Jack Dempsey vs Riddick Bowe prime for prime

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Who wins and how

  1. Dempsey KO

    14.7%
  2. Dempsey TKO

    14.7%
  3. Dempsey UD

    5.9%
  4. Dempsey MD

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  5. Draw

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  6. Bowe KO

    29.4%
  7. Bowe TKO

    35.3%
  8. Bowe UD

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  9. Bowe MD

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  10. I don't know

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    This is pertinent to the thread on who it harder between Dempsey and Holyfield.

    I am very confident that if Dempsey fought Bowe, something would give.

    Either Dempsey would stop Bowe, or Bowe would stop Dempsey, but there would not be a winner by decision.
     
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  2. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    You know what I mean!
     
  3. GOAT Primo Carnera

    GOAT Primo Carnera Member of the PC Fan Club Full Member

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    Pitmen, Train Drivers, Raftmen, Aviators, Gravediggers....

    :lol:
     
  4. Charlietf

    Charlietf Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lol
     
  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Laugh all you want but the men that Dempsey beat were skilled fighters who would do well in any heavyweight era, including this one.
     
  6. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    One served the United States honorably in World War II, Jack Dempsey, the other fighter joined The United states Marine Corps after the Andrew Golota fight, stayed for 2 days, then quit. Bowe did have a very promising career, especially his bouts with Evander Holyfield in the 1990's. But he was wasted talent for whatever reason. I think in a hypothetical match, he would be too strong for Jack Dempsey, who was no slouch himself. Late stoppage for Riddick Bowe, even though Lennox Lewis referred to him as Chicken Bowe.
     
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  7. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The "Manassa Mauler" vs. the guy who threw the title belt in the trash instead of having to fight the #1 challenger....Lennox Lewis.....Gee...I dunno...
     
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  8. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yeah. Would Dempsey have thrown the belt in the trash??
     
  9. GOAT Primo Carnera

    GOAT Primo Carnera Member of the PC Fan Club Full Member

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    Which belt? Won from Holyfield? :ohno

    He´d rumble at CW.
     
  10. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Turnip pilers, slag thieves, bolt throwers, black lungers...
     
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    One posed at a shipyard in patent leather shoes, the other successfully kidnapped his wife.
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    For all we know, Dempsey may have done one better than Bowe and stopped Holyfield. Then he would have defended the belt vs Lennox Lewis and he may have had Lewis on the canvas being counted out to 10. Of course all of this AFTER he unified the CW division.
     
  13. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah coz Dempsey didn't duck his #1 contender...
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    You're obsessed with hating Dempsey and all of his opponents.
     
  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am.
     
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