Boxing: Every Time He Was Hit It Felt Like I Was Giving Birth ; World Exclusive: Lennox Lewis's Mum Opens Her Heart to the Sunday Mirror

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VIOLET LEWIS pauses momentarily to wipe away the tears trickling down her face.

But they are not shed in celebration of he son's greatness in the aftermath of his announcement of his retirement from the ring in London on Friday morning.

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Boxing: Every Time He Was Hit It Felt Like I Was Giving Birth ; World Exclusive: Lennox Lewis's Mum Opens Her Heart to the Sunday Mirror

These are tears of relief from the 65-year-old mother who turned her back on the sport the moment her son delivered his biggest knock- out blow by announcing that last year's successful defence of his heavyweight crown against Vitali Klitschko was his final fight.

Against her better judgment, Violet has witnessed Lennox rise from obscurity ...

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