Rid**** Bowe's Power

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  1. Ali Frazier

    Ali Frazier KO ARTIST Full Member

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    I may have posted this already I'm not sure but how would you rate Bowe's power?

    Holyfield said He hit harder than Lewis but I think he's just being generous because he has a victory over him.

    Let's discuss
     
    Ali Frazier, Dec 15, 2014
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  2. Rumsfeld

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    Holyfield probably does believe that. Bowe had him seriously hurt on multiple occasions and scored a few knockdowns against Holy as well. Lewis never had him in that type of trouble, and Lewis didn't land as flush as often as Bowe did on Evander.

    But ask someone like Andrew Golota, and he might disagree.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Dec 15, 2014
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  3. Big Ukrainian

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    I personally think Bowe hit harder than McCall, for example
    Their common opponents
    Lionel Butler - Bowe KO2, McCall W10
    Jesse Ferguson - Bowe KO2,McCall W10
    Bruce Seldon - BoweKO1, McCall KO9
     
    Big Ukrainian, Dec 16, 2014
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  4. Azzer85

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    I think Bowe had respectable power, but punch for punch, it was not on the level of Lewis or Tyson.

    What Bowe did do was hit Holyfield more consistently than either Lewis or Tyson. Plus Lewis never really unloaded on Holyfield, he bided his time and just outboxed him.
     
    Azzer85, Dec 16, 2014
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  5. Azzer85

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    Lets ask Andrew shall we?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmF33npl3I8
     
    Azzer85, Dec 16, 2014
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  6. Wass1985

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    Well it has to be Lewis, he doesn't do the Bambi dance with Bowe and Tyson.
     
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  7. Ken Ashcroft

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    A shot Bowe still had him down and in trouble a few times during their second bout, which goes to show that there may be truth in the saying that the last thing a fighter loses is his punch.

    Slightly off-topic but can anyone explain how in the second Golota fight, Bowe weighed the same more or less as he did in the first Holyfield fight, yet he looked as skinny as hell both in the face and torso and had those skinny chicken legs?
     
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  8. Rumsfeld

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  9. Rumsfeld

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    Foreman went into this during the broadcast, and said he lost the weight all wrong.
     
    Rumsfeld, Dec 16, 2014
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  10. Azzer85

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    Id say it was Tyson, he did it with one punch, whereas Lewis took a few accurate shots and Bowe was all over the place.

    Also, didnt Tyson nearly kill Golota with that punch?
     
    Azzer85, Dec 16, 2014
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  11. Wass1985

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    You would say Tyson now wouldn't you, it was a flash knockdown and he got up in an instant, Lewis finished the job there and then.
     
    Wass1985, Dec 16, 2014
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  12. Rumsfeld

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    Yeah, Tyson did drop him with one punch, but Golota rose quickly and avoided getting hit with that shot the next round. The shame of that is that Golota weathered the storm. The most difficult parts of that fight for him, where he was going to be most vulnerable, was during the first 2 rounds. It's difficult to say how badly Golota was hurt in that match, but if he had some heart, he probably would have started doing better if he hung in there. Tyson tended to slow after a few rounds at that stage. But Golota's jab had already been shot following his accident after the Grant fight.
     
    Rumsfeld, Dec 16, 2014
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  13. Big Ukrainian

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    Lamon also hit Golota pretty hard:yep
     
    Big Ukrainian, Dec 16, 2014
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  14. Ali Frazier

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    Yeah I think not only did he get a concussion but he broke one of his vertebra or something
     
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  15. Wass1985

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    Yeah Lamon Brewster hit him harder and hurt him way more than any of the three mentioned above.
     
    Wass1985, Dec 17, 2014
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