Bowe vs Lewis Olympic Final

I think Lewis won and that Lewis would have beaten Bowe whenever the f*ck they fought.

 

horrible reffing / although lewis would have still won

 

It was a bad stoppage and Bowe probably would have won.

 

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Bowe whooped him in the first round. Whose to say he wouldn't have done the same in the 3rd round and won the Gold.

What is for sure though is the horrendous stoppage that robbed him of the opportunity.

Bowe would later go on to pair up with Eddie Futch and became a lot better. The pro bout would been round one every round. Though those upper cuts that snapped his head back woulda probably snapped him out for the count.

 

Bowe knew the better man won that day. One taste of Lewis' right hand was enough for him and his braintrust to do everything humanly possible to shamelessly duck another fight in the pros.

 

Riddickulous stoppage. It was still anyone's fight at that point.

 

Lewis should have been allowed to punch on a bit the second time he hurt him. It would have been conclusively over quite quickly.

 

It was a bad stoppage but amateur rules a much different than the pros.

I think Lewis would have won regardless of the premature stoppage.

That said, this result really doesn't tell us what would have happened had they met in '93 when they should have.

Bowe had improved a lot and was probably peaking.

Lewis really hadn't reached his peak yet in '93.

At the time they fought in '88 Lewis was older, stronger and more experienced.

At 23 and having already fought in a previous Olympics, Lewis was the much more mature of the two.

Bowe was a novice in comparision, at that point.

 

Lewis was pounding him.

 

Bowe was down in a fight before this. Note how easily Lewis lands his right, and how one big one hurts Bowe.

Bowe's defense was never good, and there is a reason why he never meet Lewis as a professional.

 

The stoppage was awful, but Lewis was coming stronger and stronger.

 

For such a so called early stoppage, I sure didn't see Bowe complaining about it. He accepted the defeat. And his corner sure weren't grabbing a piece of the ref to complain about a premature stoppage either. So someone knew he was hurt.

Be that as it may, fighting for the gold medal is a huge fight. Lots of pressure. Losing via decision is one thing, but getting stopped is a whole different matter in a high pressure bout like this. A result to not ever dismiss. These things almost always go the distance and the only other result like this was Stevenson over Tate.

 

he looks hurt to me, that 2nd left hook leading to the first count landed real clean. if it continued i think 9 times out of 10 it would have been waved off pretty quickly anyway.

maybe he deserved the chance considering it's a final but really a final should be officiated the same as any other bout.