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Bowe would have decisioned Lennox when Bowe was in his prime (ie around the time of first holyfield fight), but IMO Lennox at his best had too much of everything for prime Bowe - probably a mid to late KO.
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bowe fighted the greatest fight vs evander holyfield. bowe is not as good as many think, holyfield had the right style for him and they two took the best out of eachother. bowe was great in that fight he was in great shape. and back then lewis wasent in his prime he still had a lot to learn so i would say bowe would win if they fight 1993. but bowe 1993 vs prime lewis he would get ko early. infact i think bowe 1993 could beat anyone(great chin,speed,power and jab)Last edited by kapersky; 03-24-2005, 04:52 AM.Comment
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lewis wins easy.... bowe had terrible defense, you couldnt miss him... bowe was a great offensive fighter, but he didnt have a great chin and defense was crap, he was floored by holy and hurt by hide.... he was protected and never fought power punchers(ruddock, morrison, mercer, moorer)... he built his rep on fighting smaller(holy), older(dokes/fergueson) and sorrier men(hide, gonzalez, mathis)... rock newman knew what he had and kept bowe from fighting the dangerous guys...Comment
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we talk about prime bowe vs prime lewis. so you mean smaller holyfield is not dangerous?, explain how holyfield was undisputed chamipon?. after holyfield fight he eat and didnt trained. but bowe when he fight holyfield first fight was inivcible.Originally posted by guruComment
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He defence was crap but he does have an Iron chin, way better than Lewis's chin. Bowe was never stopped in his whole career, over 40 fights. We have seen Lewis go down on one punch to both Oliver McCall and Rahman, and Bowe hits harder than either of them.Originally posted by guruComment
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Tua, Tyson and vitali probably hit harder than rahman,mccall and Bowe but they never put him down!Originally posted by McKay
Lewis took a Bowe combination of 3 flush uppercuts right on the chin in the first rd of their olympic fight and didnt go down! He won the fight.Comment
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Originally posted by kapersky
holy is the only good fighter bowe ever faced and he was much smaller than bowe, but beat bowe once and had bowe out on his feet another time... the only other decent fighter bowe faced was golota and he got ass kicked by him twice...Comment
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lewis doesnt have a great chin, so i agree bowe could KO lewis.... but lewis could KO bowe just as easy too.... when did bowe EVER show a great chin??? when he was hurt hide? when he was put down by holy??? what BIG puncher did bowe ever face?? NONE.... lewis faced HUGE punchers like mercer, moorison, ruddcok, tua, tyson, yet bowe ducked every power puncher on the planet... Bowe was a great OFFENSIVE fighter, shrewdly managed by newman...Originally posted by McKayComment
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he dont need to, he face on of the greatest and knock him down what more can he prove?. after that fight he eat a lot and didnt trained, only reason golota and holy won the second is because bowe was overweight and didnt train.Originally posted by guruComment
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ok so your basing your opinion of bowe on one fight?? that's fine...Originally posted by kapersky
i'm looking at bowe's entire career.. this thread is about bowe vs lewis.... bowe faced mostly second rate opposition in his career and ducked not only lewis but every big puncher... lewis is a more complete fighter, harder to hit and i think that bowe is way overrated off his good, but one performance, against a much smaller guy, who fought the wrong fight and then proved it by avenging the loss.....Comment
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