Comments Thread For: Daily Bread Mailbag: Why Evander Holyfield beats Oleksandr Usyk; memories of Dwight Muhammad Qawi

[Haka]

Just look at the combinations Qawi throws. You don’t see that at cruiserweight today.

Freaking Zurdo Ramirez is currently a champion in that weight class. That doesn’t impress me as some great new and improved era.

Andy Ruiz > Qawi

[The D3vil]

You are on drugs. 90% of KNOWLEDGEABLE fans and pundits knew Crawford would wash Spence. I won $500 on that fight ~ easiest sports bet money I ever made, just like Mayweather-Pacquiao.

If you believe that Ri**** Bowe was one of the best heavyweights ever, you are either trolling or mentally ill. Which is it? Are we talking about the same Bowe who lost twice to Andrew Galota?

They did not.

Check the predictions

It was literally called a "50/50 fight" by most

Crawford was a slight favorite at -150, not a HUGE favorite

And yes, the prime version of Rid**** Bowe, who took Holyfield to hell 3x was one of the best fighters ever.

He just flamed out quickly like some fighters do.

He got fat, didn't take care of his body, & lost a lot in those wars with Holyfield.

By the time he got to Golota, he was washed.

[The D3vil]

Cut away all the pseudo intellectual bullshit, and woke = anti-white racism.

WRONG

"Woke" was a term invented 100 years ago by Black people trying not to get lynched for living their lives

Racist White people just see anything that pushes back on racism as "anti-White", which says more about you than anything else.

[BlackRobb]

They did not.

Check the predictions

It was literally called a "50/50 fight" by most

Crawford was a slight favorite at -150, not a HUGE favorite

And yes, the prime version of Rid**** Bowe, who took Holyfield to hell 3x was one of the best fighters ever.

He just flamed out quickly like some fighters do.

He got fat, didn't take care of his body, & lost a lot in those wars with Holyfield.

By the time he got to Golota, he was washed.

Only a complete idiot who hates money and DKSAB thought Crawford-Spence was anything close to a 50/50 deal. On the one hand, Crawford-Spence was a 50/50 fight. On the other hand, Spence was damaged goods when he got torched by Bud. Which is it? You guys can't even get your Revisionist History straight.

Bowe was a very good fighter in that era, but calling him great or elite is a major stretch. Rid**** dropped the WBC belt in a trash can rather than fight Lennox.

[The D3vil]

Only a complete idiot who hates money and DKSAB thought Crawford-Spence was anything close to a 50/50 deal. On the one hand, Crawford-Spence was a 50/50 fight. On the other hand, Spence was damaged goods when he got torched by Bud. Which is it? You guys can't even get your Revisionist History straight.

Bowe was a very good fighter in that era, but calling him great or elite is a major stretch. Rid**** dropped the WBC belt in a trash can rather than fight Lennox.

I have never said "Spence was damaged goods" at any point & most other people didn't until Bud put belt to ASS

That's why the betting odds were only -150. You don't get that unless people think it's a close fight.

They weren't saying that when he was beating Ugas or Danny Garcia or Shawn Porter.
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So, not fighting Lennox makes Bowe not great???

Very few fighters fight everybody, that's why Ali is so respected because he literally fought virtually everybody he could fight for 2 decades.

Bowe & Lewis didn't happen, but prime Holyfield, who was considered the best HW In the world lost to him 2x in the early '90s.

Bowe, did all of his damage in a 2 or 3 year period.

If you weren't alive back then or weren't watching, you wouldn't know that, but everybody considered Bowe a great, great fighter with great size, skill, & talent at the time

[BlackRobb]

I have never said "Spence was damaged goods" at any point & most other people didn't until Bud put belt to ASS

That's why the betting odds were only -150. You don't get that unless people think it's a close fight.

They weren't saying that when he was beating Ugas or Danny Garcia or Shawn Porter.
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So, not fighting Lennox makes Bowe not great???

Very few fighters fight everybody, that's why Ali is so respected because he literally fought virtually everybody he could fight for 2 decades.

Bowe & Lewis didn't happen, but prime Holyfield, who was considered the best HW In the world lost to him 2x in the early '90s.

Bowe, did all of his damage in a 2 or 3 year period.

If you weren't alive back then or weren't watching, you wouldn't know that, but everybody considered Bowe a great, great fighter with great size, skill, & talent at the time

Revisionist History. No sane boxing fan believed Errol had a chance against Bud in 2018, let alone 2023. The spinning, deflecting and mental gymnastics came after the beating on 07.29.23. Too many fans listen to clueless pundits like Breadman Edwards. Big mistake.

Bowe fell flat in the amateurs against virtually every Cuban heavyweight he faced. I liked Ridd.ick a lot, but calling him a great heavyweight is a major stretch. Great implies he belongs in the HOF. Beating a blown-up cruiserweight twice gets you in the HOF now?