Lewis headed to the Hall of Fame

Posted: 12.10.2008 at 11:39 AM

CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- Three-time heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis headlines the 2009 induction class into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Lewis enters as a modern era fighter, along with American bantamweight champion Orlando Canizales and South African junior lightweight champion Brian Mitchell.

Middleweight champion William "Gorilla" Jones, welterweight champion "Mysterious" Billy Smith and middleweight champion Billy Soose are posthumous honorees.

The induction ceremony is June 14.

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