How hard did Prime Riddick Bowe hit ?

Thats what I´d say too.
Next to Holyfield, Lennox dropped/stopped better and more fighters. Someone eventually could argue LL didn´t exatcly benefit from facing Holyfield.

Watched that fight some weeks ago, imho not that much. According to Bowe himself Hide could srsly whack. He did extremely well landing on the bigger man with agile footwork plus handspeed. Mixing sharp and powerful punches, he´s pretty underrated at that "power department". But almost no chin and gas tank, Bowe didn´t land that clean imho.
Give that fellow Holyfields durability and work rate....

 

i've never thought of Bowe as having like top 10 hw power I just thought of him as a big solid hw who was a great boxer and a good finisher

 

Good question

He was an exceptionally well rounded fighter who hit harder than Holmes and not quite as hard as Foreman

He has a different style a more complete fighter in every department than most big fighters...but his style was not a pretty standing sharpshooter like Lennox Lewis he came across like a bear clubbing another. But his power was top notch IMO but what most fans notice was his all around ability specifically fighting in a phone booth was impressive....truly a scarry fighter because crowding him was just as bad or qorse than to stay outside and box

 

I am not that “high” on Tucker to be honest. But what I will say is that Lewis decking him was quite a big deal, because Tyson hadn’t...and although I believe Orlin Norris had been robbed in a fight previous to this, statistically Tuckers manufactured record was at least still good at that time.

Did Tucker even have a prime? The guy was like perennial prospect for almost an entire decade. Him and Douglas were extremely obscure nobodies when the IBF dumped Spinks and chose them to fight for his vacant belt. The two of them were NABF level at best then. The IBF just promoted their “national American” profile into “international”. And it was based on nothing other than wanting to deliver a belt to Mike Tyson so the IBF could get in on some Tyson sanctioning percentages.

That being said, Lewis was really the first guy to dominate Tucker. So if Tucker ever was anything, Lennox was the guy who finished him as an elite name.

 

I would say asking a single fighter who is the hardest hitter is flawed as it's just as likely that you got buzzed by someone so "they hit the hardest" when in all reality they probably caught you with something you didn't see and it eschews your perception.

 

I still go by the man who the was in the ring with them than being an arm chair quarterback

 

If you find me 10 fighters who say the same thing about an opponent I.E Shavers I put a lot more stock then one guy... you also have the biasness of someone claiming someone they beat hit harder then someone they lost to, too much biasness of only one individual to make a definitive statement.