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No I am REALISTIC about Mike Tyson.
Riddick Bowe ALWAYS had the style to beat Tyson....AND.....Riddick never got KO'd, and he lost one fight HIS WHOLE CAREER and that was a MAJORITY DECISION.......and he avenged it!!!!!!
Mike Tyson beats a lot of guys but there are a lot of guys he doesn't beat as well, that list includes:
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Riddick Bowe
George Foreman
Muhammed Ali
"Not no way, not no how!"
i think mike tyson at his best has a good chance at any of those guys...the only person i have doubts about is cassius clay,the one that whoop the feared sonny liston so easily,but tyson still has a good chance against anyoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
.....no it's 100% certain Tyson would lose to all those guys.
If you don't believe me 'AX' somebody
Mike Tyson didn't like guys who could stick and move and take a punch......and Mike didn't like guys who could out bully him
Could you elaborate on this?Quote:
Originally Posted by spanky-banky
Because actually it's just the opposite. Bowe is the type of tall, skilled, hard punching big man that would always give Mike his biggest problems. Bowe in his prime was a much, much, much better version of Buster Douglas.
Bowe never got ko'ed because he knew who to avoid. He was very smart in that sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Well the only one who could have beat Riddick by KO was Lennox Lewis
bowe is a boxer stick and move,he had an excellent jab which would perhaps have mike puzzled for a few rounds but he would eventually catch bow on the inside and no way bowe could take mikes power.....you forget mike fought quite a few boxers in his prime-biggs-tucker-holmes-williams-thomas and had all of them on the run except for williams who try acually fighting tyson and look what happend...And that version of larry holmes would have beatin bowe...........just an opinion ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
Riddick never got KO'd......never EVER
and Mike didn't take power very well either.....Frank Bruno wobbled him...Buster Douglas thumped him....Evander dropped his ass.
You're entitled to your opinion.....I just don't think it's a very good one....
and then to say Larry Holmes would have beaten Bowe.....that's re-god-damned-diculous!
sorry but i thought we were talking prime 4 prime? so you cant use the douglas-bruno fights as examples....tysons prime was 86-88 in those 2 sweet years(the rooney years) tyson was awsome ,thats when he hit his peak....if your gonna use douglas ill bring up golotaQuote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
...... :)
and yes larry holmes was to much man for bowe
Too much man how???? Riddick was bigger and hit harder.
And Tyson still had trouble with boxers in 86-88......he didn't fight anyone special in those years
Big difference. None of those guys was anywhere near as good or had nearly as many weapons as Bowe did in his prime. None of those guys you listed is in Bowe's class.Quote:
Originally Posted by spanky-banky
(Obviously Holmes was a great fighter, but we're talking here about an old, shot Holmes.)
No offense, but you're nuts if you think that. Holmes was 38 years old when he fought Tyson. He was a shell of his former self. He would've been KO'd by Bowe as well.Quote:
And that version of larry holmes would have beatin bowe...........just an opinion ;)
but holmes went on to give holyfield all sorts of trouble when he was even older and more shot as you put it?Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
they had about the same power,they weighed the same and had the same reach,bowe was just 2 inches taller....holmes fought better competion! who did bowe beat that was good? holyfield thats it and he out wieghed him by about 40 LBS........if bowe fought and beat lewis i would rate him much higher,but the bottom line is he was scared to death of lewisQuote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
....and so was Mike Tyson
Holmes was about 220 in his prime.....Bowe was 235-240
Holmes had 69 wins and 44 KO's....Bowe had 42 wins and 33 KO's....that gives Riddick the edge in fights won by KO