The Riddick Bowe vs. Billy Zumbrun thread

Fight of year he-he-he Bowe is old man

Dish Network gets the Fox Sports channels. I don't know if you get all the fox sports channels if you don't have like the top 100 channels or some crap though. Don't know. Dish Network also gets Telefutura, Galavision, etc which have some fights on. Does DirecTv offer MNET, that african channel? I NEED that. No, not at least in my area...

Bowe had a short prime, he won the tile in 1992 and was retired from boxing by Andrew Golota in 1996. That fight with Golota ruined him and even Bowe admitted in the post fight interview. Larry Merchant "so the punishment you took in this fight is going to cause you to consider retirement from boxing" Riddick Bowe "Yes, this is true. Lou Duva said Bowe shoud have an MRI on his brain in the post fight interview as well after the 2nd Golota fight. The guy clearly has brain damage. He took so many clean, extremely strong punches in that fight, Lou Duva and and Jim Lampley were horrified.

I didn't realize Bowe had such an illustrius record. Only one loss? that's pretty good considering he dropped of the face of the boxing world. He would have had three, if Golota hadn't started hitting him low in both of their fights, Bowe was losing them both, and Golota saved him by losing his head and cheating.

Which satellite service do you use? DirecTV has the Fox Sports channels, but to my knowledge Dish Network does not (have a friend with Dish, he doesn't get all the cool sports channels that I do). directv I get ESPN ESPN News ESPN Classic ESPN 2 NFL TV NBA TV TVG - all horse racing The Golf Channel The Outdoor Channel The Speed Channel Outdoor Life Network ESPNU - college sports network College Sports TV FUEL - extreme sports Fox Soccer Channel GOLtv - all soccer Fox Sports East MSG - Madison Square Garden sports YES - Yankee Entertainment & sports network New England Sports Network Fox Sports NY Fox Sports Net (Pittsburgh) Comcast Sports Net (Mid-Atlantic) Fox Sports Net (South) Turner South Sunshine Network Fox Sports Florida Fox Spors Net (Detroit) Fox Sports Net (Ohio) Fox Sports Net (Cincinnati) Comcast Sports Channel (Chicago) Fox Sports Net (North) Fox Sports Net (Southwest) Altitude Sports & Entertainment (Denver) Fox Sports Net (Rocky Mountain) Fox Sports Net (Midwest) Fox Sports Net (Arizona) Fox Sports Net (Northwest) Fox Sports Net (West) Fox Sports Net (West2) Fox Sports Net (Bay area) Comcast Northwest (Sacramento) NFL Europe If you had no movie channels, it's 12 bucks a month. It can be as cheap as 6 bucks I believe. It's well worth the twenty cents a day...

Bowe is finished. 9 years ago when he was in fair shape he totally lost it. Golota is not an all time great by any stretch of the imagination and he totally and completely destroyed bowe. No way he get can it going again. And what the hell is with zumbum. Going into the 10th he had to know it was a close fight. So here is a guy who's boxing career will never amount to a cup's worth of warm piss fighting a former champion and he can't fight any harder than that? Go for broke and get a famous name on your record at least. And in the screwed up world of boxing you may even get a decent payday for your next fight. Granted he had his moments and had bowe rocked, but come on. He had his one shot and pissed it away. Oh, by the way billy, I'll take fries with that. :D

I didn't realize Bowe had such an illustrius record. Only one loss? that's pretty good considering he dropped of the face of the boxing world. Bowe was one helluva fighter. Lots of power, big guy, great skill. He's never been quite straight in the head, though. Had he been, I think he'd have ended his career as an all time great. And even now, I can see the talent hiding inside him. I hope he gets back in good shape and fights a few more times, maybe even for the title against Klitchko before he calls it quits. If he'd been in good shape last night, he'd most likely have floored his opponent in the first round. He was just too heavy and too slow from lack of training and working. His right hand used to be really quick getting in, but last night you could've taken a coffee break while it made it's trip. And he always had great power in both hands when he wanted it. Anyway, if he doesn't get back in shape, I don't want to see him fight. I don't like to watch round fellows fight. I could drive to my wife's trashy family's dump heap and watch them squabble if I were interested in that. When I watch a fight, I like my fighters to be in better shape than me, or at least not worse.

My God, That fight was like watching a Gigantic Dooche against a Turd Sandwich. Does anybody give a crap who won that fight? I think Buster Douglas can come back and take out Bowe.

....The fucked up part for me is that I have satelite and still don't get the fight. Neils do you subscribe to extra sports channels to get all the FSN stuff? I havea great premium package and the NFL ticket but I guess I should get some premium sports package to see all the fights on BDSP. Which satellite service do you use? DirecTV has the Fox Sports channels, but to my knowledge Dish Network does not (have a friend with Dish, he doesn't get all the cool sports channels that I do).

like i've been saying for months, BOWE'S COMEBACK IS DOOMED!! just like buster douglas's comeback, the first "real" fighter he faces, bowe's going out on his face.... he's done, finished... stop talking about him...

I didn't realize Bowe had such an illustrius record. Only one loss? that's pretty good considering he dropped of the face of the boxing world.

that guy that wasn't bowe is the guy that won the fight. sucks to be "that guy." bowe was staggered a lot. all of bowe's rounds were tallied up because of jabs. Since when is a jab worth more than staggering hooks and uppercuts. Damn "that guy" was backing up old 280lb megaton. And is it me or did it seem like the ref would break them up everytime zguy would establish his range? It seemed like bowe was taking big steps backwards or the ref was stepping in.

Bowe must have taken 4-5 clean shots, but not only did the ref not stop the fight, he didn't make a knockdown ruling on the ropes keeping Bowe up (which I think for sure they were)...the difference in the fight. Usually, when a ref rules a fighter knockdown that was prevented by the ropes, it's somewhat more dramatic, with the fighter stumbling backwards into the ropes after catching several big shots, and the ropes keeping him upright. With Bowe, he was just leaning into the ropes and using them to help his movement. Lots of fighters do that, but I can't remember the last time I saw a KD rules because of it. Bowe was definitely stunned, but if he hadn't been leaning back against the ropes, he'd have been grabbing on...he was stunned, but not out enough to go down.

LOL - I just pulled up Billy Zumbrun's record and he has a win over Butterbean!

Did anyone else think this fight was going to be stopped when Zumbrun was teeing off on Bowe in the corner? Bowe must have taken 4-5 clean shots, but not only did the ref not stop the fight, he didn't make a knockdown ruling on the ropes keeping Bowe up (which I think for sure they were)...the difference in the fight. However, the counterpoint to that argument is that thanks to the ref not stopping the fight, Bowe regrouped and managed to jab his was to winning a few late rounds. That proved in a way that it was the right decision not to stop the fight. However, if Bowe was hitting Zumbrun like that, there is NO WAY the ref doesn't stop the fight... I agree the ref would have stopped it if Zumbrun was the one getting beaten up. Bowe is the star so unless his eye ball was completley hanging out of his head the wern't stopping it. :D

Did anyone else think this fight was going to be stopped when Zumbrun was teeing off on Bowe in the corner? Bowe must have taken 4-5 clean shots, but not only did the ref not stop the fight, he didn't make a knockdown ruling on the ropes keeping Bowe up (which I think for sure they were)...the difference in the fight. However, the counterpoint to that argument is that thanks to the ref not stopping the fight, Bowe regrouped and managed to jab his was to winning a few late rounds. That proved in a way that it was the right decision not to stop the fight. However, if Bowe was hitting Zumbrun like that, there is NO WAY the ref doesn't stop the fight...

From what I heard Bowe almost got knocked out by Zumbrun, Bowe is finished.

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all Bowe did was work the jab, he doesn't even have what it takes to land a one-two anymore on a guy that isn't even an elite fighter zumbrun did okay, at least now he has something to be proud of at his bad kid camp or whatever the fuck he does for a living...I'm sure all the bad kids that went to his camp watched the fight, and realize how it was an upset, Zumbrun should've won that decision, I think Bowe landed more punches, but the jabs Bowe landed weren't shotgun, tapia jabs, they were soft, soft, soft jabs, and the only stiffness was felt if Zumb was coming in and took one, and he only did that like three times. he didn't even have enough coordination to land that followup right hand I judge fights on who I think lost the most brain cells in the bout. and clearly, bowe took the larger amount of flush power shots, and was the only one in the bout who was really dazed, at the end of the fifth on the ropes bowe was dazed the body shot that zumb took a knee on and that point deduction did it, I suppose yeah, I guess with the point deduction I had it even

Toney: Bowe needs to go baCk to the institution Salley: Riddick Bowe lost this fight WARD fought a guy who wanted to wrestle, hit on breaks, taunt, but not much else. Ward won by 3rd round DQ. The other guy lost every round and was penalized 2 points for hitting on break and pushing Ward down.