Where does Rid**** Bowe rank as a HW ATG

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And the flip side to that is you really hate Bowe. I don't use that debate tactic though, im a realist and just post it how it is.

Saying Vitali's record is better than Bowe's is like saying Povetkin's is better than Frazier's.

Vitali lost twice against the two best opponents he faced. He literally never beat anybody better than the two guys he lost to.

Bowe beat the best guys he fought every time. And the prime undefeated holyfield he beat was a far greater foe than the jaded , over weight and out of shape lewis who vitali lost to.

That alone puts bowe higher than vitali. He came through against better opposition - vitali did not. Bowe passed the greatness test- Vitali failed it.
You want to award the loser the winners position . it doesn't work like that fanboi.

Jesse was a top ranked contender , not a journeyman like purity.

To be a highly ranked contender in a great era automatically makes you far better than a journeyman from the worst era in HW history.

Thats not what you originally said . You said Bowe was almost knocked out. big difference in getting tagged and getting knocked out.

holyfield floored and hurt bowe far worse than hide in the rubber match. bowe lifted himself up and proceeded to demolish holyfield to a stoppage.

 

I'd say at best top 25 but not top 15, probably not even top 20.

Head to head he'd rank much higher but his resume outside of the Holyfield wins was poor. Too short a reign and overall career and ducked Lewis.

 

Yet he would have batted lewis one sided had they fought. lewis took the smart route and fought tony tucker for more money

 

The ike ibeabuchi vs Chris Byrd fight exposed vitali's rudimentary skills something fierce. bowe was clearly one of the most highly skilled operators in the hw divison

Bowe would've easily beat byrd like Ike did and like he beat Donald and Hide.

 

Byrd beat tua - tua was better than peter. much better.

you're hopeless. lost without the map and compass. spazzin out on fangasam.

 

vitali wasn't a dominant champ in any way shape or form. why you keep repeating that like it means something?

he was a paper champ who faced a quarter of a useless era of hw's and still managed to lose twice. he avoided , lost to and missed better fighters than he beat. that just a hard cold fact.

bowe was the undisputed hw champ of the world. achieved by beating greatness in its prime.

vitlai couldn't beat greatness in its worst form.

 

You're down-grading an undisputed atg in favour of a paper champ who failed his one and only litmus test.

you have a fixation on trashing the sport of boxing. you're going against simple equations.

if I let go of a hammer , I need not see it fall to know that it has in fact fallen

You would argue i still hold the hammer in my hand

 

using that criteria - ottke had a better and greater boxing career than ray Leonard.

you don't know enough about the mechanics of this sport if you can't see how bowe was on a higher level - both talent wise and resume wise.