Properly prepared I would make him a heavy favourite over both, yes. If he is stupid about it, Maskaev especially has the tools to cause him problems.
Read my original post on how almost everyone hated on Lewis before he retired and now they sing his praises. History will judge this division better than you or I will - nuff said.
I'll pass on the re-read if that's ok. I don't know quite what your understanding of history is, mine would be that it's happening now.
In other words Bowe = Golota's *****. (too bad golota was mentally unstable). Who is golota? a reject and never was compared to a prospect such as Povetkin. Just imagine , if a guy like golota can pull this **** against Bowe...imagine what a prime prospect would do to his sorry ass. Lewis? Only had to fight 2 euro fighters in his career... 1rst one was Mavrovic (a guy he was never able to ko or hurt btw). 2nd and last one was Vitali. (in a fight he should've lost...but ended up winning because of a huge cut on vitali's face. but there's no denying that vitali was winning on points and better yet the guy could also take lennox's best punches...)... Ever seen Lennox Lewis ' amateur record? almost all his losses are against eastern euros. coincidence? Today's era is not worse than the 90's...only difference is that now people are bitching a bit more cause americans are out of the picture. it sure is different from ali's era too , in which eastern euros used to get banned from participating in the first place.
Some fair points there but a bit too extreme IMO. The fact is many boxing fans are turned off by the fact they can't call one guy champion anymore. That combined with the lack of decent American HW's tends to leave the American fans without a hero :yep
...........and why should that matter? My guess is you aren't European and neither were your ancestors so you have a hard time indentifing with any of the current beltholders. Did I touch a nerve?
No, if you read his post its very pro European. Actually I would be happy to see Peter on top and you know that, I dont judge a fighter by where hes from. I judge the fighters I like by how they fight in the ring, I dislike Wlad because hes a cry baby who gets knocked down too much.
If Bruno were active right now he'd probably be undisputed, that's how **** the division is right now. No way would any of the current belt-holders be able to take Bruno's arsenal, no way in hell.
To a certain extent, he did. I don't believe Byrd would have beaten him, and I certainly don't believe he was afraid of Byrd, but he did avoid a fight with him, and deserved to be stripped of his title as such. Byrd earned his shot after beating Mo Harris and David Tua in an eliminator tournament.