Lewis (prime) vs. Bowe (prime)... Honestly!

Bottom line were talking primes. If Lewis was to establish distance. With his jab
I don't think he could maintain that distance. There will be exchanges and when
Bowe connects with a right hand he'll hurt Lewis. Bowe had a great jab as well
I don't think lennox fights well backing up, and if Bowe starts connecting and
gains momentum its lights out for the Brit.

 

Seamus I can rip Lewis resume apart too. It mainly consisted of one dimensional lumbering no hopers. At least Bowe's comp had some legitimate pedigree behind them.

 

Lewis resume is much deeper and more impressive. I don't think that can even be debated. One thing in particular that Bowe's management tried to circumvent were hard punchers, something Lewis faced without abandon.

 

not a bowe fan,but to say bowe is suspicious to big punchers is not true.
he showed in golota fights a chin lewis could dream about.no way would lewis got up after eating so much punishment.bowe had a good chin,quite better than lewis.

 

i think lewis decisions him. he'd probably be very cautious early on as bowe can really bring it when he truly puts his mind to it. so, with that information lewis would keep prodding bowe with the jab, softening him up.

riddick would have his moments, mind you, but lennox's straight hand and brutal uppercuts would secure the fight for him. i dont think a focused bowe would allow himself to go without a fight, though. he'd be looking for the KO.

 

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Lewis beat better fighters than Bowe, and has a better resume.

 

If Lewis was able to keep the fight outside all night, I think he walks away with a decision. I doubt he could do it though. I think Bowe gets inside and scores a KO in the late rounds

 

Lewis would of jabbed Bowes brains out . Look how muhc problems Bowe had with Galotta. This isn't even a question Lewis by KO round 4

 

If they fought in 93 i would say bowe by tko.,.............but if u are talking prime i would say a 1999 version o f lennox lewis beats a 1992 version of bowe.....by tko late

 

Yeah the question is prime everybody was ducking Lewis in 93

 

To me this logic points to the exact opposite. Firstly there's no indication that Lewis' chin is worse that Bowe. I don't recall Bowe ever getting hit like that.

But that aside, who do you think is going to be doing the pitching and who's going to be doing most of the catching, that's the question.

And I don't see any particular reason why this wouldn't be Lewis. Certainly Bowe's defensive isn't on par with Lewis' and quite literally Lewis would fight for his life, like he did against Golata etc. A scared Lewis goes on the attack, that's precisely why he overwelms fighters such as Ruddock, etc. he knows that it's a question of who gets to who first.

And I personally believe that's bad for any fighter on a H2H basis with Lewis, especially someone with a leaky defense.

Now that doesn't necessary mean this would be successful strategy coming out extremely agressive, but I can't really think of a reason why it wouldn't be tried, unless Bowe hit him with something solid right out of the gate.

But regardless if the fight drags on then it's a bit of a dog fight. Either guys got a decent change, and really it's still becomes a matter of who hits who first with something meaningful

 

That's an interesting comment. I don't know how either of them fight backing up, certainly that would favour Bowe over a prolonged period of time, but lewis has is pretty good at adapting during a fight if he has to. And personally I think if Lewis was getting out jabbed and thought Bowe was getting the better of him, I honestly think he'd just go for broke, he's too smart of a fighter not to do that, because that would be his only chance of not getting knocked out and he'd know it. And he's got a pretty good track record if he goes into ultra agressive mode.

 

I definitely think that Bowe had the better chin... We need to remember that Lewis was stopped twice ...I think it`s a great fight, I just feel that Bowe could work his way inside and even on the ouside, Bowe was no walk in the park. He had a good jab, and pretty fast hands as well. I think Lewis had a harder right hand, but that Bowe was a little quicker. And I think if the fight got down and dirty, I think a prime Bowe had a little more in the ticker department to tough it out. Christ ,Ray Mercer outjabbed Lewis...

 

Hide stung him worse. Golota just laid on a volume of attrition punishment. I agree that Bowe had a chin and balls, but I also suspect that his people knew he took too many shots and his potentially short shelflife was best preserved by careful matchmaking. Still, there is no arguing depth and quality of resume here. The state of Dokes, Tubbs, Seldon and the reality of Gonzalez and Hide compared to the depth of power-punching heavies Lewis fought over a long career is really a study in contrast.