Bowe had a number of fights where he was lucky not to be DQ'd... Coetzer where he threw 500 low blows, Mathis which was ruled a no contest after Bowe clearly hit him when he was down, and Elijah Tillery who got DQ'd when it was Bowe who initiated the exchange after the bell and his manager jumped over the ropes to garrotte Tillery.
i never saw lewis or klits beating a bigger guy than them, in a fashion bowe did against gonzales... i mean bowe really knocked him all over the ring with his telephone pole jab, and gonzales if anything had a good amateur career and a good jab. not to mention great pressure bowe applyied, body punching, slipping and rolling with countering, combinations, inside work... just beautiful to watch such a skilled natural fighter, totally diferent from klits and lewis who were scared to fight inside and grabbed for their lives. ok lewis did know how to ambush bigger boxers, but nowhere near like bowe bring it to gonzales
OHHH! You're talking about Gonzalez the ATG champion. :shock: I didn't know that you were talking about THAT Gonzalez. That changes everything ... Wolfgramm and Cliff Couser say hi
gonzales is not important, it's the perfomance. the way bowe destroyed gonzales, i never saw klits or lewis destroying other shw like bowe did it against gonzales...it should be in the books.
it is in the books,,,, listen I have been reading this thread and you have gone too far giving Bowe credit for beating Gonzales, Gonzales was not a top ranked SHW. If you want a decent fight to create a comparison take a look at Lewis vs Golota and Bowe vs Golota. Look at how great LL was when fighting a top ranked SHW :bbb
i can't believe that all of you are missing the point. it is very impressive the way bowe demolished gonzales, do you understand? i mean the pressure behind his jab, slipping punches, going to the body, inside work, combos etc... listen, lewis destroyed a lot more shw than bowe, but he never did it the way bowe did it against gonzales, regardless of the quality of the opossition. lewis beat other shw cause he knew how to jump on them ala street fight and was a better natural fighter than them, but he never did it the way bowe demolished gonzales. watching bowe beating gonzales was a beauty, perfect like textbook . he was so natural and well schooled, that i can't see no other shw beating him, cause they can't fight like he can, plus bowe has a better chin and heart than any of them.