What if Bowe had faced Lewis in his first defense

Well hey, seeing the Bizarro World some of the people arguing Bowe's corner seem to live in, a washed-up old Reynaldo Snipes is probably a top-level iron-jawed competitor...

 

Probably Bowe would have stopped him.

 

We know you're related to Bowe in some way but we're back to your circular reasoning once again. Read the posts after mind to get a consensus of the quality of fighters Bowe fight. The only fighter of note is Holyfield who everyone agrees, is inconsistent. So to determine how good Bowe was as a fighter ask who else he beat. He certainly didn't demolish anyone along the likes of a Ruddock or a Golota, that's for damn sure. And as others have duly noted, he pretty much avoided any heavy hitters.

Otherwise you're back to saying "Bowe's has to be a great fighter because he beat Holyfield. And because he beat Holyfield he's a great fighter"

Next you'll be arguing how great Michael Moorer was.

It just doesn't hold up.

That's like saying Rahman must be a great fighter because he beat Lewis. And since only a great fighter can beat Lewis, Rahman must have been a great fighter. So therefore when Lewis avenged his loss to Rahman he beat a great, great fighter..wow..yet another feather in Lewis' cap. I like this game. :yep

 

He struggled with an out of shape Tony Tubbs and got a very narrow decision. Aside from his fights with Holyfield and Golota 99% of the opponents he fought were below McCall and Rahman's level so that isn't saying much

He wasn't a complete fighter, that's a myth that's grown with age. He's only complete if you look the other way and ignore his complete lack of defense or his very average outside game. These deficiences were exposed badly against Golota and they were also exposed against Tubbs. They would've been exposed badly if he got into the ring with Lewis, but that's why Rock Newman kept him away from that fight. Deficiences are covered up when you fight exclusively against opponents who don't have the tools or styles to expose them

 

Doesn't work like that. To KO or drop a guy you have to catch him on the right spot at the right time. Guys with better chins (aka stronger necks) recover, while others lay there.

 

This is true. I've been saying this all along. Lewis fought "OK" fighters. The fact that Bowe dominated Holyfield means a lot.

 

Well Lefthook, ya been schooled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The Bowe that faced Golota is Bowe, period. It's not like it was 10 years after the Holyman fights. Boxers are in the buisiness and they come to fight. Bowe had 2 chances and he was permanently disabled. End of story.

 

So who are you. You're probably not Bowe, but maybe you're a kid of his, or a cousin (na you can't be that old), or a nephew.

The fact is Bowe was someone with tons of potential, similar to Douglas. Look at the hype he gets, some say the Douglas that fought Tyson would have beaten ANY other fighter, why? because he beat Tyson and Tyson's a great fighter. It doesn't matter that he didn't do anything else before or afterwards, he must of been great on that night because well he beat Tyson. It couldn't be because Tyson was out of shape and didn't train much and consequently fought like crap, now could it?

Except for the Holyfield fights, which are basically a bad style match up for Holyfield, Bowe was a lot of unrealized potential and as such he would have most assuredly have lost to Lewis if he chose to fight him in '93, and the fact he chose not even though he signed an agreement to fight the winner of the Ruddock - Lewis fight, speaks volumes about what he too felt the outcome of a match up would be. This is the same Lewis who beat him in the amateurs and took away his gold metal, which is something people dream about, and train to get, for years and years. It was the perfect time to avenge this loss. But the fact is he knew that between his loss to Lewis years earlier and Lewis' total destruction of Ruddock that he thought he too would be subject to the same experience that Ruddock faced, the same Ruddock who put up a good effort against Tyson, and so he persued a different course of action. It's pretty hard to interpret events much differently than this, given that this is what actually happened.

 

Actually I did, and it was right above your post, which you conveniently chose to ignore it. Smart move. :yep