as a Gent. I chanced a tweet to him as my wife has just had major surgery to prevent breast cancer. This is what I got back.
MrBounce @MrBounce38 22h
@LennoxLewis My super brave wife Rachel is now home after a double mastectomy. Can I get a "get well" tweet from you champ? #onebravelady
Lennox Lewis @LennoxLewis 4h
"@MrBounce38 Tell Rachel I'm expecting a full and speedy recovery. #GetWellSoon All the best. Oh yeh.. How's that tooth coming along?"
He had even taken the time to look at my previous tweets and noted I'd had a tooth infection. Nothing but class from the man.
Oh, and who marked my tweet as a favourite? One Riddick Bowe... Kudos to the 90s champs!
MrBounce @MrBounce38 22h
@LennoxLewis My super brave wife Rachel is now home after a double mastectomy. Can I get a "get well" tweet from you champ? #onebravelady
Lennox Lewis @LennoxLewis 4h
"@MrBounce38 Tell Rachel I'm expecting a full and speedy recovery. #GetWellSoon All the best. Oh yeh.. How's that tooth coming along?"
He had even taken the time to look at my previous tweets and noted I'd had a tooth infection. Nothing but class from the man.
Oh, and who marked my tweet as a favourite? One Riddick Bowe... Kudos to the 90s champs!
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by Yojimbonufc Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:04 pm
That is awesome, he has always seemed like a class act. Hope your wife gets well soon.
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by Strongback Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:11 pm
Very cool by Lennox.
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by 3fingers Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:21 pm
Best wishes to your wife
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by jimdig Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:47 pm
Sh1t mate, sorry to hear what your wife and you are going through. Class by Lewis.
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by kingraf Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:56 pm
Yeah, a tooth infection is a real test of marriage.
On a serious note. Hope your wife gets better, that's a very serious procedure she's just had, and it is as hard psychologically, as is physically. All the best mate. Classy from Lewis, but he's always been a class act. He signed an autograph for my old man in 2001 having just been KTFO by Rahman 5 a.m in the middle of Brakpan. Nobody does anything nice for anyone at 5 a.m in Brakpan
On a serious note. Hope your wife gets better, that's a very serious procedure she's just had, and it is as hard psychologically, as is physically. All the best mate. Classy from Lewis, but he's always been a class act. He signed an autograph for my old man in 2001 having just been KTFO by Rahman 5 a.m in the middle of Brakpan. Nobody does anything nice for anyone at 5 a.m in Brakpan
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by milkyboy Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:52 pm
Always seemed a decent guy for someone who earned his living punching people. Good on him for taking the time, and best wishes to mrs bounce for a speedy recovery
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by 88Chris05 Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:01 am
Always felt that the image of Lewis being a real sweetheart outside the ring was a lot more believable than it is for a lot of other fighters. Even his threats to knock an opponent out sounded gentlemanly somehow, mind you. Nice touch by him there.
More importantly, all the best to your better half and yourself, Bounce.
More importantly, all the best to your better half and yourself, Bounce.
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by Soldier_Of_Fortune Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:55 am
Nice of the big man to have time for his fans.
Hope all is well with you and Mrs Bounce
Hope all is well with you and Mrs Bounce
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by Rowley Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:01 am
All the best to the missus bounce, and well done to Lennox, always a class act.
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by trottb Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:26 am
Hope Mrs Bounce recovers soon, mate.
Good to see Lennox live up to his reputation, it is clearly thoroughly deserved.
Good to see Lennox live up to his reputation, it is clearly thoroughly deserved.
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by Hammersmith harrier Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:10 am
Best wishes to your missus mate.
Great stuff from the big man too.
Great stuff from the big man too.
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by AdamT Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:18 am
I have to hold my hands up. Always thought his nice guy image was just an act. In am wrong, Lennox is a class act. Great champ and man.
Also good luck to your wife, hope she makes a speedy recovery.
Also good luck to your wife, hope she makes a speedy recovery.
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by TopHat24/7 Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:48 am
LEG-END! True gent, even higher in my estimations now.
More importantly, best wishes and strong recovery to Mrs Bounce.
More importantly, best wishes and strong recovery to Mrs Bounce.
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by jbeadlesbigrighthand Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:56 am
88Chris05 wrote:Always felt that the image of Lewis being a real sweetheart outside the ring was a lot more believable than it is for a lot of other fighters. Even his threats to knock an opponent out sounded gentlemanly somehow, mind you. Nice touch by him there.
More importantly, all the best to your better half and yourself, Bounce.
I don't know about threats sounding gentlemanly. I always thought threats never sounded natural coming from him - as though he clearly wasn't used to saying things like that, and found it rather distasteful.
And, more importantly, best wishes to your wife MrBounce - hopefully she lives up to your pseudonym and bounces back quickly.
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by theanimal316 Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:07 pm
Good luck in your wife's recovery, my mum had it done and it must be incredibly difficult for a woman to go through.
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by Guest Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:16 pm
Best wishes to your other half mate. My ex-Inspector's wife has it done over a decade ago now and she's fit and well. She's got a great sense of humour to boot which has been a real boost to them both. She told me that she'd had temporary prosthetics fitted after the op for a while and once asked her husband, "Do you want to feel my t!ts?" when he said "ye"s she took her prosthetic breasts off and threw them across the room at him
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by Mr Bounce Fri Aug 08, 2014 1:47 pm
Thank you all for your very kind words. It's a lovely thing to have any sort of "Get Well" message from people I have never had the fortune of meeting, be they people I share (or argue about) opinions with on a Boxing forum with or good wishes from respected former World Champs.
Mrs B is indeed doing quite well considering her ordeal - she has the same BRCA1 faulty gene as Angelina Jolie and the mastectomy was a major step towards seriously reducing her chances of developing breast cancer (85% before the op!). She's fantastic.
No disrespect or I will set "my mate Lennox" on to you
Mrs B is indeed doing quite well considering her ordeal - she has the same BRCA1 faulty gene as Angelina Jolie and the mastectomy was a major step towards seriously reducing her chances of developing breast cancer (85% before the op!). She's fantastic.
No disrespect or I will set "my mate Lennox" on to you
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by DuransHorse Fri Aug 08, 2014 2:18 pm
Hello everyone.
It's my first post on here but I only really signed up to try and convince ONETWOFOREVER not to abandon ship. Why Lord? Why!?! ... As it happens I saw Lennox in the title of this tread and being a fan I clicked on it and found something more worthy to post on.
All the best to your wife Mr Bounce. I hope that she recovers speedily.
It's my first post on here but I only really signed up to try and convince ONETWOFOREVER not to abandon ship. Why Lord? Why!?! ... As it happens I saw Lennox in the title of this tread and being a fan I clicked on it and found something more worthy to post on.
All the best to your wife Mr Bounce. I hope that she recovers speedily.
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by kingraf Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:20 pm
That is as odd a season for joining as I've seen. I think Geoffrey banned him though, so you may be late... Once he decided against jumping, we all got together and pushed him (passive-aggressively, of course)
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by DirectView2 Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:27 pm
Boxer with big heart.
Lewis is one of those funny guys who is actually sweet yet at the same time brag and bully out the opponents.
Lewis is one of those funny guys who is actually sweet yet at the same time brag and bully out the opponents.
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by Guest Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:31 pm
Speak for yourself, Rafkingraf wrote:That is as odd a season for joining as I've seen. I think Geoffrey banned him though, so you may be late... Once he decided against jumping, we all got together and pushed him (passive-aggressively, of course)
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by DuransHorse Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:41 pm
I don't even like boxing. I just really really really liked reading ONETWOFOREVERs posts.
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by Guest Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:43 pm
You're the only one who did then..he was, and probably still is, a massive *unt!
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by Soldier_Of_Fortune Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:45 pm
DuransHorse wrote:I don't even like boxing. I just really really really liked reading ONETWOFOREVERs posts.
The only person I can think of who would enjoy reading his posts is ONWTWO himself.
Check his IP add
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by mobilemaster8 Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:02 pm
Happy days Bounce. Nice touch from Lennox because I used to think of him as an arrogant type with no time for anyone.
But credit where it's due and that is a bloody nice touch because some wouldn't give anyone the time of day
And again, as already stated, all the best in Mrs Bounce recovery.....
But credit where it's due and that is a bloody nice touch because some wouldn't give anyone the time of day
And again, as already stated, all the best in Mrs Bounce recovery.....
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by DuransHorse Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:11 pm
Surely you don't have grounds to check my IP until I post on a TRUSS article starting with "Wow! Another great Article TRUSS..."
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by Seanusarrilius Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:32 pm
All the best to your wife. Great to see Lennox taking the time to say the same.
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by Soldier_Of_Fortune Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:46 pm
DuransHorse wrote:Surely you don't have grounds to check my IP until I post on a TRUSS article starting with "Wow! Another great Article TRUSS..."
NOPE BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING
Where is TRUSS? The Beefster must be spotting the lads in a gym somewhere.
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by ShahenshahG Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:52 pm
All the best to your mrs mate.
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by Guest Fri Aug 08, 2014 5:57 pm
Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:DuransHorse wrote:Surely you don't have grounds to check my IP until I post on a TRUSS article starting with "Wow! Another great Article TRUSS..."
NOPE BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING
Where is TRUSS? The Beefster must bespottingbumming the lads in a gym somewhere.
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by Hammersmith harrier Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:12 pm
88Chris05 wrote:Always felt that the image of Lewis being a real sweetheart outside the ring was a lot more believable than it is for a lot of other fighters. Even his threats to knock an opponent out sounded gentlemanly somehow, mind you. Nice touch by him there.
More importantly, all the best to your better half and yourself, Bounce.
His threats to knock somebody out always came across as more intimidating because he was so calm and gentlemanly about it, the two men to get under his skin Tyson and Rahman soon regretted it when he systematically broke them down. Got the impression he was enjoying dishing out some punishment and prolonged it as long as he could before landing that huge right hand.
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by Soldier_Of_Fortune Sat Aug 09, 2014 2:27 pm
DAVE667 wrote:Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:DuransHorse wrote:Surely you don't have grounds to check my IP until I post on a TRUSS article starting with "Wow! Another great Article TRUSS..."
NOPE BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING
Where is TRUSS? The Beefster must bespottingbumming the lads in a gym somewhere.
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by John Bloody Wayne Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:09 pm
Good old, cuddly, fuzzy Lennox, that is a classy gesture.
And Mrs Bounce's bravery is extremely commendable, best wishes Bounce.
And Mrs Bounce's bravery is extremely commendable, best wishes Bounce.
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by TRUSSMAN66 Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:44 pm
King of the wums old Lennox....Upset Holy, Tyson, Bowe and Rahman....Master craftsman in and out of the ring but always a class act !!
Best compliment is that I'm not surprised he tweeted you Bouncy..
Best of luck with the wife Bouncer sorry she's had it rough....
Best compliment is that I'm not surprised he tweeted you Bouncy..
Best of luck with the wife Bouncer sorry she's had it rough....
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by Reborn-DeeMcK-Reborn Sat Aug 09, 2014 9:33 pm
Haha Dave that's a good one bout throwing the knockers across the room. My mate has a glass eye and in parties he would say to someone who doesn't know him when they go to the loo or whatever "do you want me to keep an eye on ur drink while you are away?" They always fall for it and when they come back his glass eye is sittin in the bottom of their drink lol. Never gets boring that one.
All the best with the missus Bounce. Hope it all works out for you all
All the best with the missus Bounce. Hope it all works out for you all
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by smashingstormcrow Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:29 pm
Second thing I've read about Lennox today which makes me think he's a good bloke.
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