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

Lewis was getting outboxed by Bruno, and Lewis got hurt in round 3. Bowe wouldn't
let Lewis off the hook, and Bowe was better than Bruno and I agree quicker than Lewis.
I think there would be moments when Bowe would surprise lennox with his jab. Lewis
has better defense ok, but he got knocked out with a smile on his face while bouncing
Against the ropes, and was dropping his hands before that. If riddick was truly hungry
for it the loss at the Olympics would inspire him. I mean lennox has the better legacy
but head to head they are both nightmares. Anybody know what Bowes up to? Is he
doing time?

 

Wow. Frank Bruno could hurt another heavyweight? How did he do that? And yes, if Lewis approached a fight with a prime Bowe the way he approached Rahman, he would lose. Absolutely.

 

Lewis by a surprisingly easy KO.

Bowe was protected for a reason.

 

There should be some kind of mandatory IQ test for guys like you before posting.....

He got laid out TWICE by absolute ham and eggers, not particular big punchers by the way who made their punching credentials due to Lemmies shakey chin.....who the **** did they ever KO worth a lick ? Please dont say Oleg.....

He played it supersafe against the fat One Trick Pony, walzed a incredible 24 boring rounds with a washed up Oldiefield who a fat Bowe just laid out for good, took him 2/3 of the fight to pull the trigger on the shell of a shell Tyson impersonator, remember Stewart "You got a dead man in there" but Lemmie was still cautious, lol, but he is going to "EASY" KO a guy who was never Ko'ed before .......I have a feeling out of your 12534 posts they are all of similar "quality", lol.

BTW, this site must be British owned because Lewis is so overrated here it is not even funny, typical liberal re writing of history, he could not sell flys without some kind of washed up opponent came along to tag on , he had similar popularity than the K brothers, which means almost nil outside of Boxing circles, was as boring as they come with no crossover appeal, as a matter of fact he was never liked by the public but now he is this invincible dragon slayer.....

 

Lewis was 50-50 with Bruno and knocked him out, Bowe went 50-50 or got outboxed numerous times - Golota, Holyfield, Biggs, Tubbs and Hide was landing everything on him early

As for Bowe being faster - is that serious, Bowe was slower than Golota who Lewis outsped and starched in 90seconds

 

I have no idea whether he was obssessed with his defeat to Lewis, or bent on revenge. A silver medal is a silver medal, it's not a bad result.
Any decent professional would forget about amateur days and get on with building a pro career, I would imagine.

Joe Louis was defeated by Schmeling AS A PROFESSIONAL, and then 'stole' Schmeling's shot at Braddock.
Schmeling knocked him out when he was considered the best in the world. The Lewis-Bowe Olympic match was absolute meaningless to the world's pro heavyweights in 1988. No one cared.

Yes, he did what Rock Newman told him was best for his career. And at the time it made sense.
I don't think he thought Lewis could have been defeated "easily".

It was boxing politics. Newman was pissed off with the WBC, and (reasonably) thought Bowe should get a free first defense.

They offered to fight Lewis, under different terms, and to bypass the WBC and Don King's meddling.
But Lewis played ball with the WBC.

I think you are wrong. I think that's a very simplistic way of looking at things.

 

But Lewis did get under his opponents skin with his pompous demeanor similar to how Chris Eubank used too - Eubank beat Benn in their first fight because he made Benn fight with rage and anger - Holyfield was so wound up against Lewis he, for the only time in his career. named the round he would win in [or one that God told him he would win in]

 

No they dont

The main reason is Bowe embarrassed himself and ran away when face with a Lewis fight

Or that Lewis had already stopped him in Amateur competition

That Lewis did much better against common opponents is only 3rd on the list of many reasons why Lewis would beat the crap out of chicken Bowe

 

LOL this gets funnier and funnier

Mercer tall LOL

Mercer is smaller than Holyfield and Tubbs and they both gave Bowe hell - so from your bizarre logic we can conclude Bowe struggled with tall boxers so Lewis would win.

I can see[just ] what your argument is, but you weaken it all the time but being too arrogant to concede to some excellent points different posters make. It's a shame it makes you just look like a Lewis hater with a lack of boxing knowlege - where youactually are a Lewis hater with good boxing knowlege

 

I think it is more a case of being scared of a huge fighter who was very very strong, very fast, and just generally very good. Similar to how opponents get scared of the Klits now

And Mercer being tall LH31s thought process 'Lewis struggled with Vitali and he was tall, Bowe was tall too, not as tall as Vitali or Lewis but how can I make a point of this? I need to add other fighters, Bruno was tallish, McCall was 6'2 yea that ummm works, oh **** who else did he struggle with Mercer that rights, no one will notice he's only 6'0' :nut

He knows his boxing but is an epic troll when it comes to Lewis and Bowe, not an ounce of objectivity

 

i love when people say lewis would **** bowe with brutal uppercuts
lewis was scared to engage inside with holyfield,and bowe beat the **** out of holy inside with uppercuts
lewis has the better outside game,but no way would he engage with bowe inside...he would clinch for dear life

and yes,lewis did face more punchers,but that has nothing to do with his chin because he wasn't getting hit
i mean he got starched twice by a single punch,and bowe got his ass kicked twice by golota and wasn't knocked out,yet people talk how their chins are equal :roll:

 

1999 Lenny Lewis VS 1992 Riddy Bowe would be like Lewis-Briggs IMO. It is teh closest comparison fight to what we would see. BUT teh differences are Big Daddy has way better inside/mid-range fighting skills, combo-punching, body-punching, And a shitload more stamina than Briggs, as well as a stronger chin. Briggs has a worse defense than Bowe, but they are both open to be hit. So i guess it would be a longer And harder version of teh Shannon Briggs slugging-war for Lewis. My prediction of teh fight is Lenny stops Bowe in Round 8 of a high-paced war, with some mega-hardcore 'holding And hitting' uppercuts And rabbit-punches what would smash teh **** out of any mother****er.

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Foreman Hoooooooooooooooooooooook!:smoke

 

Mercer fights more like a tall fighter than Mike Grant did. If you knew anything about boxing I wouldnt have had to even make this comment. Anyone with a decent jab gave Lewis loads of problems. He could knock down the usual one dimensional suspects, but if anyone put a good jab behind their power shots, Lewis looked like he was on roller skates.

 

So you're actually defending the Mercer being tall pick

Yes good jabs gives ever fighter problems, Bowe doesn't have 1, at least he doesn't have the combination of a busy jab and an awkward defense. Bowe has more problems with jabs than Lewis, did Lewis have problems with Golotas jab? No but Bowe did. What about Holyfield's jab, no but Bowe did. What about Biggs jab? No but Bowe did. What about Tucker? Akiwande? Rahman All top level jabs. Lewis occasionally lost a few rounds to a fighter with a good jab, never to the extent where he was being thoroughly outboxed and partly because he was head hunting