I don't think either Bruno or Morrison would have been much of a problem. Both Mercer and especially Witherspoon would have for sure.
Yeah in fact Bowe said Cooper was so strong, he couldn't get off the ropes against him. I particularly remember a beautiful 1-2 that Bowe knocked him down with, an absolutely picture-perfect combo. As far as Bowe vs Lewis goes, I tend to lean just slightly towards Lennox. *Just rewatched, actually Cooper went dow from a follow-up right oops.
The best win between the two of them is Cooper's win over Orlin Norris, who also was a blown up crusierweight.
My 2 cents for anyone interested. The video primarily focuses on Bowe, but I do go over the 4 different times Bowe and Lewis negotiated where for various reasons the fight just never came together. This content is protected
Punching Power ≠ Good Resume They had good power, not out of this world but they could crack, especially Hide. Not to say that Bowe didn't try to avoid punchers because he might've
He was just the WBO champ, it was easy to win tyhe WBO belt at that period, Hide would never have won one of the more established belts, it was the easier route for Bowe.
bowes track record cant be compared to lewis. bowes entire reputation is built on the fights with holyfield. kinda like norton with ali. norton just had his number...........as bowe had holyfields. but that is it! the rest of his opponents were handpicked. and what is more alarming, how did bowe do against modern heavyweights? you know, the 6´5 250 pound types. well, he only fought one relevant big man (golota)........and he basically got his ass handed to him so badly that it ended his career. and lewis was on a whole different level than golota. bowe knew this. he had felt lewis power in the olympics. and he didnt want no part of it.
Bowe was the quintessential shooting star. The Bowe who fought Holy 1 was great and would have done very well in a mythical round robin tournament of heavyweight greats. But after Holy 1 his light faded very fast.
