Poll - Who would win? Usyk or 1992 Prime Riddick Bowe?

Bowe in shape and in his prime was a top fighter. There is a huge talent mismatch of Riddick Bowe compared with guys that Usyk had hell with like Chisora, Briedis and arguably could say Dubois.

People don't actually realise just how skilled Riddick Bowe actually was, even Manny Steward said Bowe had the edge over Lennox in the skill department.

Briedis fight shows that Usyk may not stick to his outboxing style. In addition, Bowe had great movement aggressively cutting the ring, much better than those guys who have managed to cut the ring such as Chisora and Briedis.

When not in-fighting, Bowes natural style was to be on the front foot and his jab was powerful enough to rock Holyfield.

 

If Briedis is capable of forcing Usyk into a phone booth contest no matter how disciplined Usyk is, then Bowe absolutely wouldn't have any issues bettering Briedis efforts. Even if Usyk kept it on outside, Bowe was much more than skilled enough to cut the ring.

WSB - I can't judge amateur boxing too much as its so different to professional boxing, less rounds, you tend to try different strategies etc, its all just so different. Plus he only beat a very raw Joyce. Amateur boxing doesn't really tell the whole story, you can get fighters like David Price beating Tyson Fury to Audley getting gold. You can look good in amateurs but be absolute rubbish in the pro stages.

Bowe still beat 3 EE fighters en route to the final. Plus Bowe (like Fury) matured FAST after the amateurs, especially under Futch even despite getting a silver medal, in which he was very unlucky not to get gold.

Unfortunately Bowe was finished before the two Golota fights and was clearly no longer the same fighter, its what brain damage does to one. Before the first Golota fight Bowe already had huge equilibrium problems stemming from concussion infections from sparring. Bowe had this tendency to really copy Muhammed Ali unnecessarily and in sparring he would allow people to hit him like "YOUR SHOTS CAN'T HURT ME! I CAN TAKE THEM". This was quite common and a lot of boxers did in the past in which this mentality came from Ali.

You say Usyk was much better in the amateurs. Compare Bowes performance PLUS his speech sadly, between the Holyfield 1 fight and both Golota fights. The difference is genuinely sad.

 

Bigger? Joshua was barely barely bigger than Bowe, it wouldn't make a difference if the two fought.

More powerful? Bowe could rock Holyfield with his jab.

JOSHUA BEING MORE TECHNICAL THAN BOWE?!?! Do you actually think Joshua is more skilled than Riddick Bowe? Seriously? Even Lennox Lewis's trainer Steward said Bowe was more skilled than his favourite son. Christ.

Even Briedis and Chisora were insurmountable challenges for Usyk!!!

 

They were effective for him. Lennox said Holyfield was his toughest fight.

 

I completely agree mate.

 

You disagreeing with one of the best trainers of all time Manny Steward who trained Lennox Lewis, and SAID that Bowe was more skilled than Lennox Lewis? Really?