loaded_gloves wrote:You're having to use half-truths and gross misrepresentation to make it seem like Bowe never wanted to fight Lewis.
Yes, Bowe and Newman refused to play into the Don King/Jose Suliman sanctioning chicanery right away in 1993, intending to make some money* from his hard earned world title before taking on the most dangerous contender. That he lost to Holyfield threw a spanner in the works.
* like when Lewis repeatedly deferred David Tua in favour of Michael Grant and Frans Botha.
Lewis and Bowe had both agreed to fight in 1995 - but Lewis got KOd by McCall and threw a spanner in the works.
Bowe fresh off his KO of Holyfield and recognised in the media as the best heavyweight in the world offered Lennox Lewis a big money fight, on HBO, in 1996, but Lewis didn't fancy it for whatever reason - possibly deeming Bowe a high risk fight with the Tyson sweepstakes in full swing?
For you to gloss over the cast-iron and unequivocal fact that Bowe at least twice attempted to fight Lennox Lewis just so that you can continue to call the warrior who featured in the brutal Holyfield and Golota wars a "gutless coward" shows you to be a very pathetic man indeed.
Lewis didn't give up the belt for not fighting Tua. He just took a couple of voluntary fights before his mandatory.
I'm not glossing over anything. I was talking about Bowe's refusal to take on Lewis at the time he threw the belt in the trash. On that occasion he was a gutless coward. When he fought Holyfield and got dominated by Golota, he was indeed the warrior you speak of.
Bowe was also a gutless coward when he assaulted two wives. Oh and lets not forget the kidnapping of his children. Classy guy.
A real 'warrior' when he forced his wife and children into a car by threatening them with pepper spray.
A 'very pathetic man indeed'. Are you talking about me or the wife beating, child kidnapping Bowe?
