Riddick Bowe vs Lennox Lewis olympics

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  1. dyna

    dyna Boxing Junkie banned

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39AbwNl3QU[/ame]

    Lennox Lewis started really slow in the first round, but looked like he was about to "Golota" Bowe in the second round, what an explosion of power.
     
    dyna, Oct 21, 2012
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  2. hookfromhell

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    Bad stoppage. Bowe got robbed imo, however that is amateur
    Boxing. Bowe got caught with one or two good shots, and bout
    Was stopped. I felt Bowe won the first, Lewis did come out very
    agressive second round, just do not agree with the stoppage
    Neither did commentators albeit American.
     
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  3. Bummy Davis

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    Bowe got hit too much as a heavyweight, he looked slow for a fit man
     
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    another fix. typical politics playing its part in amateur boxing
     
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    If Bowe wasn't hurt and was really so great, he could have stopped getting his ass kicked.
     
    The Kurgan, Oct 22, 2012
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    Yet so many people put so much merit into this fight regarding how things would go down as a pro. I agree it was a bad stoppage and both were kids. Bowe became a better pro a lot quicker than Lewis and would have spanked him if they fought right after Bowe took the title from Holyfield.
     
    salty trunks, Oct 22, 2012
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