Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis in 1993?

I'm pretty sure Lewis wins if the fight is in 1993.

I'm certain Lewis wins if it's 1995 or after.

Sure would have been a good fight in 1992 or 1993 though. When Bowe was actually training and stuff.

 

Agree 1000%:good

 

Lennox wouldnt be able to stop Bowe, no
matter what. Prime for prime they would
Split some rounds, Bowe may get rocked,
but he will survive Lennoxs bombs. Lennox
Doesnt survive Bowe's best shots. Lennox wasn't
Exactly difficult to hit. I believe Prime Bowe was
quicker and had better balance. If Lennox
manages to outclass Bowe technicaly, unlikely,
Bowe turns it into a brawl and wins by KO. If
Lewis gets outclassed technically, he turns it
into a brawl and gets stopped. Obviously when
Bowe was shot Lennox didnt even reach his prime.
Bowe never got stopped, Lewis got stopped againt
Two glorified journeymen.

 

You're delussional. Prime Lewis was quite a bit quicker than Bowe. Just watch them in the Olympics or when Bowe fought Holyfield and Lewis fought Ruddock, lewis was pretty damn fast, especially on his feet.

And of course Lewis would be able to stop Bowe if he connected, same applies to Bowe being able to hurt Lewis. They're superheavyweights and it they land they hurt people.

But it's a hard match-up to evaluate because Holyfield was considerably smaller than Bowe and was content on trading with him. Lewis likely wouldn't fight along those lines, he'd either use try and bliss him like he did in the second round of the olympics and against Golota or Ruddock, or he'd try and keep the fight on the outside. If he did the latter I think he'd win on points, if he did the former, than it's a war and it could go either way. I still think Lewis would pull it off if for know other reason than he's a much more intelligent fighter who was a master at controlling range, and that's a hell of an advantage.

Bowe not getting knocked out doesn't say much considering the level of his opposition. Holyfied was never a knock-out artist and Bowe never really fought the big bangers on the division. And certainly had Golota not been a bit of a metal case he may have KO'd Bowe, he certainly hurt him repeatedly.

 

lewis because bowe was scared

 

No matter what? Not even the `88 Olympics?:tong

On a serious note Lewis can stop just about anybody he hit square with that righthand of his.

Ofcourse Bowe could hit too and Lewis would be in trouble if Riddick got him down.

Either man could stop the other.

 

I like Lewis no matter what year. The only chance Bowe has to win is if he can take the fight inside, because he was really quite a good inside fighter; terrific uppercuts, especially thrown as a counter, and a real nice, short hook.

Lewis would never engage on the inside though.......and if you look at the Holyfield fights, you see that when Holyfield was controlling the action for the most part when he was jabbing. It's when he fell inside and tried to rumble that Bowe took command. Bowe ate jabs like peanuts, and his own straight right was an ugly, looping thing, leaving him at yet another disadvantage, an odd disadvantage for a man standing 6'5" and weighing 235-245...........He had trouble fighting outside.

I see Lewis' heavy jab controlling and hurting Bowe, and then the rights start following. The end comes a couple rounds after that.

 

I agree with much of what you said. But do you think Lewis really had a heavy jab in `93? Was he snapping that jab the way he would later or was he pawing it and looking to land the right?

 

Hmmm. :think

Not a bad point. Let's put it this way; I think his jab was going to be as effective as Holyfield's was, if perhaps not the piledriver it later became. From there, his size, strength and far greater power put him at an advantage Holyfield didn't have.

 

Bowe's window was very small and apart from his success with Holyfield he did little else, unless you regards his victories over Gonzales, Hide, Donald, Seldon, Cooper or Coetzer as particularly memorable. It would have been very interesting to see how he would have fared against known bangers such as Ruddock, Morrison, Mercer, Briggs, Tua, Tyson and Klitschko. Could he have bested Lewis' efforts, i would say based on his woeful showings against Golota, that would be a resounding no. I was no Lewis fan either but think the Brit would have nailed Bowe style wise and halts him inside 6.

 

Lennox Lewis hits the canvas late in the fight .

Does he get back up or does he stay down ?

Either way , Riddick Bowe gets the KO victory , or finishes him off with a TKO victory .

Riddick Bowe wins this fight .

 

I don't think Bowe gets the opportunity to land the KO blow on Lewis.

This is a fully attentive Lewis we're talking about; the one who registers '0' on the 'Complacentometer'; the one having his first title shot at a guy [Bowe], who's just had the fight of his life against Holyfield.

Lewis himself had just obliterated Ruddock with relative ease and had done so, having taken a quite cautious but surefooted approach.

A bout between Lewis and Bowe, contested predominantly at range (which I think it would be) favors Lewis.

 

If Bowe takes risks and presses the action, turns it into more of a fight than a box he is more likely to win via KO. Easier said than done. Close fight. Close as hell.

Bowe has the chin so he can take more risks

Lewis has the speed so he can out point more easily

Both have serious power

Both have awesome skill, Lewis slightly better