Tony Tucker V Riddick Bowe ?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Tucker was mobile, good jab and solid chin .How's the prime version do against Bowe at his Best. Could Big Daddy drag him in to a war and rough him up ?.Or does Tucker put on a clinical boxing display to out point him ?
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  2. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe, decision.

    Tony won't let his hands go enough to win enough rounds to get his hand raised. Bowe is much much busier of the 2 & Tucker is nowhere near enough of a finisher/opportunist to get this guy out of there.
     
  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Bowe
    Tucker overrated on here and Bowe underrated.
     
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  4. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    BOwe outworks tucker for a unanimous decision
     
  5. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Yep I get that impression. Its probably because Bowe had a short span and is mainly remembered for the Holy bout s and Tucker was seen going distance with Tyson and Lewis .Id like to have seen a bit more of Big Daddy tbh .
     
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  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Big Daddy like Toney for instance had the tools but not the discipline. It's all about discipline IMO ..Add Buster Douglas to that list. No discipline!
     
  7. Mark Adam

    Mark Adam Active Member banned Full Member

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    It`s because Bowe was so easy to hit.
     
  8. Mark Adam

    Mark Adam Active Member banned Full Member

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    Bowe never defeated a slick fighter like McCallum P4P and he never had a good defense like Toney so I feel he was overrated.
     
  9. Mark Adam

    Mark Adam Active Member banned Full Member

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    Both fighters would get hit a lot here and both had good chins except Tucker took the bigger shots from a prime Tyson, so I`ll lean towards Tucker, I would have loved to see it though, Tucker would have beat Golota also.
     
  10. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    You don't even understand my post! Don't know what the #### your talking about here.
     
  11. Mark Adam

    Mark Adam Active Member banned Full Member

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    I just don`t think the Bowe situation was the same as Toney`s because Toney achieved a lot more before he threw it all away, I feel Bowe`s potential is overrated.
     
  12. HerolGee

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    I'd go with Tuck as long as he played it safe and didn't try to take Bowe out at close quarters.
     
  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    I'm talking about wasted talent here. Bottom line is they all had so much talent and there legacies could have been so much better but they lacked discipline. What don't you understand here? I thought I explained it clearly in the first post.
     
  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Tough one, but I'll lean towards Bowe, only just, though.
     
  15. dawnofthedead

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    I would liked to have seen Bowe face more quality opposition as his window, Holyfield aside, was relatively small, i would however pick him to defeat Tucker probably on points, he would be the busier of the two but with Tucker having some good moments along the way.
     
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