Joshua gets massacred, prime Bowe was no joke and beat Holyfield. I think he would stop Joshua within 6.
Gets stopped in similar fashion. I see Bowe putting him on the back foot the entire fight, negating his right hand, and stopping him in the mid rounds.
Bowe vs Gonzalez type. Joshua may last longer due to better skills than Gonzalez but that’s about it.
Remind me again how many punchers Bowe fought in his career ? Especially the size of Joshua. Also Gonzalez was not even close to Joshua, one was a failed amateur boxer the other was an elite world champion. People like to hate on Joshua now but atleast he was willing to take risks, Bowe on the other hand fought the likes of Jesse Ferguson, washed up Dokes, Buster Mathis Jr. Instead of all the other dangerous Heavyweights at that time. Believe me I don't even know if Bowe would fight Joshua in all honesty, he somehow missed out on fighting all these names. George Foreman Ray Mercer Tommy Morrison Tim Witherspoon Lennox Lewis Michael Moorer Etc I'm not saying all of these fights not happening were Bowe's fault. But there is a pattern of Bowe not being keen to fight any punchers either.
Bowe might have trouble with big punchers, but Joshua is rather timid when it comes to throwing kill shots so I'd not bank on him to win. I think Bowe would score a few knockdowns and Joshua would end up quitting like with Ruiz.
I have to agree with you to a certain extent. But the majority of the blame lies with that **** bag Rock Newman. Even Lennox Lewis at some point said he felt Bowe himself would have fought him given the choice.
Current day AJ gets diced up and KO'd badly. Prime AJ though? If he could manage to keep Bowe off him, he might well be able to win. Bowe was always pretty hittable, and AJ can hit. Prime AJ who wasn't hesitant, who threw combos, was aggressive, had an impressive KO streak -- he'd have a real shot.