Hide and Gonzalez aren’t remotely near Wilder’s level. The guy who served Wilder last Saturday was the best h2h fighter either of these two faced imo.
Let turn this around......prime Bowe is hard to nail down because of his training habits. So lets pick the Holyfield 1 Bowe or around Futch would employ a similar gameplan then Fury and put Wilder on the back foot , starting with the jab with the looping right behind it and getting bup close except Bowe would not clinch or head lock he would rip uppercuts and body punches.....Bowe was the BEST big heavyweight insde fighter, bare none......and even washed up, Bowe never ever gassed and fought 3 min a round. Bowe , next to marciano, was the only champ never been counted out AFAIK, even totally shot you could not keep him down. I believe Bowe would walk Wilder down and he has the chin to survive a Wilder right hand......and I would have made the prediction before saturday....for me, a focused and fit Bowe is a absolute nightmare for anybody out there. However, on the same token I believe Bowe beats Fury too......the Limeys get all high right now but was a sloppy affair at times by Fury and nowhere in hell is he head locking Bowe or bully him around, it aint happen, Bowe was a BIG guy with tremendous strenght . being inside would be all wrong for Fury to be against Bowe, as mentioned above, Bowe was a master inside and had no problem getting dirty like Fury. Long range , Bowe has the jab, timing and stamina to make 273 pounds fight 3 min a round. Fury would never bring the fight to Bowe like he did against Wilder, he would try to box like in the first or a WK approach. Until the shot behind the ear it was not a Fury blow out, he came out strong in the first , the second was even and he dominated after the knock down....he is not landing that shot against Bowe. Before anybody jumps on with Golata......Bowe was already washed up then and still won, he made the mental midget quit twice.
No fing way Bowe would beat Fury. Fury has everything a past it Tubbs possessed and more strength than Golota. Bowe would get totally winded if it turned into a wrestling match and would struggle in an outside fight.
The problem is Bowe was never winded, we are talking best vs best......Bowe was washed up vs Golata and still won. Tubbs was a a fight when he came up......Fury needed ctwo tries against club fighter Chisora and got put on his azz by a cruiser while coming up......it is not relevant...we are talking best vs best and Bowe was a complete fighter inside and out side with bad training habits, when he was on with Futch in his corner he is a very tough nut to crack. It would be stupid for Fury to fight Bowe on the inside, he needs to box, inside he gets stopped.....one more time, Fury was extremely sloppy at times on saturday but Wilder could not capitalize but Bowe would , guaranteed..
A 270+ Fury leaning on him would make him very winded. He never faced that scenario as a pro and did a questionable job pursuing Lewis who would have tested him in that way.
One more time, Fury aint leaning on Bowe because Bowe is the superior inside fighter, he would not be tame like Wilder inside, he would rip close hooks, uppercuts and body shots with low blows too, he would have a filed day with Fury trunks pulled up to his nipple. Furys chances are on the out side because he has a slight speed advantage and the better foot speed, up close he would get a beating. Here we go again, Wilder is a bum but because Fury beats him he is the GOAT now...Bowe was a skilled aggressive come forward fighter who made you fight three minutes a round and had the chin to take the incoming while firing right back.......Fury is a significantly bigger ctarget then Holyfield and he landed plenty of leather gainst Holy. One more time, Bowe and Marciano are the ONLY Heavyweight champs who were never counted out AFAIK.
Even after the loss Wilder seems slightly overrated. I would favor a fading Bowe to stomp him and there are a bunch of guys from the 90s on that I would either give the nod to or give a good chance at beating Wilder. He's like a tougher DaVarryl Williamson in a worse era with better management. Actually, the best Williamson would be a tough one for Wilder.
LOL, so local club fighter Chisora is on Bowes level ? Riddick Bowe is the BEST Big Heavy inside fighter in the history of the sport. fact.
Yeah , sure everybody beats Wilder now, sure thing , a bum......so if he would beat ANY of the current top 5 in the near future they would have gotten beaten by a total bum, what does that them make now, tripple bums ?
No, Lewis was more effective but uglier. The gap between Chisora and Bowe is closer than Fury and...*crickets*.
Wilder would ko bowe clean out. You should listen the opinion of Riddick about the power of wilder. And of course that Fury outpoints Bowe