{"id":391649,"date":"2021-08-05T10:07:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=391649"},"modified":"2021-08-05T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T17:07:04","slug":"derrick-lewis-reveals-he-once-had-his-car-repossessed-by-boxing-legend-george-foreman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/derrick-lewis-reveals-he-once-had-his-car-repossessed-by-boxing-legend-george-foreman\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick Lewis reveals he once had his car repossessed by boxing legend George Foreman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old footage has emerged of Derrick Lewis telling a funny story about heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the day Lewis dabbled in the world of boxing after being scouted by Foreman and his team. They were initially looking for someone to fight one of Foreman&#8217;s sons but after realising just how dangerous &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/derrick-lewis\/derrick-lewis-calls-ciryl-gane-a-boring-fighter-ahead-of-ufc-265\/\">The Black Beast<\/a>&#8221; was, George opted to train Derrick and even gifted him a car.<\/p>\n<p>In an old interview with Rich Eisen, Lewis spoke about how it all went down.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UFC&#039;s Derrick Lewis on Pissing Off George Foreman &amp; Keeping Groupies at Bay | The Rich Eisen Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iWFw5h9--s8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him, \u2018No I don\u2019t think boxing is going to be for me.\u2019 By this time they had already given me a car. They were about to put me up in an apartment across from the gym I was training at in downtown Houston. I told them, \u2018Nah, I don\u2019t want to do boxing. I\u2019m going to stick to MMA\u2019 because I felt like MMA was easier than boxing. So they took the car away from me,\u201d Derrick Lewis said.\u00a0\u201cIt was a Buick anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"OpSCVE\">\u201cI drive a couple of cars. A Mercedes GTS and I\u2019m waiting on my [Lamborghini] Huracan to get delivered next week,\u201d Lewis shared. \u201cI still need to stay low-key because my wife really doesn\u2019t like me being lavish.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8e7szX\">\u201cShe thinks the chicken heads are going to come out of the woodwork \u2014 true story,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe scalawags come out with their little short dresses and all that. Trying to come up to me with the Ronda Rousey lookalike mask and wig and everything trying to holler at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Quotes courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/8\/3\/22608470\/derrick-lewis-george-foreman-wife-rich-eisen-ciryl-gane-video-ufc-265-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Mania<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think\u00a0Derrick Lewis can beat Ciryl Gane this weekend at UFC 265 and become the UFC interim heavyweight champion? If so, how will he get the job done? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old footage has emerged of Derrick Lewis telling a funny story about heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman. Back in the day Lewis dabbled in the world of boxing after being scouted by Foreman and his team. 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