#1260 - Lennox Lewis & Russell Peters

Joe Rogan (0:00)

Just don't crash as much. I don't think that's the issue. Four, three, two.

This time we're live. Ladies and gentlemen, we are live with the great and powerful Russell Peters. And one of the baddest motherfuckers to ever get into the ring, Lennox Lewis.

Lennox Lewis (0:21)

Don't mess with the best.

Joe Rogan (0:23)

That's a fact. You're walking around on this earth, one of the baddest motherfuckers of all time.

Verified. 100%.

Lennox Lewis (0:31)

Feel good about it, too.

Joe Rogan (0:32)

It's gotta feel good.

Lennox Lewis (0:32)

Yeah, don't get in any fights.

Joe Rogan (0:34)

But you know what else? You have your wits about you, 100%. You're smooth and relaxed.

You know, how did you do that?

Lennox Lewis (0:42)

I started out that way.

It's like, you know, Apple don't fall too far from the tree type of thing. I've always been that way. I'm a collective thinker, soft spoken. And what you don't know about me, what you don't know about me, when you do know about me, you love me even more.

Joe Rogan (1:05)

Do you exercise at all anymore boxing wise? Do you hit the bag?

Lennox Lewis (1:09)

Well, not hit the bag. I'm more into like working out with the weights. Like it was hard for me when I retired. That was the worst part.

Joe Rogan (1:17)

What was the hardest?

Lennox Lewis (1:19)

Just saying, okay, I'm eating more, so I need to exercise, because I'm not doing no exercising. But when I start exercising, I'm training for a fight.

So it's like, okay, training, training, why am I doing this? I'm not going to fight, but I'm still training for a fight. So mentally, I have to say to myself, well, let me try the soft things. Let me play tennis and all these different sports, which I can play. And that kind of helped me a lot better.

Joe Rogan (1:43)

Yeah, that is an interesting thing with fighters. A lot of times when they're done, they're done. They just get...

Russell Peters (1:48)

Look at Maidana.

Joe Rogan (1:49)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_4 (1:50)

Well, he's apparently gotten back in shape again.

Russell Peters (1:52)

He's back in training camp. But Maidana got big.

SPEAKER_4 (1:54)

You know why?

Joe Rogan (1:55)

Because he probably got an Instagram. People started talking shit because he's kind of fat on his Instagram.

Russell Peters (1:59)

That's what made me want to lose weight.

Joe Rogan (2:00)

Really?

Russell Peters (2:01)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (2:02)

People talking shit?

Russell Peters (2:03)

People were like, holy fuck. Did you eat your whole cast?

Joe Rogan (2:05)

You do look like you're losing weight, though. You look pretty slim, my friend.

Russell Peters (2:08)

I lost 21 pounds with our dear friend, John Jack Machado.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

Well, hey, Jiu-Jitsu will peel that weight off you. That's a fact. That's some strenuous shit.

You ever thought about doing Jiu-Jitsu, Lennox?

Russell Peters (2:18)

He's scared of me. He won't do it.

Lennox Lewis (2:20)

Let me tell you. When I was growing up, I had friends that did wrestling, had friends that did kickboxing, all these different mediums.

And we would always practice with them, whether it's wrestling, whether it's kicking, whether it's doing whatever, play fighting.

Joe Rogan (2:40)

You did all that stuff?

Lennox Lewis (2:41)

Yeah. Because everybody always wants to test a boxer and say, well, you know, how does he fair up against a karate guy? How does he fair up against a kickboxer? How does he fair up against an MMA guy?

Joe Rogan (2:52)

Yeah.

Russell Peters (2:53)

They always fair financially better.

Lennox Lewis (2:57)

So for me, I didn't really throw my weight around like that. It's like, don't mess with me. Okay, if you mess with me, something's going to happen.

And then they don't really mess with me. I kind of carry myself like that, you know?

Joe Rogan (3:11)

Right.

Lennox Lewis (3:11)

Because I'm so serious at sometimes. They can sense the seriousness of it.

Joe Rogan (3:16)

Serious but still easygoing. So, there's no reason to push you.

Lennox Lewis (3:20)

Right. I'm silent but violent.

SPEAKER_5 (3:26)

Silent but violent.

Joe Rogan (3:28)

It is an interesting thing, though, about fighters, is that when you think of exercise, you think of exercise as you're preparing for a big violent event, whereas for most people they just don't want to be fat, they want to look good, they want to get in shape.

And you know, it's a lot of people on Instagram that are just working out really hard every day, but there's no reason. You had a reason.