Tyson vs Bowe (96/97ish)

Riddick Bowe season continues....

who would have won this crossroads fight, had they fought each other instead of the Holyfield and Golota rematches?

the Tyson of the first Holyfield fight vs Bowe of the first Golota fight?

Both men lost to guys they were favoured to beat.

Bowe pretty much retired afterwards and Tyson really didnt do much either after the bite fights.

Who had more left out of the two?


Note: Tyson did beat Golota and Botha in 99-00

and we're NOT talking primes here, only the 96-97 period when this fight realistically could/should have happened

 

Thats the thing, Tyson wouldnt let Bowe recover, once he gets Bowe, i think Bowe gets stopped on his feet. Hed be taking much harder shots than what Golota hit him with

 

Do you think the Tyson of 97 was better than the Tyson of 96?

 

But also has the tendency to get hit alot and having never fought a puncher (apart from Hide), we dont know how Bowe would react trying to trade off with Tyson.

From Bowes recent comments on a previous thread, Bowe said Hide basically nearly had him out of there.

Tyson would have an easier time finding Bowe than Lewis/Holyfield

 

True, the Tyson of the Holyfield rematch was physically much better than the sloppy Tyson of 96, however i feel the Tyson of the first Holyfield fight was mentally stronger.

Tyson was never the same mentally after the first Holyfield fight.

 

But there is a chance that Bowe could get carried away and walk into a huge Tyson hayemaker, like the one he knocked down Golota with (and broke his facial bones)

It just seems to me, Bowe would offer Tyson more opportunities to land than the other guys did.

Douglas boxed an amazing fight, but the one second where he 'admired his work' Tyson found the answer with that short uppercut.

Same with Holyfield, in round 5 Holyfield got too close and personal and Tyson saw the opening and landed a couple of good uppercuts

None of these guys allowed Tyson to really plant his feet, Bowe would.

Even against Lewis, if you rewatch the fight, you can tell Tyson had done his homework, he was throwing lots of overhand rights at Lewis, hoping to land one like Mcall/Rahman, Lewis knew this and was too wise for this.

It all depends on how Bowe reacts whne he gets hit by Tyson, Bowe has never faced a puncher anywhere close to Tyson and Tyson did stop a lot of guys whod never been stopped before.