1995 - Bowe/Lewis - Who Wins?

Who?

 

Jokes are fine but it should have been

Who?

:smoke

 

The details can be so easily pieced together it was not necessary to dig up the tangibles. Riddick Bowe showed during his career that 1) He has problems with large men who can jab 2) He could be hurt by lesser punchers than Lewis and 3) He was not too keen on fighting Lennox Lewis. Lennox Lewis showed during his career that 1) His brand of boxing seemed to improve when he fought bigger men 2) He had a lethal punching power/a top jab and 3) A willingness to fight Bowe. Bowe did not sport the manoeuvrability or conventional defence to stop a mission driven' Lennox Lewis from sinking in his booming right after taking charge. Riddick had much heart, but Lewis' arsenal would have him for toast, and if they had a rematch it would be supper time. Lennox was the superior athlete; the stronger man, the more punishing puncher, and to top it off he has the supreme mental edge. Riddick Bowe's style of smooth boxing worked wonderful, when that is, he was in the driving seat. Lennox is the driver all the way here.

 

I pretty much agree with what he said though. Whatever spin is put on things Bowe ditched the WBC Heavyweight title rather than defend it against Lewis. That is pretty big. Regarding Bowe having never been stopped it might have happened several times had events gone other than historically. Moreover, just because Bowe was never stopped it does not follow that he could not have been ever stopped. He did not face the big punchers of his day, Hide and possibly Golota and Holyfield aside. He did not face a Tyson, Bruno, Tua et all. Lewis did, and none of those vaunted punchers even visibly dented him.

 

I would have liked to have seen Bowe vs Razor Rudduck at the right time, Nervous Times at Bowemont High i reckon.

 

It would have been very interesting if the Ruddock 'smash' had landed. Nevermind Riddick 'Chicken' Bowe, he would have been Riddick 'Headless Chicken' Bowe.

 

I'll make damn well sure i don't push you for elaboration if we're ever on opposite sides. What an authoritive post and certainly for me a concluder extraordinaire. Infallible.

 

I highly doubt Bowe would have been able to smash him out of there fast like Lewis either. Ut oh.....

 

Lewis would crush Bowe in my opinion.

 

I do remember Bowe saying "Bet the house on Ruddock" when predicting Ruddock-Lewis...but that was probably more of an emotional response than an actual considered reply!

People forget Ruddock's reputation back in '92. Yes Tyson clearly had the best of him, but Iron Mike was out of the way and people were going "If Bert Cooper could knock down Holyfield..." The usual gossip.

 

Bowe. If a lower level fighter like McCall could take Lewis out in '94, Big Daddy would be able to turn the trick, maybe earlier.

 

Solid analysis there Zakman. :roll:

 

Is it just me or does Lewis' loss to Rahman because he was unacclimatised for the altitude sound bull****. Now for some scientific analysis. It is estimated that the altitude at the Mexico City Olympic games caused approxmately a 10% decrease in aerobic performance, the sprinters (who don't use the aerobic system) weren't affected. Mexico city is 2300m above sea level. I couldn't find the altitude of Brakpan (where the fight took place) but Johannesburg which is in the same state is 1700m above sea level. Physical activity is made difficult at higher altitudes because the air is thinner, meaning there is less oxygen available, this has a detrimental effect on the aerobic system.

Now, boxing has been estimated to be around 70% anaerobic and 30% aerobic. Because of this, the altitude would not have a huge effect on the fight as boxing doesn't use the aerobic energy system that much anyway, instead a large proportion of energy comes from the lactic acid system which doesn't use oxygen but instead uses the bodies stored glycogen to produce energy. The loss shouldn't be blamed on him being unacclimatised or whatever. He has no excuse for being 'tired' in the 4th round.

 

I don't think Lewis can blame his loss on just lack of acclimatization. What with him filming Oceans 11 as well I just don't think his mind was really on the job. The fact that he handled Rahman so easily in the rematch makes me think that this was just a bad day at the office for Lewis.

 

What do you mean his filming of Oceans 11, he is in the film for like 30 seconds. It couldn't have taken more than a day to film. One scene! I agree, I jus think it was a bad day. We all have them, there shouldn't be any excuses thrown out.