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Corner #26
Hasim Rahman
H Champ
50-9 (4 KO)
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame
2008 21 :30
On this episode Co Smitty down w R Rahman came up in Boxing without an
amateur career to speak of but his hard work would pay off when he stunned the Boxing world by knocking out Lennox
Lewis to win the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Nobody in the Heavyweight division was tougher than 'The
Rock' during his time and he proved it everytime he stepped in the ring with the likes of Lewis, Evander Holyfield , James
Toney and Wladimir Klitschko.
Hasim showed Smitty how he set up his opponents for his devasting power right hand that
scored him 41 KO's including the biggest one of them all against Lennox Lewis
In This Corner premiered on April 1 2004 on the Empire Sports Network broadcasting in Upstate New
York and Nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Since that first airing, In This Corner has been on the
air every week and is in its 15th year of featuring one on one interviews and in ring demonstrations with
the biggest names in the sport of Boxing.
There has never been another show that has chronicled the stories of this many World Champions.