Rid**** Bowe vs Lennox Lewis March 1995

[Axl Rose]

my point is that some people are calling Bowe a coward! and thats very fare from true..he actually agreed to fight Lewis and showd more heart then any heavyweight in hes era against Golota!

[joseph5620]

when Lewis says on Legendary Nights that Bowe wouldnt fight him, it was in fact Lewis who destroyed that fight with hes loss to oliver mccall

No, Bowe destroyed it by not fighting Lewis as his mandatory and giving up the WBC belt in the process. Blaming Lewis is a revision of history.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Are you kidding me!??
I can remember like yesterday bowe ****ting his trousers ever time Lennox called him out at ring side after a lot of Bowes fights !
Lennox used to keep calling him Chicken Bowe on many occasions !
In fact rather than face Lewis bowe threw his WBC belt in the bin !
Bowe will always be known as Chicken BOWE !

i heard Lennox on a local radio show here in LA and to this day, he STILL calls him chicken bowe

[Axl Rose]

well Lewis had hes opportunety to fight Bowe, but hed missed it.

this could have been the greatest fight in the 90s.

[Thread Stealer]

The fight not happening in 1993 is to be blamed on Bowe, and his management. They were supposed to fight but Newman decided to milk HBO for their money with a guaranteed contract, and fight soft touches like Dokes, Ferguson, and what they thought was an easy fight in a Holyfield rematch.

As for the fight not taking place a couple years later, I don't know. I'd like to see the footage that's been mentioned earlier that the fight was signed.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

does it matter if Bowe ducked Lewis perhaps you can call hims a coward i would'nt but if that is the way you feel fair enough but dont get it twisted it does not mean Lewis would have beaten just because Bowe avoided him

yeah it would have been competitive, but you have to wonder why a prime Bowe threw away a prestigious world title rather than fight Lennox, who was at that time an unfinished article.

He "ducked" him plain and simple.

[Axl Rose]

Lewis vs Bowe

Around 1993 Lewis was as weak as i have seen him. He got jabbed away by Bruno in 6 rounds over there in England, a way past hes prime Tucker gave him 1 or two problems and off course the fight with McCall. Since he faught Ruddock he diddnt perform very well before facing Morrison in 96.

Rid**** Bowe at the time he won the title was a great boxer. Amazing chin, great jab and he could fight insiode as outside and he is the only one that gave a prime Holyfield a realy beating.

[beez721]

Around 1993 Lewis was as weak as i have seen him. He got jabbed away by Bruno in 6 rounds over there in England, a way past hes prime Tucker gave him 1 or two problems and off course the fight with McCall. Since he faught Ruddock he diddnt perform very well before facing Morrison in 96.

Rid**** Bowe at the time he won the title was a great boxer. Amazing chin, great jab and he could fight insiode as outside and he is the only one that gave a prime Holyfield a realy beating.

an amazing chin? how do you figure this? bowe avoided power punchers like the plague. the biggest puncher he ever faced was probably golota and even golota isnt a big puncher and he pummeled bowe and probably would have stopped him if he wasnt such a head case. holyfield also dropped bowe with a single left hook. lewis would have starched bowe inside of 5 rounds. bowe knew this and literally threw his belt in the trash can instead of being a man and facing lewis

[Davros?]

an amazing chin? how do you figure this? bowe avoided power punchers like the plague. the biggest puncher he ever faced was probably golota and even golota isnt a big puncher and he pummeled bowe and probably would have stopped him if he wasnt such a head case. holyfield also dropped bowe with a single left hook. lewis would have starched bowe inside of 5 rounds. bowe knew this and literally threw his belt in the trash can instead of being a man and facing lewis

Bowe didn't really avoid anyone outside Lewis in 1993, He was due to defend the title against Mercer but he lost to Ferguson, And Holyfield has a fair bit of power he did knock Tyson out.

[Arka]

well Lewis had hes opportunety to fight Bowe, but hed missed it.

this could have been the greatest fight in the 90s.

Oh well, we still had Bowe Holyfield I:

Round 10....