Bowe v witherspoon, lewis, tyson and bonecrusher that bruno fought?

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    All of the above is true, and I tend to lean towards your point of view.. It is still not a forgone conclusion though in my opinion.
     
  2. Iceveins

    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    :lol:

    Man shut the **** up. Here you go insinuating i dont know enough about them when you sound like you just started watching boxing last week. You're a flip flopping idiot who debates like my girlfriend. Just like I do to her, time to ignore you. Good day.
     
  3. Silver

    Silver The Champ is Here Full Member

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    glad, somebody can see this. but you;re right, bowe was a force at his best, and would give tyson all he can handle but how tested was bowe? people claim that tyson fought weak opposion in his heyday. well bowe was opposition was even worse. and as talented as bowe, tyson was as talented and then some. so you have to give the slight edge to tyson but it could theoretically go either way considering the ability of both men and what they have proven in their careers.
     
  4. Silver

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    :rofl ridiculous. you mad? you sound like a woman yourself. fact is you made a claim that you couldnt prove whatsoever. now you're crying about flopping when the proof showed you flip flopped. go learn something before you start sounding like an ass.
     
  5. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    on the bowe/lewis side of the argument i cant help noticing most of the pro-bowe posters are citing bowe at his best (holyfield trilogy) and Lewis at his worst, when it comes to comparisons. Not really a fair comparison i think. Bowes a bit of an enigma and we'll never know how good he could of been. The one thing about Lewis i think most will agree on, is that when faced with a big guy/bowe kinda fighter (klitschko excepted) he jumped on them right away and was very successful with an early KO
     
  6. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I am not sure Bowe beats a Prime Witherspoon. Watching an older Witherspoon handle Gonzales and fight well against Mercer makes me feel he beats Bowe at his best.
     
  7. The Mongoose

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  8. Unforgiven

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    Yes, I'd pick a prime Witherspoon to beat prime Bowe.
    But a prime Bowe should beat the fat under-trained Witherspoon who battled Bruno.

    (Both of them knock out Bruno.)
     
  9. OneLennoxLewis

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    When Lennox fought Frank Bruno, he was reported to have been having a pre fight kip, when the start time was brought forward due to impending rain that threatened to have the fight cancelled, hence his slow start. It wasn't his finest hour, but there was a reason.
     
  10. OneLennoxLewis

    OneLennoxLewis Member Full Member

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    Wasnt that fight during Ramadan, and with Bent bieng a Muslim, hospitalisation after the fight ensued?
     
  11. Nanaki

    Nanaki Active Member Full Member

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    Do you really think Bowe getting his dick KTFO(twice), is the same as Lewis' fight with Golota? Really bad comparison.... Sorry I realize this post is old but someone need to point that logic out.
     
  12. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    I think Bowe beats bonecrusher, but he might need a rematch to do it. I don't think Golota was any better than Smith and I sence Golota would have been a bad match for even a Prime Bowe.

    I can't see Bowe beat Tyson, Lewis or the even Witherspoon Bruno fought.

    I think the Witherspoon that Bruno fought had too much heart, defence and physical size for Bowe to bully Tim around like he did Holyfeild.
     
  13. Dorfmeister

    Dorfmeister Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Big Daddy definitely makes the weight of his punches be felt on Terrible Tim and Bonecrusher but against Lennox or Tyson, he would have to put on his best display, something against Lewis like against Jorge Luis Gonzales and na unrelentless pace and rough fight inside and out against Tyson.
     
  14. dawnofthedead

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    Bowe's fights with Golota are largely viewed as losses for Bowe, circumstances allowed Bowe to prevail in those fights, he took a terrible beating in the rematch & showed signs of neurological damage during the post fights interviews, in fact the referee did not protect Bowe & should have caused a halt to the bout earlier in my opinion, Bowe certainly did not make Golota quit, that's nonsense.
     
  15. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Most of the guys Bowe fought were of a level that Lewis had no reason to fight them and Bowe shouldn't have wasted his prime facing them in the first place.

    The spectacular lack of accomplishments on the part of Hide Gonzalez etc are the reason the fights aren't seen as meaningful not Lewis not fighting them.