Riddick Bowe asks George Foreman for a title shot

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Not sure if you guys will like this but I loved it lol.
     
    reznick, Apr 11, 2017
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    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bowe looked to be in pretty good shape, and George probably weighed 255 or so.
     
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    Dang! Another 90 s potential match up that would have been great.
     
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    Do you think Bowe would have knocked Foreman out?
     
    SluggerBrawler, Apr 12, 2017
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    I think Foreman didn't want to hurt Bowe, because deep down Bowe was just an insecure little kid, and Big George doesn't hurt kids. :)
     
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    Big George comes off well here, he knows he don't want nothing to do with R. Bowe. George Foreman seems so different as a young man compared to 90s George, like completely different people. Bowe is my personal favourite heavyweight of all time though* and after seeing a picture of Lennox Lewis earlier in another thread and now seeing Bowe looking in great shape here it's a real shame we never got that fight no matter the real reasons.




    *Who isn't James Toney
     
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  7. Saad54

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    Bowe still had a pulse in '94 when George scored the miracle ko of Moorer. No way he'd have given Bowe a shot. If he had, Bowe would have beat the crap out of old George. Bowe by mid rounds mercy stoppage.
     
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    Yes and Foreman knew it
     
    steve1990, Apr 15, 2017
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  9. GALVATRON

    GALVATRON Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Foreman experienced struggles at that point.a big long range and pretty competant defender on the inside would defeat Foreman soundly.....


    i did win some $$ on foreman k.o win on Moorer BTW...
     
    GALVATRON, Apr 15, 2017
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