Vitali was better than Bowe, Riddick was too easy to hit, both were good offensively, Vitali would have toyed with Golota and performed better v Holy, in facy he would have beat Holy from the first fight with Bowe more convincingly than Bowe did, Holy`s movement against the bigger man in that bout was dreadful and he was too small at tat stage, he was far better and stronger in the rematch.
yeh vitali should maintain his record of avoiding the world class or above like prime bowe, unless he wants another loss.
If you define prime Bowe as the Bowe who fought Holyfield the first time I would favor Bowe, but not by much. It would be a hellish fight. That version of Bowe was awfully good.
Peak Lewis couldn't do better than Bowe against a lesser version of Holyfield and Lewis is better than Vitali. Prime Bowe is better than old past prime Lewis who beat Vitali so the result isn't really that difficult to envision.
Lol Vitali's best wins are over Arreola, Old Larry Donald, Ross Purrity, and Vaughn bean. Well he beat hype job Sam Peter if that counts for anything.