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Two £5,000 tickets on a table with Lennox Lewis

The chance to share a table with boxing's last undisputed world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is still available - if you've got £5,000 to spare.

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The ring legend will hold his first question and answer evening at Villa Park's Holte Suite on July 6.

Fans can go for all the trimmings for a cool £5,000, which gets you a seat at Lewis' table, a signed photo together and a signed glove. There are only two of those tickets.

The four 'Chance Of A Lifetime' tickets for £1,000, which gets you a seat next to Lewis' table, a signed glove and a photo montage, have now sold out.

Platinum tickets for £249 include a photo, champagne reception, VIP meet and greet and platinum seating.

Gold tickets are £149, which offer photo opportunities, full access to all entertainment and the chance to ask Lewis a question, are both still available.

The cheapest tickets are £99 and 125 of those have sold. Lewis went pro following his Olympic win in 1988 and returned to England.

In October 1992, he won the World Boxing Council belt after knocking out Canadian Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock in two rounds.

Lewis would lose and regain the WBC title several times over the course of his career. In 1994, he lost his belt to Oliver McCall. The pair had a rematch three years later, in February 1997.

McCall refused to box in the fourth and fifth rounds of the match, bursting into tears in the ring. The referee stopped the fight and awarded Lewis the winner. In March 1999, Lewis fought Evander Holyfield.

Following a declared tie, the pair fought again, and Lewis prevailed. On April 21, 2001, Lewis was knocked out by Hasim Rahman, but regained the title in a rematch that November.

On 8 June 2002, Lewis successfully defended his title against American boxer Mike Tyson, in a fight promoted as a historic match up. Despite the hype, Lewis knocked Tyson out with relative ease.

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