Boxing: Lewis' US assets frozen

Lennox Lewis' former promoter Panos Eliades has denied mounting a legal bid to stop Lewis fighting Hasim Rahman in South Africa on Sunday.

But he has revealed that he has successfully applied to a New York judge to have the British world champion's money in the US frozen as part of multi-million dollar lawsuit against the fighter for money he claims is due to him for promoting fights.

"I'm doing it to protect my interests," said Eliades, who had been Lewis's promoter for nearly ten years.

But manager Frank Maloney claimed: "This is no more than we expected from Panos."

Meanwhile, Lewis has again dismissed Rahman's chances in Carnival City: "Evander Holyfield, who is the most technically gifted boxer out there, couldn't stop me and neither could Michael Grant," said Lewis.

The world champ added: "Rahman is supposed to be good; he's pretty big but doesn't punch big. He has never seen a boxer like me. He's a good two dimensional fighter and knows how to take punches. He's definitely got a good right-hand punch and he says he's not going to freeze, but they change their minds after they get hit.

"Once you get in the ring you realise the other person wants to hurt you. I look at boxing as a sport and I like to score points. If he hits me once, I hit him three times. Each boxer I fight, there is always a way to beat them. I've never boxed the same way twice."