Not quite the same Bowe from the first Holyfield fight still arguably held him on even terms. Could Gene be able to pull it off?
Holyfield weighed 217 pounds for the second Bowe fight and was on steroids. Gene for his final fight against Tom Heeney weighed 192. Bowe was a fat 246. That’s 54 pounds Gene is giving up. In addition to deficits in height and reach. That’s an awful lot to concede, I’m not sure Gene could hurt Bowe and he would have to engage him to score. I think Bowe would probably be too much. Now if we give Gene the same work out regiment that Evander used that took him from 190 pound cruiser to a 217 pound heavyweight. Then yes Gene had the speed toughness and IQ to duplicate Evander.
