Johnny Lewis: the Biography

He's the best loved man in Australian boxing. Over the past 30 years Lewis has trained six world champions, among them Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu and, yes, Jeff Harding. Yet he is known for much more than that. In this biography, we learn why Johnny Lewis is not only Australia's greatest ever fight trainer, but why he is a winner.

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He's the best loved man in Australian boxing - from training Jeff Fenech and Kostya Tszyu to touring with the Kangaroos and appearing on talk back with Alan Jones, Johnny Lewis looms large in Australian sporting life. Over the past thirty years Lewis has trained six world champions, among them some of the greatest names in the sport; Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu and, yes, Jeff Harding. Yet he is known for much more than that. For a wisdom that stems from his childhood growing up in Erskineville, where he mixed with hustlers and hard men and, in his words, never met a bad bloke. In this biography, we learn why Johnny Lewis is not only Australia's greatest ever fight trainer, but why he is a winner, and why those around him are winners. Why his lessons of the gym hold true outside the ring.