Riddick Bowe vs young George Foreman.

All George. Bowe just wasn't all that big of a hitter and had to put a million combinations together to possibly get a Foreman out of there. Problem is the Bowe defense while trying to land that amount of punches on a Foreman. Foreman also had 2 uppercuts in there and not 1 like Bowe & threw a nasty left hook off the jab. Just a case of too many punches being thrown and landed by a world class finisher and what's Bowe going to do when hurt anyway?

 

Bowe would give stern resistance for the first few rounds,but once Foreman started connecting,Riddick would n't be mobile enough to avoid too many punches. George Foreman via tko by the fifth or sixth.

 

I have a hard time seeing Foreman taking this. It would be a slugfest, and I think Bowe's superior skill and stamina would be prevail. They are about equal in terms of chin and not much separates them when it comes power. But Bowe is bigger and has clear advantages in skill and stamina. He wins by 7-9 round KO.

 

Foreman. I just think Bowe was too easy to hit.

 

Foreman's defense consisted of simply pushing his opponent away .

That works okay if you're against a guy like Joe Frazier who you have massive height and strength advantages over, but not against guys that can match him or come close in size, strength, or power. That's the big reason Lyle came so close to beating him, say what you will about the condition Foreman was in for that match (and it's true) but Foreman struggled with him in large part because Lyle himself was physically strong. Lyle didn't hit that hard, but his physical strength was always very good.

With Bowe, he's facing a 6'5 giant with not only very impressive strength but serious speed and athletic ability. Young Foreman is NOT going to push him back like he did with the dwarfed Joe Frazier and be able to unload bombs on him from a safe distance.

This is a very interesting fight, I'm not sure yet as to who I'd pick.

 

Also not sure who to pick. I have a feeling that both guys start out the first round or two jabbing, (maybe Bowe getting the better of that because while his jab isn't as strong as Foreman's, it is faster and has more snap) but after that both guys get drawn into fighting as both start hitting each other and it turns into a Foreman-Lyle type shootout.

 

Prime Foreman would have blasted Bowe out within 6 rounds.

 

You cant be serious. Foreman was by FAR the bigger puncher.

 

Foreman was made of much tougher stuff. Bowe was a frontrunner with porous defense and underwhelming power for a man his size.

 

I can change the names Frazier and Lyle for Holyfield and Golota and make what you wrote read as very favourable to Foreman.
I do see where you're coming from but I just can't see a guy with no defence lasting against Foreman.

 

No, I don't think so. He was a bigger puncher, but not by that much.

 

Your badly mistaken.

 

I think this comes down to who can best take the other guy's punches. Foreman hits harder than Bowe but he leaves himself wide open. Bowe is the better all around boxer.
oreman was stoped by Ali who is a lot of things but being a KO puncher is not one of those things. Bowe to my knlodge has never been stoped (enless you count being hit in the balls by Golita in their two fights).
Considering Foreman's punching power I can see him winning inside of 5 rounds. But if it goes longer I think Bowe wins either by stopage him self or by decision winning all the rounds from 7-12.

 

I'll say Foreman late, if he's not stopped first. I feel it's possible that Bowe, given his height advantage, just may get the drop on Big George. If Riddick can unload on him early and often enough, he could have Foreman in trouble.