Which champions would you favor to beat prime riddick bowe

Aside from the one who did beat him.
Dempsey
Louis
Liston
Ali
Frazier
Foreman
Holmes
Tyson

 

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Wlad,
Vitali,
Lewis

probably AJ too ...

 

Probably more than 10, though he would be dangerous for anyone.

 

Well anyone who could match him physique wise and had good skills and power would certainly give him trouble. Bowe also had the bad habit of fighting at his opponents level. If his opponent brawled then he brawled back when it would have been better for him to use his height and jabbing ability, just look at the Holyfield fight.

I would say Lennox Lewis would beat him but Lennox like Bowe made a career out of beating up smaller men so I'm not sure how he would do against someone who was of a similar size and had good skills.

Wlad's constant clinching would be his undoing. Bowe was a dirty fighter with great in fighting skills, he was known for throwing illegal shots whilst the referee broke up the clinch.

Vitali - Bowe would most likely be a slug fest but Bowe would probably win due to cuts on Vitali's face.

Jabbers like Holmes and Ali would not find it easy against someone who also had a good jab but was taller and had a larger skill set.

6'3 220lb Foreman wouldn't be 'Big' George Foreman when up against 6'5 235-240lb Big Daddy Bowe. Foreman ducked Bowe and Lewis for this very reason during his comeback in the 90s even though he outweighed them by a good 20 lbs.

I'm pretty sure Tyson would lose, those Bowe uppercuts and short hooks will do some serious damage. Think Tyson Douglas but even worse for Tyson.

Overall I would say the only favourite would be Lennox Lewis and that would only be a slight favourite.

 

Same as my list except I'm 50/50 on Tyson and 60 / 40 in favor of Bowe against vitali

 

There would have been a lot of people that might have thought the same pre-Ruiz but not now.

 

Before Golota people had a high opinion of Bowe too

 

Ali
Lewis
Holmes

Louis 50/50
Tyson 50/50
Foreman 50/50

All the rest I'd favour Bowe but they'd be close fights as RB never made things easy for himself.

 

Larry liked BEING the big guy with the jab and power-punch level right uppercut. Bowe would have more than troubled him, but would himself not be happy with Holmes' jab and ability to really come through when hurt. Bowe unanimously defeated and with eyes swoll up more than he ever did in his pro career.

 

Louis knocks him out in six, 60s Ali bullies and unanimously decisions him, 70s TKOs him in the late rounds; the one handed pre-Steward Lewis gets knocked out cold in 4, while with Steward Lewis knocks Bowe down and wins a split decision. The rematch Lewis by tko in 10 (commensurate
with Bowe's rawther alarming decline).

 

Waiting for someone to say Tunney......

 

FOTC Frazier TKOs him in 9, but I don't see pre or post FOTC beating Bowe. I don't think 70s George would beat him but I can see 90s getting a close decision. Tyson would have been bummin' hard at any point in his career imo.

 

I think ole Jersey Joe would have been an oddly good match.

 

At this point, I can not agree with AJ in good conscience. He folded too easily under pressure. For all his faults, Bowe would bring more pressure, power, and skill than Ruiz did.

And, although Wlad is skilled, I think a motivated Bowe gets Wlad out of there.

Bowe/Lewis is 50-50 for me. That matchup has been discussed ad nauseum in other threads.