Wladimir Klitschko vs Riddick Bowe - in their primes - Who wins?

Garbage

 

bowe by ko. early.

 

Probably. But then Bowe was great against smaller fighters who lacked the power to hurt him. That's no guarantee he beats a larger, heavier handed and superior boxer to himself.

To turn the tables a moment, do you think Wlad struggles against Herbie Hide the way Bowe did? No. Most likely he controls him with his jab and KOs him cold with a well timed straight down the pipe.

 

Did you really just write defence?

 

Actually, i would give the Hide that fought Bowe an excellent chance at KOing Wlad because of his speed and punch.

With Wlad, you only needed one punch. He just couldn't hold them.

I actually like him, but let's recognize he dominated for so long simply because there were no good HW around.
He was way too cautious because he was protecting his chin, and you simply can't overlook that in H2H matchups.

Lennox had a little better chin, but he never stank the joint throughout his career like Wlad chose to do.

 

Not many fighters could have got up from the right hand Holmes took off Shavers.

 

Wlad was on another level to Hide.

 

Without Futch.

 

Vitali massacred Hide.

Wlad would do the same, only probably more brutally.

Hide gets nowhere near Wlad's chin, and gets decked in brutal fashion.

 

Just nonsense.

AJ's massive uppercut didn't even floor Wlad, whjo needed to follow up just to get him down.

Wlad had a good chin. People take this stuff too far.

 

No, you needed to put a sustained beating on him to keep him down. You're confusing him with David Price.

However weak an era is (or is perceived to be) there's always someone that can take your head off your shoulders if you're not on your game.

Wlad's dominance was his own making, not the whim of chance.

Wlad's caution is what made him so difficult to fight. He wouldn't give you more than a handful of opportunities to get at him, and you'd have to work for them.

His stinking out of the joint has no bearing on how he'd do in a H2H.

 

Lol

 

Except James Tillis and Bernardo Mercado maybe?

 

Klit absolutely obliterates him... Golota ruined Bowe twice and got DQed by some Mafia related business

 

To be fair, he got DQed because he went to town on Bowe's balls. There was nothing shady about the stoppages.