Lewis,Bowe, and maybe Foreman would probably knock Wlad out. I would love to see Wlad try and tie up Bowe on the inside, he would survive past 6 rounds.
foreman in 95 or at around that time was easily outboxed by 2 relative plodders in axel shulz and tommy morrison. bowe was brutalised twice by golota in or around 95.
Different fights, Bowe was a great inside fighter that would of hit Wlad with upercuts and hooks if tried clinching. As far as Foreman goes I give that one a 50/50, Foreman would have to eat alot of leather to make his punches connect, but if he did I see Wlad having a panic attack and possibly dying in the ring.
my own top 10 now klitchko chagaev maskaev gomez peter ibragmanov chambers povetkin lyakhovich brewster
better boxer wladimir or tommy morrison or axel schulz.? rock newman would not have let wlad within sight of bowe.
Not bad, dont know about Gomez being in the 4 spot will have to wait and see what happends between him and Mccall to determine that. Maskaev at 3 is pretty off, the man just backed out of a fight and hasnt fought a real contender in almost a year. I would switch Peter and Maskaevs spots, and take Gomez off all together and then your good.
Wlads the better boxer out of the 3 you mentioned, Wlads chin would be exposed by Bowe quite easily IMO.
Listen to what Wlad said before his fight against Mccline in 02, he said "If you want to make any money and get recognition you need to come and fight in the US".
gomez is a lazy/good for nothing ****, but he is very talented when he ever bothers to step in a ring. he is fighting next saturday and as long as he has trained (not a definate) he is way to slick/skillfull for mccall. he is a bigger harder hitting version of chambers, although against mccall power means nothing and he will have to stick to his boxing. i do not like fighters pulling out but i beleive maskaev has more abilty than peter and has the style to beat him , albeit peter could ko him , and maskaev or his management obvioulsy dont fancy the job.
bowe has the arsenal, but in 95 which was when the list was made bowe was outboxed/outpunhced and bullied by golota. also rock newman steered bowe clear of all the big punchers of the day , right through his career. lewis/morrison/ruddock. nothing wrong with bowe`s chin, but as an amatuer bowe was genuinley ko`d and newman was always cautious in matchmaking which is why i said newman would avoid wlad..
I agree, he rarely ever fought a big puncher like you mentioned. But in my opinion that doesnt mean he cant beat a big puncher, especially one who has very weak chin.
It's funny how the Old Timers Are The Greatest crowd was saying the same thing back when Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe were all active at the same time.