Let's say Tyson wins a appeal and gets out of jail after spending just a few months in there. He has a warm up fight (Alex Stewart)?. He's then rushed in to a crack at Bowe, who s just kod Jesse Ferguson. At this stage, at this point in time . who s the man?
Bowe would be the favourite due to how rusty Tyson would be but I wouldn't discount the chance for a Tyson KO. Bowe was always very easy to hit even against journeymen.
And this would be around the same time as Bowe would have been meeting Holyfield for the rematch. Read in to that what you will.
Tyson wanted no part of Bowe for whatever reasons, I don't buy the buddies excuse tbh. If the fight did take place I have little doubt that Bowe would have stopped Tyson late, I can imagine Tyson hurting Bowe and dropping him but Bowe would fight fire with fire and get Mike out of there.
Bowe at this stage was still under Eddie Futch and Tyson was undisciplined and his strategy was seek and destroy , bombs away after he came out of jail. Tyson would come out fast however Bowe would survive and stop a tiring well beaten Tyson in 8 rds.
Tyson would start fast but I don't think Tyson pulls this one off he has slowed and become easier to hit than the pre prisons version. bowe moves behind his jab firing in rights and uppercuts as Tyson moves in .Bowe by late stoppage.
The Bowe of the Holy rematch wasn't in the best shape and Tyson would of course be rusty after having only one fight in two years. I think that Tyson's best bet would be to stop Bowe early, but while I can easily picture Tyson hurting him, Bowe was very hard to finish off. And if Bowe is still in the fight after 3-4 rds, I think Mike is in desperate trouble. Even when in his prime he never showed that he could maintain a consistent intensity after the opening rds. So there's no reason to believe a rusty version would. Bowe, on the other, was highly competitive with the fast paced Holy over 12, even when in so-so shape. Bowe by late round stoppage. A prediction I would make also for a fight between the best versions of the two.
