Riddick Bowe vs Mike Tyson both in prime who wins?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Rooney would have told him howw to adjust and Bowe was easy to hit.
     
  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    After taking the same amount of punches he took from Holy?
     
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  4. young griffo

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    Tyson for mine.
     
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  5. Wasteman

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    Tough fight for Tyson. I've always thought that Bowe was wrong for him. That said, Bowe wasn't invincible by any means. All hinges on whether Tyson becomes discouraged and gives up when he isn't able to to get Bowe out of there in the first half couple of rounds or whether he carries on applying pressure until he eventually lands something. Very difficult fight to call. My head says Tyson but my heart says Bowe.
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Tyson's glass mind isn't gonna go back together. Maybe Superglue but can't have that back I the corner.
     
  7. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe by close points win.Just better on the inside
     
  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    If your Eddie Futch what's your gameplan for Bowe? What's cooking in the lab.
    Maybe tell Big Daddy to be Big Daddy. Make donuts available at camp. Pizza and beer for dinner. Push Mike back all nite like he's a side of Vegetables.
     
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Clinch, uppercut him coming in
    Bowe has a better chin and jab than Douglas, his overhand right would eventually hurt Tyson and he'd have the power to trade the odd left hook with Mike

    And hope that he doesn't get KOed in 4/5 rounds
     
  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Bowe wasn`t a disciplined fighter and never fought to a game plan, nor did he clinch much.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

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    I agree, but that's the game plan I'd give him, he'd lose without one
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tyson`s right hook to the body/right uppercut combo was better than any of Bowe`s inside work and Mike could have hit Bowe with that combo all night, Tyson was also better at throwing counter hooks after slipping shots, Bowe`s defense was bad on the inside.
     
  13. mark ant

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    He certainly would lose without one you`re right about that, mate.
     
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  14. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    How bout a cross arm defense, sharpen up the elbows.
    Eddie Futch would come up with something good. Bowe would have to execute it though.
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

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    It's a good idea but I don't think Bowe is fast enough to block both body and head shots with a cross arm