Where does Riddick Bowe rank?

Who were these guys Pete ?

 

Hard to know who they were whrn they were never in position to have exposure to the masses wouldn't it?

I'm not playing this game. If you want to try to argue that drawing the color line = no stones unturned then more power to you

 

Looking back on your first post you said you could name dozens of unturned stones where Dempsey and Tunney were concerned. I named Wills in Dempsey's case. Who are these others. Did you forget them all ?

 

In the low 20’s.... he was great when he was on but he never lived up to his full potential due to gluttony and a douche manager.

 

Great and skilled fighter but brief career for him. Many put him in the list of the best 10 HWs ever. I think instead hes close. Sure that at least Ali, Foreman, Holmes, Frazier, Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, Tyson, Holy, Lewis (not in order) precede him...

 

Talent and mythical head-to-head I think I’d place him a lot higher than the 20-25 ranking I estimate I’d give him if I sat down a did a thorough ranking.

 

What about putting him above Sonny Liston for this clear 2 wins and one close bout?

 

If you count Bowe as 2 time champ than Moorer is 3 time champ. And former lhw champ

 

Some strong points...but I'd be astonished if anybody actually thought Bowe won those Golota fights. Golota ruined him imo.

 

Godfrey was still around in Tunney's short reign.

Larry Gains was on the scene.

 

Godfrey is a good shout. Gains' best years were still some way ahead of him.

 

He had already beaten Schmeling, though.

 

A lot of people don't realize or give credit that Gonzalez win was a big deal, Gonzalez was a prime contender. Bowe knocked the crap out of him, but it wasn't an easy fight. He showed a lot of heart and Tyson-level one-shot power imo.

 

That was only Max's 4th or 5th fight.

 

I favour H2H over resume when making my lists, although I do consider both. Even so, it doesn't quite sit comfortably with me for Bowe to be inside the top ten. As such, I have him at... number 11 !