Oleksandr Usyk vs Riddick Bowe - who wins?

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Oleksandr Usyk vs Riddick Bowe - who wins?

  1. Usyk

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  2. Bowe

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  1. Undisputed x3

    Undisputed x3 New Member banned Full Member

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    Who you got?

    I could only find threads from years ago, with people laughably mostly picking Bowe, after Usyk's first couple of HW fights. So I think this deserves a more recent poll now in 2025.

    I personally think Usyk absolutely schools him, what do you think?
     
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  2. ChiefGego

    ChiefGego Active Member Full Member

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    Bowe peaked high but briefly, and ducked the big names beside Holyfield. Great potential, wasted. Mike didn't want any part of Bowe either though.
     
  3. Bofo24

    Bofo24 hobbyist Full Member

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    Usyk. Golota outboxed, frustrated, outjabbed, outskilled, outsmarted Bowe. Bowe seemed lost in the 2 bouts back then. Usyk has higher IQ than both of them and would even do better than Golota.
     
  4. MannyMMA

    MannyMMA Canelo fans are male swifties Full Member

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    Bowe would have ducked him the way he ducked Lennox.
     
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  5. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Member Full Member

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    Usyk would have made Riddick look like an idiot.
     
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  6. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Still raging that we didnt see Bowe V Lewis Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe in his prime was much much better than all of AJ, Fury and Dubois.

    I'm not even convinced Usyk has a better win than Bowe's two wins against a prime Holyfield.

    People see Bowe as this big lump but its crazy that they don't realise how skilled Bowe was, even Steward said Bowe was more skilled than his own pupil Lennox! Absolute f*****g levels from Dubois to Riddick Bowe.
     
  7. SouthpawsRule

    SouthpawsRule Member Full Member

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    Bowe really wasn’t that good unless he was bullying brawlers half his size, Fury would slap him around and AJ and Dubois would give him all he could handle. Usyk massacres him.
     
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  8. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Still raging that we didnt see Bowe V Lewis Full Member

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    Bowe would literally bully Fury what are you on about? I see your point if it was a 1996 Bowe though.

    Don't get me started on AJ and Dubois's chances against Bowe.
     
  9. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cap they had the fight agreed to but Lennox got knocked out by McCall
     
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  10. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd favor Usyk

    Think his footwork is too good for Bowe

    Would be a great fight
     
  11. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fury would get mauled. Usyk schools Bowe, but Fury would duck Bowe. He's struggled when Wallin was pushing the pace. Fury is susceptible to overhand rights and doesn't have the power to hurt Riddick
     
  12. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Usyk would win.

    I don't know how I voted for Bowe - please edit the poll to add "change vote" so I can change it.
     
  13. SouthpawsRule

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    Fury is bigger than Bowe and anyone Bowe has fought with. Prime Bowe was getting tagged at will by Bigg’s jab and was rocked on his feet by his right hand before he finally walked the skinny man down. Fury would box his head off and hold his own up close with his size and own inside skills. He’d really need to mess up and come to the fight fat to lose.

    AJ and Dubois would lose but they wouldn’t go down easy and would give Bowe serious damage.
     
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  14. SouthpawsRule

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    He struggled because Wallin almost blinded him with a horrific cut. Starting from round 6-7 Fury was quite literally puching Wallin all over the ring and dominating the match easily. Bowe got hurt by Tyrell Biggs and looked like a lumbering fool anytime he had to fight with a skilled long-range boxer, Fury would beat him like a drum. Bowe couldn’t replicate 1% of the boxing acumen Fury showed in Usyk I and that was a past prime Fury.
     
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  15. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was getting touched up before the cut, why do you think the cut happened ? Fury wouldn't be able to fight Bowe on the inside like he did Wallin. 0 proof Fury hits harder than Tyrell too. He got dropped by Ngannou when he pressed the issue, and Ngannou was 37, mma fighter on his debut. No he will not live this down. His punch output was pathetic against old Klitschko who has no inside offense and a weaker chin than Riddick.

    Fury got dropped by no skill, trash footwork 1 trick pony deontay wilder, beat 2 ranked guys in the last 9 years and he wouldn't be bullying Bowe like he did Wilder either. Biggs was an Olympic gold medalist and was pretty talented compared to almost all of Furys opposition, he just had a weak will. Fury is likely to get dropped in this fight based on Riddicks huge offensive arsenal to anyone Fury has ever faced bar Usyk. because he's been dropped a dozen times be worse opponents and that will affect the scorecards. More competitive version of the Gonzalez fight. Even sloppy cement footed Whyte had Fury on the ropes in spots. Doesn't need to replicate what Usyk did, Furys been in several tough fights against supposedly far inferior opposition
     
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