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I realize he enjoyed the dinner table more than training camp and He was poorly mismanaged by Rock Newman when He reached his peak...But I wonder?? Then again He never fought Lewis as a Pro,never fought Tyson,Moorer,Morrison,Mercer,Etc..and of course going ape shit and kidnapping his family and jail didnt help and alleged brain damage .. Damn I miss the Prime Bowe he had all the tools to be something great!!! Was he just another mis managed Superstar that couldnt handle the fame and pressure???
I agree he had all the tools to be an all time great - but his prime was short - even by the 2nd Holyfield fights he was no longer the same fighter!!
Would love to have seen Riddick Bowe V Larry Holmes
Agreed - he had all the tools and somehow snatched failure from the jaws of success.
There was always some doubt as to his heart ever since his amateur days (that's why they had to work so hard to persuade Eddie Futch to work with him)
He could have been fantastic.
A prime Larry Holmes would have destroyed Bowe the Bum in a heartbeat.
I always questioned his heart and his fitness.
No, a prime Bowe was about as perfect as can be. Holmes was ok, but he fought cruiserweights and even got caught a couple times.
Bowe is one of the best during his prime....almost as perfect as Joe Louis!
The Riddick Bowe who won the first Holyfield fight, would IMO, beat any fighter in history. ;)
What...........even Chuck Norris ???Quote:
Originally Posted by Britkid
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:coolclick:, I have to agree on that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
November 13 1992. the night Bowe hit perfection. he never reproduced that form again.
Who else was Perfect all the time??? 1 loss is pretty Fwockin impressiveQuote:
Originally Posted by LBSCFC
look at his record afterwards. he beat 2 relics in Ferguson and Dokes. Looked like he had just stepped out of a fast food joint to lose to Holyfield in the rematch. almost got DQd against Mathis Jnr, Sleepwalked his way to beat Larry Donald in a dire fight. Was out on his feet in third fight against Holyfield and should have been stopped. Beat a blownup cruiserweight in Herbie Hide and was losing both fights against Golota before the DQs. In fact his one impressive win was against Jose Luis Gonzalez. so to say he never reproduced that form again is a pretty reasonable statementQuote:
Originally Posted by jtrock
riddick bowe was fierce. i was there that night he beat holyfield in their first fight. and i admit, he was never the same after that fight. i guess he got a bit too comfortable with living "the" life lol. He didnt train properly, under estimated opponets and rock newman was a joke. he ducked lewis by throwing the belt in the trash, granted, i wouldnt've fought lewis either at the time. especially if lewis was the last man to beat me lol. but i would've ducked him in a classier fashion than lewis did. although it was cool, for bowe to take on dokes and ferguson just to make a couple of defenses and thicken his pockets a lil bit. the last good bowe fight was the night he beat the cuban, gonzales.
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I thought the Holyfield rematch was a draw. It is a very very very hard fight to score. Riddick Bowe vert well could be undefeated
He sparred with Morrison once, And Bowe quit in the middle of it. His trainer Futch tried to get him back in there, But Bowe did not want any part of Morrison. He was scared of Lewis.Quote:
Originally Posted by jtrock
Bowe just didn't want to put in the time to train for anyone. He started coming in his fights out of shape. By the time he was supposed to face Lewis, he had lost his motivation.