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title: "Hasim Rahman Names His Best Win – And It’s Not Lennox Lewis"
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# Hasim Rahman Names His Best Win – And It’s Not Lennox Lewis

Although many onlookers might regard Hasim Rahman’s greatest victory as the one he scored over Lennox Lewis, the man himself holds another in higher regard.

[The Baltimore-born boxer had a total of 62 fights](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/hasi-rahman-on-tyson-fury-legacy/) between 1994 and 2014 and, in that time, he became a heavyweight champion on two separate occasions, holding the unified WBC, IBF, IBO and lineal titles in 2001 and then regaining the WBC title from 2005 to 2006.

[It was in 2001 that he truly catapulted this name onto the world stage with an upset knockout victory over the then unified champion Lewis.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennox_Lewis_vs._Hasim_Rahman) Just over six months later, Lewis famously avenged the loss and regained his titles.

Speaking to [Pro Boxing Fans](https://youtu.be/o350ZtRcBwI?si=wP1Z5gsOIODT7t6d&t=304), Rahman was asked about his best memories and rather than picking that break-out win he went with his first world title victory in May 2000.

> “I picked up my first world title knocking out a hard-hitting South African named Corey Sanders and for me that was my favourite fight and my best fight because I got tested.
>
> “I got knocked down, I had to get up. Actually, we had a double knockdown. The fight was so exciting. I grabbed the ropes so it didn’t get counted as a knockdown for me and for me to then come out and win by stoppage was an incredible moment. It was the WBU world title but it was my biggest moment I think.”

Rahman went on to fight the likes of James Toney twice, once to a draw and once being stopped by an accidental headbutt, as well as Wladimir Klitschko. These days he oversees the career of his son and some other young fighters.