Rid**** Bowe vs Lennox Lewis in 1993

No, this is the true story... This is reality .

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Lewis squandered the fight a second time by getting his ass knocked out by a bottom ranker.

 

^ Dino

 

What are you laughing at?

Did you know Frank Maolney had to be pushed aside in order to make the Bowe-Lewis fight happen? By the promoter of Lewis no less because Maloney botched it once and they weren't going to allow him botch it again.
And since Maloney was out of the picture Bowe agreed to face Lewis for just a 35% cut. Who fights a guy they want no part of for 35%?

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-18/sports/sp-5649_1_heavyweight-division

What are you going to do now. Argue with the history books?

 

And yet, when Lewis was his mando, Bowe dumped the belt in the trash. That's history.

The dumbass even made sure the cameras were catching his cowardice.

 

For reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with any unwillingness to fight Lewis .
You'd cosy up to Don King rather than give Bowe the benefit of the doubt . You know you have hit rock bottom when you are on Kings side.

 

If I wake up in the morning and Don King is lying next to me I'll shoot myself.

 

Lewis never had a jab, he was totally out-jabbed by both Bruno and Mercer. Lewis footwork resembled that of a Camel. Lewis boxing ability consisted of "Left jab (paw) followed by devastating right-hand bomb". Lewis would repeat this move throughout the entire fight. Lennox gained nearly 30lb in weight from 92-02 and only ever fought fighters who was years past their best, or exposed lower level fighters. Bowe eat himself out of the championship when having the world at his feet. IMO Bowe would have destroyed Lewis back in 93 and the Lewis camp knew as much, so priced themselves out of facing Bowe in 93 and again in 95..

 

Bowe's defense was terrible, especially for a HW. It's no wonder he has brain damage.

 

Dino will report you for that.

 

He was frighteningly easy to hit. Evander landed between 40-51% f his punches in their 3 fights which is ridiculous when you consider the height and reach disparity. The negative Donald landed 44% of his punches and even the journeymen Ferguson landed 44% of his punches. Then of course their were the Golota fights where Golota landed 55% in the first fight and 63% in the rematch.

I bet he got hit a ton in sparring as well, he couldn't slip a shot for love or money. It definitely shortened his career.

 

One of the great 'what if's' of the modern era.
I'd say at this stage of their respective careers, Bowe was more experienced, more polished than Lewis. Lewis could look a little clumsy and off-colour at times.

But it is interesting to note that when they had that confrontation after the Holy fight, that it was Lewis who looked the more confident. He did win their fight in the amateurs after all. (I thought the stoppage was very premature, but this is amateur boxing,)

Anyhow, less polished or not, Lewis hit like a beast and Bowe was never hard to find. Bowe was durable though, whereas I think Lewis' durability wasn't great. So it will forever be a very good fight to discuss, because both guys had advantages over the other.

My pick? Bowe ever so slightly. But Lewis was well capable of a stunning upset.

 

Who didn't Evander hit?

Tyson - defensive master = knocked out twice . Ali defensive master - shipped way too much punishment. I can make a case right now for Ali being 'frighteningly easy to hit '

Bowe got hit because he mixed it at a higher level than Lewis.

Lewis was turned out in just two rounds against lower levelers. If thats not a direct result of being easily hittable , i don't know what is.

 

Evander was a very accurate puncher but even for Evander that was a good connect rate. He only landed 30% against Moorer, 34% against Mercer, 34% and 33% against Lewis. Even an ancient Foreman got hit less at 42%. I mean how can a prime fighter get hit more than a 257lbs, 42 year old man who is slow as Foreman was then?

And is wasn't just Evander who found Bowe easy to hit, everyone found him easy to hit, problem was for most is he hit back.

Tyson was good defensively at his best, same with Ali but both had high risk styles where if you are not at your best you leave yourself to be hit. So yes they got hit a lot but only after they had faded a bit. Bowe got hit a lot in his prime and hit even more when past prime.

Bowe mixed at a higher level really? Other than Holyfield who did Bowe fight he was worth a damn compared to Lewis' resume? Hide? Donald? Maybe Golota who couldn't last a round vs Lewis. Bowe's resume outside of Evander is **** poor for a guy who was hailed the best in the division for years.

 

Holy went at Bowe like a terrier , he stayed well away from Foreman thats why. A defensive backfoot game was the only way to beat Foreman. Vitali's entire resume would have been beaten by Foremam. Lewis and Byrd included. People don't realise how dangerous that old man was .

Bowe's 3 fights with Evander equals 20 fights vs Adameks , Slobis , Swanouskis etc etc.
Those 3 fights were all Gatti Ward One. Lewis never had any Gatti Ward.

 

How does Lewis not having a Gatti Ward kind of fight result in a black mark against him???