Prime Riddick Bowe vs. a Prime Lennox Lewis? ------

[NYDominican]

A prime Riddick Bowe against a prime Lennox Lewis? -----


What do you see happening in this fight?


How do you see this fight panning out?


What advantages (If any) would Riddick Bowe have over Lennox Lewis?


What advantages (If any) would Lennox Lewis have over Riddick?


Who would win?



Why?

[polecateddy]

Pre McCall it would be the rounded skills of Bowe, but post McCall, Lewis was in the ascendency.

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If Bowe didn't chicken out of the potential 1993 fight, he would have beaten Lewis as Lewis was quite reckless & over reliant on his big Right hand.

Bowe was much more accomplished in '93 than Lewis was, with a much better skillset & far superior in-fighting.

If the two of them met when both were in their primes, I'd take Lewis on points.

Bowe would have given him hell, but I think psychology would have played a big part in that Bowe was obviously very wary of Lewis as it was & that might have caused him to freeze a bit.

[polecateddy]

If Bowe didn't chicken out of the potential 1993 fight, he would have beaten Lewis as Lewis was quite reckless & over reliant on his big Right hand.

Bowe was much more accomplished in '93 than Lewis was, with a much better skillset & far superior in-fighting.

If the two of them met when both were in their primes, I'd take Lewis on points.

Bowe would have given him hell, but I think psychology would have played a big part in that Bowe was obviously very wary of Lewis as it was & that might have caused him to freeze a bit.

Rock Newman made a tactical decision, which in retrospect was the wrong one.

[elmersalsa]

A well prepared Riddick Bowe, especially the one of the early 90s, beats any version of Lennox Lewis. I have never seen a heavyweight so big that could fight well in the inside. He had better chin than Lewis, and by far stronger foe if trained properly. I don't know what happened to him. After the fights with the great Evander Holyfield, he just went down the hill.

Lewis had a better punch, that's it.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I always thought Bowe would win, I don't think he agreed with me.

[BoxBuzz]

I always thought Bowe would win, I don't think he agreed with me.

Words right out of my mouth.


He had the tools to achieve the win, but if he didn't believe in himself, then it's all over before it starts.

All depends on just what that trash event was all about.

I don't pretend to know, but one possibility was fear.

The other is just spite and a distilled disrespect. Only Riddick knows.

[Ezzard]

I always thought Bowe would win, I don't think he agreed with me.

At the time I thought the same thing. Looking back though I really think Lewis would win it 8 out of 10

[jezzamundo]

Bowe fought really well against Holyfield in 1992, but looking back at the fight - it would have been a lot closer had Holyfield fought more intelligently and boxed rather than trying to slug it out with the much bigger man. Bowe in his short prime was offensively formidable, but defensively poor and he never fought a puncher as big as Lewis in his professional career. Holyfield floored him in their third fight and Lewis hit a lot harder than Holyfield.

I think a 1993 matchup would have been a war while it lasted, ending with either being stopped in the first three rounds.

A Steward-trained Lewis beats any version of Bowe.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Lewis was obviously a bigger all around puncher than Holyfield, but he couldn't throw a counter hook like that in his wildest dreams. Not a great example, but Lennox finished him before so he could clearly do it again.

[jezzamundo]

Lewis was obviously a bigger all around puncher than Holyfield, but he couldn't throw a counter hook like that in his wildest dreams. Not a great example, but Lennox finished him before so he could clearly do it again.

Interesting point and absolutely correct. However, with Bowe's leaky defense, it wouldn't have to be a counter left hook - from Lewis a right (hook, uppercut or cross) would be more likely.

[knurak]

Lennox, definitely

[Vladimir5555]

Lewis W12

[HeavyHitters]

Prime Bowe winning by a TKO late in the fight.

[tommo100]

with any semblense of mental strength bowe could have been a heavyweight legend,bowe by late stoppage

[polecateddy]

Bowe could beat a pre-McCall, Lewis only. Lewis' peak came later. Peak for peak I think he stops Bowe.

[georgemclellan]

Lewis all day long. Bowe simply didnt fancy it against him. I think the Olympic loss played on his mind.

[Bricks]

Bowe if he had futch and was forced to fight.once he had that fear that hunger in battle he'd overcome the demon of 88 and knock Lewis out

[dawudboxer]

Who did Bowe ever stop late on?

Prime Bowe winning by a TKO late in the fight.

[DrDuke]

I'm a bit more sure in a prime Lewis, because he was very rational and technical then. Though the biggest possibility of their meeting was after the 1st Bowe-Holyfield fight, and, in my opinion, Riddick would have won in that time, as Lennox hadn't been prepared yet for such powerful opponent.

[Kalan]

Bowe wasn't that powerful... He was a fouling brawler which made him look a little more formidable to the average fan than he actually was... Holyfield came into their first fight very weak and underweight... What was he thinking? ... But he adjusted his weight for the rematch and won.

Bowe never beat a good fighter other than Holyfield and he avoided all the big punchers because he was easy to hit.. Tua, Tyson, Ruddock, Mercer, McCall, basically he avoided everyone on Lennox's list except Golota---who had weak power and couldn't punch his size or weight.

Lewis murders Bowe any time they would have met.

[Boxing Writer]

1993 - Bowe by KO
1995 - 50/50 fight
1996 - Lewis by KO

Prime for prime: 1992 version of Bowe vs 1999 version of Lewis? Would be very hard to predict

[BoxBuzz]

Bowe wasn't that powerful... He was a fouling brawler which made him look a little more formidable to the average fan than he actually was... Holyfield came into their first fight very weak and underweight... What was he thinking? ... But he adjusted his weight for the rematch and won.

Bowe never beat a good fighter other than Holyfield and he avoided all the big punchers because he was easy to hit.. Tua, Tyson, Ruddock, Mercer, McCall, basically he avoided everyone on Lennox's list except Golota---who had weak power and couldn't punch his size or weight.

Lewis murders Bowe any time they would have met.

You are the master of then nonsensical and the emperor of erroneous thinking at times. Bowe was rather powerful, and not all that into fouling, though he was on the receiving end of some of the finest fouling ever presented. Holy was ready in the first fight, and lost, and the second fight was a bit of a farce with the appearance of the Sky Pilot aka FanMan, took the whole thing out of rhythm and then of course he ended up KO''ing Holy in the final reel.

Bowe not engaging with those fighters is NOT the same as Bowe avoiding those fighters....you should bone up on some of that info, but your probably too busy pontificating pugilistic propaganda to appropriately prepare yourself by perusing the proper and pertinent publications.

Lewis and Bowe would have made a great trilogy.....a "rather likely" outcome would be 1st fight Bowe, Second fight Draw, Third fight Lewis. If their management partners would have been willing for them to dance......I'm sure both of them would have shown up for the affairs.

Now stop being dumb, and speak to a greater degree about the things that we all know that you know.....such as alfalfa and ceiling wax.

[Ambling Alp II]

Lewis all day long. Bowe simply didnt fancy it against him. I think the Olympic loss played on his mind.

The Olympic loss was a ridiculous stoppage by the referee. No reason for Bowe to intimidated by that.

[Kalan]

Bowe wasn't that powerful... He was a fouling brawler which made him look a little more formidable to the average fan than he actually was... Holyfield came into their first fight very weak and underweight... What was he thinking? ... But he adjusted his weight for the rematch and won.

Bowe never beat a good fighter other than Holyfield and he avoided all the big punchers because he was easy to hit.. Tua, Tyson, Ruddock, Mercer, McCall, basically he avoided everyone on Lennox's list except Golota---who had weak power and couldn't punch his size or weight.

Lewis murders Bowe any time they would have met.

You are the master of then nonsensical and the emperor of erroneous thinking at times. Bowe was rather powerful, and not all that into fouling, though he was on the receiving end of some of the finest fouling ever presented. Holy was ready in the first fight, and lost, and the second fight was a bit of a farce with the appearance of the Sky Pilot aka FanMan, took the whole thing out of rhythm and then of course he ended up KO''ing Holy in the final reel.

Bowe not engaging with those fighters is NOT the same as Bowe avoiding those fighters....you should bone up on some of that info, but your probably too busy pontificating pugilistic propaganda to appropriately prepare yourself by perusing the proper and pertinent publications.

Lewis and Bowe would have made a great trilogy.....a "rather likely" outcome would be 1st fight Bowe, Second fight Draw, Third fight Lewis. If their management partners would have been willing for them to dance......I'm sure both of them would have shown up for the affairs.

Now stop being dumb, and speak to a greater degree about the things that we all know that you know.....such as alfalfa and ceiling wax.

Wow...a cow knows more about Nuclear Physics than you know about Boxing.

Holyfield even ADMITTED he was underweight for the 1st Bowe fight... The heart problems he had in the Moorer loss and 3rd Bowe fight are well documented.http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boxi ... 72851.html ... Holy had a congenital heart disorder and had to pace himself better than most Heavies.. When he got the pacing right and his weight right he did well.. The Fan Man incident was a boon to Holyfield because the rest did him good.

In the 1st and 3rd Bowe fights he brawled with a bigger and stronger man.. He had neither the size, strength, or cardio for that.. But when he boxed well, used the jab, and paced himself well, he beat the bigger, taller, stronger, and younger man...

Lewis had the intelligence and skills to easily out-box Bowe ... and the height, weight, reach, strength, and firepower to knock Bowe out... Lewis wanted to fight Tua, Tyson, Ruddock, Mercer, and McCall.. LL loved competition.. Bowe ducked them all and ducked Lewis as well.

Bowe wanted to fight Golota.. He got punched a bunch by the slow, stodgy swinger... Lewis blitzed the Foul Pole like you're supposed to.