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Anyone have a video of this fight

 

I'm watching a replay of it right now and Bowe looks SO old!!! They should change his name to "Grand daddy Bowe".

 

At one point, Lewis apparently joked he was going to jump in the ring and help Bowe out!
Sympathy vote for Bowe from Lewis of all people, ouch.


From SecondsOut.com :


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World Boxing News
Old, Slow ‘Big Daddy’ Bowe Wins Comeback in Germany
Sat 13-Dec-2008 21:05



41 year-old Riddick Bowe

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By Paul Upham: Sixteen years after he first won the heavyweight boxing world title against Evander Holyfield in 1992, Riddick Bowe returned to the ring on Saturday night at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany on the Wladimir Klitschko-Hasim Rahman card. Bowe won an eight round points decision, but it was a sad sight for anyone who remembered “Big Daddy” at his best.

The 41 year-old American was enticed to relocate to Germany to launch another comeback by Herb Smith, a former professional and All-Army boxer. Smith now manages Bowe and has overseen his personal fitness regime. Bowe arrived in Kaiserslautern in early September and reportedly lost 50lbs in weight.

Smiling and jiving during his ring walk, Bowe with heavy black beard and dressed in white trunks, was facing 33 year-old journeyman Gene Pukall 14-13-2 (12) from Berlin, Germany.

Much heavier and slower than in his prime, Bowe had weighed in at 270lbs, 10lbs less than his last fight in April 2005, when he beat Billy Zumbrun on a split decision over ten rounds and 35lbs more than when he defeated Holyfield.

Rounds 1 and 3 were Bowe’s. Round 2 was Pukall’s, possibly his only round of the fight. Bowe took a left hand to the top of the head as he ducked down, appearing a little unsteady on his feet. There was a slow pace to the fight throughout. Most of the time the sparse action only interrupted long periods of standing and watching.

With long time rival Lennox Lewis watching on at ringside, the taller Bowe leaned forward and used his double jab, right hand combination to win rounds. While the technique was there, it was slower and much less heavier than in Bowe’s prime years, when he had the best jab in the division.

Two right hands twisted Bowe’s head back in round 4. It was an excruciating slow fight to watch. The only real excitement came in round 5, when Bowe dropped Pukall at the end of the round with a left hook to the jaw. Pukall just managed to beat the count before the bell.

In round 6, Pukall exchanged with Bowe, but got caught with a right hand which hurt him and pushed him back onto the ropes. Bowe was constantly glancing over to Lennox Lewis, but did little to try for a knockout win. The final two rounds were sloppy and even slower.

Bowe 43-1 (33) received the unanimous eight round points decision win from the judges and polite applause from the crowd. The retired Lewis got up again and walked back out to the VIP boxes to await the Klitschko-Rahman main event.

No one should forget that light heavyweight world champion Bernard Hopkins is a freak of nature fighting at 43 and that the large majority of boxers should not be fighting in their 40’s.

Riddick Bowe was finished as an elite fighter in 1996 in his disqualification rematch win over Andrew Golota. Nothing has changed and he should not be fighting in a professional boxing ring in 2008 or beyond.

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don't forget Bowe only has one loss.

 

and watching him fight now
3 chins and a belly that goes through the door 2 seconds before his head does.

 

Seriously though, it was a sad sight. Bowe actually got stunned/hurt in round 2 but played well to fake it. Bowe should retire.

 

Avenged too.

 

from a man with 2 ko wins in 26 fights

it was a temple shot though.

 

He was lucky not to lose to Golota twice though.

 

Yeah he was lucky his opponent was ******ed.

Too many insane avatars lately. :dead

 

Insane in a good way?

 

I thought Riddick looked absolutely fabulous and is a credit to the era that he represents.. He still put those slick combinations together when he had to.. Living ledgend.........

 

Nono.. Bowe has been protected his entire carreer against anyone decent his own size.

No more of that bull ****.

Let's see Bowe-Vitaly. :smoke

 

lets see Bowe's manboobs!