R. Bowe beats would beat any superheavyweight

I think Vitali Klitscko, Lennox Lewis and possibly even Wladimir Kltschko beats Rid**** Bowe.. And using Wlad's loss against Fury to bolster an argument for Bowe beating him is ridiculous. He was nearly 40 years old with almost 70 fights of mileage behind him and facing a man with a size advantage that Bowe wouldn't even have.. Jesus, does anyone even factor these things into the equation anymore?? Bowe was washed up and punch drunk by the age of 29 and with maybe 38 fights.

 

A 38 year old Tim Witherspoon and Michael Grant destroyed Gonzalez too.. Bowe had poor defense, took too many shots for his own good and was too inconsistently in and out of shape.. Good fighter and one who might have had success in today's picture against Povetkin, Fury and the diminished version of Wlad. But I don't see him beating the prime renditions of the fighters I listed before.

 

Bowe got two all-time poundings from the best super-heavyweight he faced. There's a reason why he was steered away from most of the big, dangerous heavies of his era in favour of bouts against cruiser-sized heavies.

 

"technically" relates to how good a fighter looks on PAPER but their are "intangibles" that relates to how a guy will really do in the ring. Bowe didn't have some of those "intangibles" but he gets a free ride for how he looked against specific fighters in specific fights,,,,

you cant rank a guy as being the best without considering those intangibles fairly, if Bowe was as good as you claim he would not have struggled with Golota the way he did. Look how Lewis did against Golota?

 

This.

Bowe was nothing all that special.

His reputation is based on beating Holyfield, a man he had a huge weight advantage on and who played into his hands by forgetting that he was technically miles better than Ridd ick.

When he fought Coetzer he struggled to get him out of there, looked frankly quite ordinary and had to low-blow repeatedly to soften Pierre up for the kill.

I'd favour all of the "great" super heavies against him, frankly.

 

As would I, with the exception of Valuev, Grant, Briggs and guys like that.. I can't stand to think of him losing to those men. But Lennx, Wladimir and Vitali would have my vote to beat him.

 

Didn't exactly see a huge display of power in that Video. Bowe hit Gonzales cleanly repeatedly over a number of rounds before finally getting him out of there in the 6th.

And like others said, what is the point of comparing a 37 year old Lewis or a 39 year old Wlad to a prime Bowe. It's a pretty pathetic argument when you have to stoop that low to try and make a point.

 

Agreed.

 

Bowe had a good 20-30lb size advantage over three of those. Golota showed Bowe had lots of heart and could take a beating, but it still doesn't bode well for him against sane super-heavies.

 

So would I.