Prime Riddick Bowe vs Prime Vitali Klitschko

This is a fair assessment. At the same time though Vitaly struggled with an old Lewis who came in the ring at a career high in weight. I think we would both agree that the 92' Bowe was a better fighter than the 03' Lewis who had obvious stamina problems in that fight.

 

You think Bowe was at 100% in that Olympic match? What was he, 20 or 21 or something....I wouldn't have called either him or Lewis at 100% for that fight, they were both hugely different to the professional versions of themselves.

As for VITLAYS leg injury....sure, always an excuse Also yes we all know why Lewis balked the rematch, because it makes no sense for a champion to have to beat the **** out of a guy twice to prove he's the better man, especially when he's in his late 30's :deal

 

I think you're ignoring what kind of condition Bowe was in for the Golota fights. Bowe had already noticeably started slurring which suggest his motor skills were no longer peak. And while Mendoza makes a solid point that Bowe was never a defensive genius, he was never pummeled like that before. As far as looking at what Tyson and Lewis did to Golota, that is a triangle theory my friend and really not worth much.

 

Donald was 27 ,and unbeaten when he faced Bowe, Bowe won by scores of 109-118,110-118,108-120 . Donald was 35 when he fought Klitschko, hardly an equal comparison.
Bowe kod Hide, who was also unbeaten at the time.

 

Thats the point - The triangle theory is constantly used to bestow greatness on Bowe - He beat a peak Holyfield in fight 1
Holyfield was not a heavy hitter - Now Bowe is taylor made for a heavy hitter - a Tyson, Lewis or Foreman - He proved this by being wobbled by Hide who is not in the same league as the above punchers - Now because Bowe could walk face first and win against Holyfield some think he would do the same against Lewis Tyson Foreman Tua.
Bowe couldnt stand up to their punches why do you think he never fought them??When given the chance he prefered to throw a belt away!!

But because Bowe beat Holy he is now given the attributes to beat fighters of completely different styles - he didnt show that against Tubbs or Golota

 

Well if a non prime lennox lewis destroyes vitali....we all know what riddick bowe of 1992 woulda done to poor vitali.

 

THIS MAN IS SMART..........:good

 

What about when he met Tubbs and when Tyson met Tubbs

Or Golota and when Tyson and Lewis met Golota

I wonder how Bowe would do against Moorer, someone who beat Holyfield

 

The thing is we dont - because when 1992 Riddick Bowe was offered a fight with lewis he ran away throwing his belt in the garbage rather than defend it.
One things for sure a Klitschko would not do this, hell I cant think off any modern boxer [maybe Haye] who would make such a cowardly tit of themselves...

I think Lewis or a number of heavy hitters would have just walked though Bowe and KO'd him in 2 rounds

 

Based on WHAT? what makes you question his durability? Surely he proved he had heart and he was a tough ******* in the holyfield, golota, and the cooper fights?

 

The Hide that fought Klitschko was nowhere near the fighter that went in against Bowe, that much is definate. The Bowe defeat turned him into a very fragile fighter as was proved against VITLAY - he hardly got touched by a guy who isn't a one punch KO artist and capitulated. He got KO'd by Joseph Chingangu not long afterwards as well. Take a look at Hides record and you'll see that yes he had a decent KO percentage but who the hell did he ever beat that was any good? An ancient, flabby Tony Tucker is probably his best win atsch He did put in a great performance against Bowe though, to his credit.

The Donald thing isn't even worth debating with the Klit-ites, they say the same **** about Mercer too, apparently the version WALDO beat was every bit as good as the one that fought Lewis :rofl

 

Tubbs was actually a very good boxer, he was ahead on the cards when Tyson stopped him which as we all know means he technically won the fight - or at least the event. Mendoza seems to think that VITLAY wouldn't drop a round to Tubbs, I strongly disagree on that one.

 

He was durable against average punchers - But was steered well away from heavy hitters - Morrison and Ruddock were two fighters he avoided as well as the well documented Lewis disgrace.
Lewis had him hurt in the olympics and although had improved as a boxer since then, he still had a non existant defence and he cant grow a new chin. Lewis had his number and he knew it!

 

How many times did VITLAY duck Rahman again? VITLAY effectively dumped his belt in the bin rather than face Rahman, claiming injuries. At least Bowe was actually ducking a decent ****ing opponent when he did it

 

You're not making sense and still going in circles trying to use triangles. Simple question: Who was the better fighter...the 92' Bowe or the 03' Lewis?