What scared Bowe?

[HeavyHitters]

Also remember he lost to Lewis is the olympic final, might have given Lewis a psychological edge.

You are another of many who never saw the fight. Lewis landed one decent punch and the "biased against the USA" referee stopped the fight. It was pathetic. The fight was basically even up to that point, and Bowe wasn't even hurt at all.

It was a joke win for Lewis. And Bowe would have beaten Lewis at that point in their careers when Bowe tossed the belt. They were forcing a mandatory of Lewis on Bowe, right after he gained the belt, when we all know new champions usually get a "give me" fight before facing the number 1 challenger. Bowe knew then how bogus the corrupt WBC, WBA and IBF are, and most boxing fans were just slow to realise this a few years too late.

of course he was hurt, take the blinkers off ffs. It was an amateur fight and of course it was stopped sooner than a pro fight would have been but to say he wasn't hurt and that the ref was biased against doodles is plain idiotic

mrbassie<--- Another "Bozo" who bases his opinions of heresay from others.... Pathetic, dude. Get a copy of the fight, then state your case. Bowe took one decent shot from Lewis in the 2nd round. Not two or three... but one "decent" shot. Not a "great" shot. The referee stepped in and waved his arms. He didn't even give Bowe a chance to respond. It was a worse stoppage than the Tyson/Ruddock first fight.

Point blank, a biased move on the foreign referee's part against the United States Boxing Team.

[Heartbreak_Kid79]

Was it Lennox Lewis' complete destruction of Razor that did it?

I think so, I reckon he watched that and thought "No Thanks"

What does everyone else think?

why did Bowe dump the belt?

Thoughts....

Bowe started to fade by that time .. had many wars behind him with Evander and seeing how he was basically dominated by Golota I think he did the right thing. Bowe would have been tailor made for Lewis at that point.

Bowe ducked Lewis in 1992 so Lewis got the WBC belt.
That was just after Bowe won teh thing!!!

Hardly faded at that point was he?? some 4 years before he fought Golota

[dr_devious]

Bowe wasnt faded, he wanted to earn easy money against the likes of Dokes and Ferguson instead of facing Lewis. If he was confident of beating Lewis he would have faced him at this stage, he wasnt so he chucked his WBC belt in the rubbish bin. Hardly the act of a great champion!

[generic screen name]

The rematch money w/Holyfield. He couldn't lose an opportunity like that w/a potentially damaging fight against Lewis.

[mrbassie]

You are another of many who never saw the fight. Lewis landed one decent punch and the "biased against the USA" referee stopped the fight. It was pathetic. The fight was basically even up to that point, and Bowe wasn't even hurt at all.

It was a joke win for Lewis. And Bowe would have beaten Lewis at that point in their careers when Bowe tossed the belt. They were forcing a mandatory of Lewis on Bowe, right after he gained the belt, when we all know new champions usually get a "give me" fight before facing the number 1 challenger. Bowe knew then how bogus the corrupt WBC, WBA and IBF are, and most boxing fans were just slow to realise this a few years too late.

of course he was hurt, take the blinkers off ffs. It was an amateur fight and of course it was stopped sooner than a pro fight would have been but to say he wasn't hurt and that the ref was biased against doodles is plain idiotic

mrbassie<--- Another "Bozo" who bases his opinions of heresay from others.... Pathetic, dude. Get a copy of the fight, then state your case. Bowe took one decent shot from Lewis in the 2nd round. Not two or three... but one "decent" shot. Not a "great" shot. The referee stepped in and waved his arms. He didn't even give Bowe a chance to respond. It was a worse stoppage than the Tyson/Ruddock first fight.

Point blank, a biased move on the foreign referee's part against the United States Boxing Team.

I have a copy of it thank you. My point was it's stupid to make accusations that the referee was biased against americans just because he stopped an amateur fight when Bowe was wobbled. That happens all the time in Amateur boxing, they're not proffessionals, by and large they're (amateurs are) kids. It's the referee's job to protect them and Bowe was more hurt than you're making out. Also, I don't think the Tyson Ruddock stoppage was bad at all and I don't get why anybeody does, the fight was over, Tyson beat the crap out of Ruddock and the ref saved him from another few rounds of punishment when he had very little chance of winning.

[wouter]

What scared Bowe?

A.The sound of a pulse.
B.Empty fridges.
C.Both

[dr_devious]

Lol at the empty fridge

[Brutu]

I dont think it was Bowe,but his manager that wanted him to take
the fights,as long as it wasnt Lennox Lewis,because after that fight Bowe wouldnt have had any belts.

[HeavyHitters]

of course he was hurt, take the blinkers off ffs. It was an amateur fight and of course it was stopped sooner than a pro fight would have been but to say he wasn't hurt and that the ref was biased against doodles is plain idiotic

mrbassie<--- Another "Bozo" who bases his opinions of heresay from others.... Pathetic, dude. Get a copy of the fight, then state your case. Bowe took one decent shot from Lewis in the 2nd round. Not two or three... but one "decent" shot. Not a "great" shot. The referee stepped in and waved his arms. He didn't even give Bowe a chance to respond. It was a worse stoppage than the Tyson/Ruddock first fight.

Point blank, a biased move on the foreign referee's part against the United States Boxing Team.

I have a copy of it thank you. My point was it's stupid to make accusations that the referee was biased against americans just because he stopped an amateur fight when Bowe was wobbled. That happens all the time in Amateur boxing, they're not proffessionals, by and large they're (amateurs are) kids. It's the referee's job to protect them and Bowe was more hurt than you're making out. Also, I don't think the Tyson Ruddock stoppage was bad at all and I don't get why anybeody does, the fight was over, Tyson beat the crap out of Ruddock and the ref saved him from another few rounds of punishment when he had very little chance of winning.

I doubt that you've seen either of those two fights then, dude.

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Was it Lennox Lewis' complete destruction of Razor that did it?

I think so, I reckon he watched that and thought "No Thanks"

What does everyone else think?

why did Bowe dump the belt?

Thoughts....

That's exactly the reason IMO.

Chicken Bowe (as Lennox called him) remembered the destruction that Lewis wreaked upon him with that vaunted Right hand.

Ruddock was considered to be the baddest HW in the world for some bizarre reason in 1992, based upon to unimpressive showings against an equally unimpressive Tyson in 1991, so seeing that scared the hell out of Bowe.

Shame really, because I really think that Bowe might have been able to beat Lewis in 1992, as Lewis was reckless & thought he could KO everybody with a single Right hand.

As Audley Harrison has proved, skill is nothing without heart & balls.

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