Prime Riddick Bowe vs Prime Vitali Klitschko

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  1. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe will drag Vitali into a brawl like old Lennox did. Vitali's inside game is terrible but Bowe's is very good. Vitali might make a fight of it early, but in the middle Bowe will start to land his big shots and either beat Vitali by UD or late TKO.
     
  2. Locke

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    Was there flesh and bone beneath or shiny metal? Talk about going off topic so you can get your daily nuthugging done.
     
  3. sofanii

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    Vitali wins...........
     
  4. Vitor Belfort

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    During their prime i would pick bowe to ktfo klitscko. Bowe beat a prime holyfield so that tells you how good he was in his prime.
     
  5. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Vitali knocks him out, Bowe is hugely overrated, he may as well have had a target painted on his face he was so easy to hit, his chin is overrated too. Any mythical matchup involving Bowe and a decent boxer with a big punchgives me serious pause for thought.
     
  6. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    that's utterly meaningless, Holy is imo a better fighter than Vitali but you can't make that comparison. A 6'2" boxer-puncher is nothing like a 6'6"/6'7" unorthodox banger. you can't guage the (fantasy) fight that simplistically, it's just stupid to even attempt to. Styles make fights. Holy battered Tyson, I'd take that version of Tyson over Bowe any day of the week
     
  7. Jinx

    Jinx Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vitali would've gotten to Bowe and Golota is the prime example to prove this...just a difficult style matchup for Bowe, who has a good jab but likes to fight inside...Vitali would keep him at range and probably stop Bowe late...
     
  8. Polymath

    Polymath Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That makese no sense; what is there to suggest Bowe had a glaring weakness against counter-punchers? What is there to suggest Vit is a particularly good counter-fighter?
    Try to get inside? Why would he have to try? He has a longer reach and is a better boxer.
     
  9. Boxing Fanatic

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    Bowe. Vitali would be cut up even worse in this fight than the one with Lewis.
     
  10. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    i picked bowe in this one...bowe is an excellent head to head match up to anyone
     
  11. anut

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    The bowe who entered the ring in the 1st holyfield fight would knock vitali out..........same with bowe that knocked out jorge luis gonzales...........any other version of bowe....vitali wins