What happend to Rid**** Bowe?

**MetalVomit** · 07-20-2005, 09:41 PM

Evander damaged him, Bowe won 2 of the fights, but Evander ****ed him up seriously.

**scap** · 07-20-2005, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by sisforshaq

After an awsome trilogy with Evander Holyfield and getting the best out of him two out of 3 times. After beating Golota twice in a row by way of DQ and having an awsome record, why did he leave the game? I know hes back now but have you seen the guy... hes not what he was. My question is why did Bowe leave the game during a succesful career?

Bowe was my boy and I dont want to talk about it!

He had every tool you needed but once he beat Holy in the first fight he lost the eye of the tiger and it never returned.

If He would have only had the brain of Lennox Lewis he could have been special...instead he will always be considered a waste of talent.

Rid**** may have won 2 out of 3 against Comander Evander but in the long run he paid a price a very dear price.

**sisforshaq** · 07-20-2005, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by GodzHand

Evander damaged him, Bowe won 2 of the fights, but Evander ****ed him up seriously.

Oh Ive only seen their 3rd fight recently. They both were killing eachother but Bowe got the best of him that fight.

**jack_the_rippuh** · 07-20-2005, 09:46 PM

Nah I think he just got lazy. I don't think the Holyfield fight ruined him...he ruined himself.

**-Antonio-** · 07-20-2005, 09:47 PM

The Holy trilogy took everything out of him. Just look at the way he talked after the first fight and after the last one. He wasnt the same fighter during the Golota fights. Just watch legendary nights with him vs. golota.

**scap** · 07-20-2005, 09:49 PM

Originally posted by jack_the_rippuh

Nah I think he just got lazy. I don't think the Holyfield fight ruined him...he ruined himself.

Damn Jack have you been studying?

You might be right again, Ri**** never got himself into shape the way he was for the first fight with Evander...you can make the case that he only really truly prepared for 1 fight in his entire life properly so Jack you might be right it was more a case of Rid**** himself ****ng things up then his wars with Evander.

Damn put LL's brain inside of Bowe and we would have had a fighter!

**badblood** · 07-20-2005, 10:01 PM

I think Bowe has demons in his life he just cant shake off. Bowe needs to straighten out his life first before he jumps back in the ring, look at what happened against Billy Z.

**sisforshaq** · 07-20-2005, 10:03 PM

Does anyone have the first two fights on their comp? I have the third one.

**oldgringo** · 07-20-2005, 10:17 PM

His wars with Evander most definitely had something to do with his eventual downfall. He took a lot of hard punches to the head, some guys can't sustain as much punishment as others. Couple that with his bad eating habits and overall laziness and you have a guy who just simply self destructed.

It's too bad, Rid**** and Holyfield were two of my favorite fighters at the time and Rid**** especially had all of the tools necessary to make him an all-time time great.

What happend to Rid**** Bowe?