Hot take, prime Riddick Bowe could make 200lbs Crusierweight and be successful and here’s why

Does anybody remember Daniel Geale looking like a waxwork at the Cotto weigh in? And how sluggish and ineffective he was during their fight?

Bowe will be lucky to look that good if he ever managed to melt away the weight required to reach cruiser.

He'd get knocked out by the first half decent opponent at the weight because he'd be drained half to death, literally.

 

That was because he lost too much weight too quickly and was horribly weight drained and gaunt looking.

He lost 50 pounds in 8 weeks vs Golota and that's a stupid amount of weight to lose in that time.

Bowe weighed 235 pounds vs Holyfield in their 1st fight which is considered his peak performance.

But as for the thread no Bowe could not make Cruiserweight he was very slim in the Olympics and he still weighed like 216 pounds.

Bowe would have to be horribly weight drained and starved to be under 200 pounds.

 

These guys are backed by British promotors. They can have any fight they like. They are sellable.

 

Bone density and body types (based on bone dimensions) like ectomorph or mesomorph can affect someone's weight.

 

Yes, but it has no impact on much weight one can lose in fat, and that's really what matters in a discussion such as this. If Bowe carried, say, 40 lbs lbs of excess flab at 235 he could have made 200 lbs, no matter how dense his skeleton was. But he didn't have that excess weight.

 

Riddick could make 200 … if he amputated one of his legs.