Riddick Bowe and Liston - a thought experiment

I can assure you that this will most certainly not happen. First of all, Bowe will not be able to psyche out Floyd the way Sonny did. Which means that Floyd would have fought the bout with movement and speed (on his bicycle, if you will put it that way). Secondly, Bowe always liked to jab for a while and set up his man.

Keeping these two things in mind, I just don't see how Bowe is going to end it near the first minute mark even once, let alone twice.

 

I would not pick him to beat Riddick Bowe head to head, and probably wouldn't rate him higher from a legacy perspective either. Its going to be difficult for Wlad to top Bowe in my opinion. Riddick has only one close decision loss to another all time great whom he beat twice. Wlad has been knocked out three times by second or third raters, and has only avenged one loss. Most of his best wins are over has been's or never were's. He has not unified, whereas Bowe had undesuted claim to the unified lineal title. Of course, his reign was very brief, and he only had to beat one man to acheive it as opposed to multiple, but still.

Wlad would have to go unbeaten for several years, beat all the other title holders, and hopfully get tested by some upcoming talent ( if there is any ). The biggest problem, is that there isn't much to test oneself against these days, and I don't see much coming soon. He's also 32 years old, and didn't look paricularly impressive in his last fight. His next opponent I'm told is the 35 year old Tony Thompson who is average at best. He doesn't seem to be on a search and destroy mission, and that's what it would take for him to surpass any of the top flight fighters of the last 25 years.

 

Ali DESTROYS Bowe EVERYBODY who threw a jab at Bowe outjabbed him. Bowe lack of defense and inability to handle a jab would make this a nightmare for him.

 

Become American?

 

Lamon and Sanders were contenders, not journeymen.

 

Fair enough mate. I just think that in 2 fights odds are Floyd is going to get past 2 mins and more.

 

Put a little mustard and catsup on Floyd and Bowe might eat him.