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I've just read he wants to fight the Klitschko's. Say it ain't so! I don't even think a Prime Riddick Bowe could beat them, much less a 43 year old one!
....and before you start complaining Riddick Bowe is one of the most overrated heavyweight champions ever.
I do wonder if Riddick comes back will he still be Riddick 'Big Daddy' Bowe or will he switch his nickname up to be more accurate for example Riddick 'Grandaddy' Bowe ;)
For a guy who never fought a power puncher in his entire career to this point, starting now at 43 years old will be a very bad mistake.
I do wish he would have had more career defining fights, but not now!
For the actual stories see the following:
Bowe Should Forget His Klitschko Dreams, Stay Retired - Boxing News
Riddick Bowe plans deluded heavyweight comeback - mirror.co.uk
Hard to believe that it's 19 years since the first Holyfield fight. I would love to have seen a prime Bowe vs either Klit. I think he may have beaten both :-\
He had a good style to beat Evander, but vs someone like either Klitschko brother Bowe would get demolished. Riddick had height on Evander and yet loved to fight on the inside. Riddick never fought a big puncher, he got floored by Holyfield. Riddick also wasn't known for having a great defense. He didn't fight Lennox Lewis for a reason (he would have got his ass whupped) and the Klitschko's would and will do the same if he could even beat 1 or 2 top 20 heavyweights to earn the title shot to begin with!Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
Tale of the tape
Wladimir: height - 6'6 weight - 244 reach - 81'
Vitali: height - 6'8 weight - 250 reach - 80'
Bowe: height - 6'5 weight - (prime) 235-240 (last fight) 271 reach - 81'
Billy Zumbrun damn near stopped him, and that was in 2005...Billy Zumbrun!!!!
If he was scared to fight Lewis and bottled it, then why would he want either of the Klits, ok the Klits aint as deadly as Lewis, but they come a good second, especially in height, reach and power.
Bowe will get sparked by Vitali in 3 and will take cautious Wlad about 9.
This would be the 4th or 5th "comeback" for Bowe, more than likely it's about money, he blew the fortune he'd made from boxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
He'd be cannon fodder for Wlad or Vitali, plus there's no way he'd be able to get a fight.
Riddick Bowe has brain damage he shouldn't be anywhere near a ring, and if he's allowed anywhere near a ring it would be a disgrace.
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Originally Posted by ICB
Sadly Bowe has been able to get a boxing license for another "comeback" as recent as 2008, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he could get a license to fight somewhere. But even if he does, there's no way he'll get a fight with a Klitschko bro.
I will see Bowe tomorrow night at a Pro wrestling show in Hasbrock Heights, New Jersey, which a friend of mine is running. I know he has been talking about another comeback but I hope that's just talk.
The friend is Darren Antola, who is a cutman, and he handles some if not most of Bowes appearances. He told me that he was working on another Bowe and Golota bout, but this time in a wrestling ring in Poland.
Riddick nice guy like him loads...but he need not talk about fighting anymore...he missed the boat years ago and just needs to concentrate on his health and family
job biscuit (anyone want to add a clip of him slurring his words after the second Golota fight?)!!!
eh eh!!!
This is a great idea. The Klitschkos are overrated, they are just tall guys who weren't good enough for basketball. Anyone from the early 90's or before would whip them, including B-level guys from past eras like Ernie Shavers, Tex Cobb, or Roland LaSarza.
The sad thing is I'm sure some people will read the above and, not only think I'm serious, will agree with me!
It does make you wonder how a man can successfully claim brain damage as a defence in criminal proceedings, yet he can still get licensed to box :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by Mars_axQuote:
Originally Posted by ICB
Sadly Bowe has been able to get a boxing license for another "comeback" as recent as 2008, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he could get a license to fight somewhere. But even if he does, there's no way he'll get a fight with a Klitschko bro.
Damn, for Bowe's sake somebody should take his license from him.
This is boxing though, and if you have a name, you "Can" get big fight's, i sincerely hope this does not happen though.
In his day i would have bet on Big Daddy to beat the Klit's, but not now or ever.