Wilder is dangerous with his power and Bowe’s poor defense (particularly from the outside), but I think Bowe wins. Much more polished and skilled, and had a terrific overhand right, which could be ideal against a taller opponent.
A prime Bowe when he is mentally prime aswell beats Wilder, Joshua, Parker, Fury, Ortiz, Povetkin, Browne, Miller, Whyte, anybody in the current rankings. Im a big Joshua fan but this is not an elite era in the sport. I say that but Bowe was only at his best physically and mentally, for a very short space of time. Outside of that time he was beatable by some of todays best heavies.
Outside of his victory over Evan Fields, Bowe has an arguably worse resume when it comes to defences than Wilder.
Bowe facks Wilder up and I'm not a Bowe fan. Wilder's not exactly hard to hit himself, and now you have an enormous dude throwing power punches into his gob ... not gonna end well. Bowe had some problems against guys with jabs, and Wilder has none to speak of. Wilder = puncher's chance.
Wilder as he is now, would knock Bowe out. Bowe put his belt in a trash can rather than face Lewis, so he was hardly mr invincible.
Bowe had a brilliant but short lived peak. At his peak fitness and motivation there are very few heavyweights in history I'd have over him. He had everything.
Bowe will be out boxing him as usual, but Wilder will eventually time him with the right, and game over.
Bowe at his peak was a monster. Wouldn't pick too many heavyweights in history over him tbh. I still don't think we've seen the best out of Wilder. Or at least what he's shown doesn't suggest he's got enough to beat a motivated and in shape Bowe. Bowe by ko for now.
This. Bowe has the size and inside game to destroy Wilder, but Bowe also would sometimes mentally checkout in between rounds so I'd say 50/50.
