Lennox Lewis is one of boxing's gems in that he's always been professional and you almost have to force him to bad-mouth anyone. Rid**** Bowe is one of the few people in boxing whom Lennox despised. Manny Stewart often spoke of how that would be a dangerous fight for Bowe because Lennox genuinely wanted to hurt him. I think Bowe knew that all too well. But lets just debate that that has little to do with what each man can do in the ring. Here is another reason why Lewis wins this one. You can count on one hand the number of times Lennox showed up out of shape. On the other hand, you can count on one hand the number of times Bowe actually showed up IN shape. Here is a man who won the title, then had a KITCHEN installed in HIS BEDROOM. I don't think I have to give you all the other examples of Bowe's lack of dedication to the sport. But lets debate again on the merits of each fighter at his best. Bowe's prime began with his title winning effort against Holyfield. His prime was shortened by his lack of discipline and likely ended during the Golota affairs. Lennox developed late and was only slightly past his prime when he destroyed Tyson. Give me the Lennox who dismantled Hasim Rahman. He was at his best then. That version of Lewis was clearly stronger than the Bowe who defeated Holyfield. Bowe looked good partly because Evander was clearly undersized. You saw what happened when Holyfield showed up for the rematch with 7 lbs. of added muscle. Not the greatest performance but enough to get the job done. Lennox is a patient boxer. However, every time he has faced a bigger opponent, or one his size, he was very aggressive. I don't think it would take long to realize he has the edge in strength and power over Bowe. Lewis would jump on him early and beat that fake-tough Brooklyn attitude right out of him. It wouldn't be pretty Lewis by KO in 9
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140610184650AA62YB0 I am beginning to wonder if you are capable of any original thoughts ?
Lenni was not past him prime in the Tyson fight. His performance, speed, reflexes punching power were the same compared to 1996-97.
In the early 90s bowe wins by stoppage. Around 96 lewis wins. Prime vs prime anything could happen. I can see lewis controling the distance dominating and then bowe gets mad and he loses by DQ. or bowe landing a big shot and stoping lewis
I don't think he is. The guy just copies and pastes posts he finds from Google searches. Anyway, back on topic, Lewis stops Bowe in the later rounds by sustained punishement.
I'd disagree. When Lewis fought Tyson it was the first time I noticed a physical decline, he had lost a little hand speed for sure, he had begun to decline which isn't a surprise he was a few months short of 37. As for Lewis/Bowe, I've always thought Bowe would struggle with any version of Lewis. Lennox was the better athlete, faster, stronger more powerful this wouldn't be an undersized Holyfield that he could manhandle this would be another big powerful super heavy. Bowe would be out jabbed, was far too easy to hit and find himself manhandled, while he was better on the inside he wouldn't have it all his own way in close, he'd be pushed back and pushed around. Lewis would jump on him like he did in the 2nd round at the Olympics and once again Bowe wouldn't have what it takes to deal with that, especially as by the time he would face Lewis he was already in decline due to his ever growing waist line. Lewis would beat him to the punch over and over again and Bowe wouldn't have the jab, movement or defence to cope with that.
If they had fought in '93, Bowe by mid rounds ko. Lewis hadn't adopted the winning style he had much later under Steward. He was more exciting, and more vulnerable than when he dominated the division in the late '90's. Bowe was the more resilient. In a battle of jabs and straight rights, Bowe comes out on top. Lennox looked very good against Ruddock, but Razor didn't have nearly a good of a jab as Bowe. Then, Lewis looked very mediocre against Bruno and Phil Jackson in '93. Then McCall took him out in '94, easily. The Bowe who came out of the first Holyfield fight was prime and battle tested.
