Lennox Lewis has no one to blame but himself for losing his world heavyweight title against Hasim Rahman on Sunday.

George Foreman warned him about the complacency that had cost him the 'Rumble in the Jungle' against Ali 27 years ago while numerous others said that he should have arrived in South Africa at the very least four weeks before the fight, as his oppponent did, to acclimatise to the altitude.

Lewis chose to skip training in favour of a Hollywood cameo role in the remake of Oceans II.

The champion obviously went down the well trodden but nonetheless dangerous road of believing his own press.

BBC allegedly got the coverage because Sky couldn't sell the fight on pay-per-view because the challenger wasn't even a household name in his own household. It was apparently going to be that easy he just had to turn up on the night, some boxing scribes had elevated Lewis in the all-time ten heavyweights.

A number went as far as saying he was second only to Ali while Rahman was a nobody. The same was probably said about Buster Douglas before he met Mike Tyson and remember how that one turned out.

Depending on which figures you believe Lewis's fortune is estimated to be between £35-70 million and I agree with the suggestion that now is the time that if he wants the belts back that badly he puts his money where his mouth is.

It came as no surprise that Tyson's people phoned the new champion's backers within minutes of the final bell to try and set up a meeting. I don't blame Rahman for wanting at least one big pay-day, but if Lewis is that serious about a rematch he should offer to match any Tyson purse bid with his own money in order to be Rahman's next opponent.

Lewis has two fights left in him, a Rahman rematch and then Tyson, but only in that order. If Tyson gets to the new champ first then Lennox's career is effectively over.

Sir Alex Ferguson said last week that Roy Keane was possibly the best player in Britain, but after the Irishman's thuggery and subsequent red card in the Manchester derby on Saturday, Fergie should do the decent thing and show him the Old Trafford door.

His conduct cannot be defended. It's apparent that he will never change and it's not that Manchester United don't have the resources to replace him. As for the fine of two weeks wages and a four-match ban, that's a joke. I recall a number of years ago Paul Davis of Arsenal getting a ten-match ban and a huge fine for an elbow on Glenn Cockerill. Surely you can't have one rule for one and another for United players?

Spare a thought for the BBC marketing department who currently have the unenviable task of trying to 'sell' a World Snooker Championship to the viewers without either Steve Davis or Jimmy White competing for the first time in 20 years.

To generate some interest last week the Beeb put out an excellent one hour documentary about the life and times of the legendary Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins.

One of the most poignant pieces was when they showed the footage just after Higgins had been banned for a year for hitting a tournament official.

Standing outside the hearing a reporter asked the Hurricane if he could survive without snooker. The Irishman replied: "More's the question, can snooker survive without Alex Higgins?" He wasn't that far from the truth!

I will reflect on championship glory next week, but I had an interesting reaction from certain quarters to my column last week. If you recall, I said that I was surprised that a number of people who had spent a lot of the season knocking the manager had the neck to stay in the stadium for the lap of honour.

Needless to say that no sooner had the Argus hit the streets, I had two individuals on the phone enquiring if I was referring to them. As they say, 'if the cap fits, wear it.'