Based on Skills/Ability alone... is Bowe

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  1. KuRuPT

    KuRuPT Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    in your top 10 HW's of all time? Obviously his resume isn't the best, and his peak didn't last all that long. However on ability alone, was he that good?
     
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  2. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Given your qualifiers, I would definitely be inclined to say yes.
     
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  3. PrinceNaseemHamed

    PrinceNaseemHamed Walk Like A Champion Full Member

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    Absolutely
     
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  4. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yes
     
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  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Top ten, no
     
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  6. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie

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    Head-to-head - yes
     
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  7. Knights107

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    Top ten based on ability no.
    Maybe top 11-15
     
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  8. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yes....number 9 in my top 10
     
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I think his porous defense and willingness to discard his physical advantages lower his rank.

    But I will say that for whatever dedication he lacked at times, he always had heart in the ring.
     
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    joebeadg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Bowe, top ten all time?????? Hell nO!!!! Riddick Bowe??? No! Maybe top 100 He was good, big, strong, talented, But you got Joknson,Louis,Marchiano,Holmes, all those guys from the 50s and 70s, no way
     
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  11. The Kentucky Cobra

    The Kentucky Cobra Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Maybe as a puncher and infighter, his overall skill set was lacking.
     
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    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    For once i agree. He was an excellent infighter.

    His jab was pretty good too when he wasnt being lazy or pawing with it.
     
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  13. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Never learnt to throw a straight right hand.Always overhand right
     
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  14. ForemanJab

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    no Bowe is overrated
     
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  15. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    H 2 H there are a heck of a lot of guys he would beat definitely. And on his best night he gives any one he loses to hell of a fight. Frustrating to think could have had a lot more years of big daddy if he hadn't suffered health problems. He certainly had nothing wrong with his heart.
     
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