Riddick Bowe (Holyfield 1) vs Wlad Klitchsko from last Saturday

I think Wlad on points.

Wlad wouldn't have stood and traded with Bowe like Holyfield did.

round 10 for instance would have seen lesser men go over, Holyfield showed the heart and character to even see the fight out.

Wlad is stronger than Holyfield, his jab is a machine and the right hand is concussive, so I'd favour Wlad on points. He would keep away from Bowe's combinations and body work.

Thats not to say I wouldn't give Bowe a chance.

 

Wlad on points as I don't think he would train.

 

Bowe can take a punch while Dr Vladimir Klitschko cannot.

 

Bowe has an excellent chance in this fight for the reasons that Olu and Guy have mentioned. Wlad can't take a punch and Bowe is long enough that he could connect past Wlads jabs.

 

Bowe all day long.

Wlad's fans constantly tell us he's got a great jab, right hand and left hook, but it's one thing showing it against an AIDS riddled Chagaev and immobile bums like Peter, to showing the full range of skills against someone that will bring it like Bowe would, either this version or the fat knacker that showed up against Golota.

Jab wise it's pretty even, likewise in defence and power shots.

To quote Vinny Jones, there are big balls, and little mincey ****** balls. One has proven he can stand up in a firefight against world class opponents..... the other has failed several times against fringe contenders.

Wlad is probably kept on his stool after hitting the canvas a couple of times in round 6.

 

Bowe. Does everything wlad does and more, plus he's got an inside game if the Ukrainian tried to clinch. Brutal knock out in the first four rounds.

 

he would clinch all night long and pick up points.

however, one mistake on Wlad's part and I think it could be all over.

 

I watched Bowe Holyfield again at the weekend. Bowe by brutal KO.

 

Bowe was 15 times more talented than these unskilled, flat footed bums that Wlad feasts on - The key to this fight would be 'when' not 'if' Bowe lands .... Anybody who lands a solid shot on Wlad and he's immediately in trouble, thats why hes such a boring, safety first fighter who will never get the respect he thinks he deserves ....

Nothing puts fight fans off more than a scared big man heavyweight who is terrified of taking a punch, and Wlad encapsulates that ..

Bowe threw his talent down the drain but a young, hungry Bowe would easily have too much for Wlad .. In this era, Riddick Bowe would have looked like Joe Louis against the stiffs that Wlad fights ..

Riddick Bowe was too skilled and too good for Wlad, but because this is the weakest Heavyweight division in history, the dominant champion will stand out and look like a million dollars

 

At least Bowe will punch Wlad in the nads or behind the head in the clinches.....

The bus drivers Wlad has been facing don't have the intelligence to do that.

It's almost as if the primary contractual clause is ''to stand in front of the opponent at all times''.