Wladimir Klitschko vs Riddick Bowe

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  1. BCS8

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    Herol needs to stop thinking about Calzaghe and start to concenzaggers on keeping his arguments straight.
     
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    I am giving Herol until tomorrow to get off the drugs. If he doesn't, there'll be Joe to pay.
     
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    For me the question is only can Klitschko successfully clinch Bowe.

    That's the deciding factor for me.
     
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    I wouldn't say that. Outside the top 30 i'd say. Wlad wasn't good at keeping distance. I wouldn't even put him top of THIS era never mind of all time.
     
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    False. One legit KD. There others were neck lock throw downs. No punch was connected. Why lie when the footage can easily prove you wrong.
     
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    Keeping distance is about the only thing he was good at.

    When he was younger and tried being an aggressive ko artist he found himself bombed out time and time again.

    It was only wen he stuck to the outside and clinched at all other ranges he began to have success.
     
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    It didn't work on Fury. There's your answer.

    Hell, even gassed out bum Peters broke out the clinch many times. Wlad got hit with rabbit punches cos he was turning his back and running away. He done the same with Povetkin and Fury.

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...ictory_in_the_heavywei-a-11_1459870023554.jpg

    https://thesignaldotbiz.files.wordp...chko_vs_alexander_povetkin_31.gif?w=400&h=291

    You can't talk about this guys chances against the greats. Its ridiculous .
     
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    He came up against a man quicker with longer reach, any fighter will struggle on the outside at such a proposition.

    Peter also was nearly knocked out in the final round.

    Bowe has fought many men that Wlad would beat, all of those had their chances discussed pre fight. No reason for this to be any different.
     
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    Against what guy did he control the distance the best? Lets not say Haye as he was on his back in every round and even got a point deducted for it.
     
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    Well it was said that Wlad preforms much better against bigger men prior to the fight and Fury was going to get knocked out in brutal fashion.
    You can't blame the other guy having longer arms for losing.
     
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    Take your pick. He didn't win a single fight on the inside because he can't fight there.
     
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    A lot of things get said pre fight that aren't correct, you should know this more than most.

    Not just longer arms, quicker arms. Wlad can't fight on the inside and he couldn't beat Fury to the punch outside.
     
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    He actually won them all in there cos you take the illegal clinch off him and he gets knocked out
     
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    Lets not act like Fury was better than Bowe. He wasn't that quick. Id say about the same as Bowe. But Bowe woould throw fast right hands and jabs. Fury threw more cuffing type point scoring shots.
     
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    He never won a round in the clinch. He only avoided exchanges in the clinch.

    Every point scoring punch was from range.