Why not Bowe vs Tyson?

[El Kabong]

I'm pretty big on Bowe but its disappointing he ducked Lewis like that.

Also Holyfield & Golota floored Bowe so one would assume that Tyson's power would greatly trouble him.

[Master]

Tyson was a shell of a fighter by the time he came out of prison. He was strategically managed to make the maximum amount of money but for minimum amount of risk with the ideal of holding a belt. WBC bent over to accommodate him and effectively screwed Lewis over. Tyson ran over to another trinket by beating Seldon to avoid Lewis as he was not ready (and as it happens never became ready).

Bowe was never allowed to fight for the WBC for throwing it in the bin. Both were washed away by fighters they were expected to beat but did not.

If they did fight after Tyson came out of prison I think Bowe would win just too big and strong. Prime Tyson would land a left hook and knock down and eventually stop prime Bowe (which fought Holyfield)

[El Kabong]

Tyson was a shell of a fighter by the time he came out of prison. He was strategically managed to make the maximum amount of money but for minimum amount of risk with the ideal of holding a belt. WBC bent over to accommodate him and effectively screwed Lewis over. Tyson ran over to another trinket by beating Seldon to avoid Lewis as he was not ready (and as it happens never became ready).

Bowe was never allowed to fight for the WBC for throwing it in the bin. Both were washed away by fighters they were expected to beat but did not.

If they did fight after Tyson came out of prison I think Bowe would win just too big and strong. Prime Tyson would land a left hook and knock down and eventually stop prime Bowe (which fought Holyfield)

I just don't see it man....Mike Tyson did avoid some guys he could have lot to, but he could still have challenged Bowe and in my opinion beaten him. Riddick Bowe is so overhyped it's ridiculous Shannon Briggs should get that kind of hype...he was more dangerous than Riddick.

[Master]

Tyson was a shell of a fighter by the time he came out of prison. He was strategically managed to make the maximum amount of money but for minimum amount of risk with the ideal of holding a belt. WBC bent over to accommodate him and effectively screwed Lewis over. Tyson ran over to another trinket by beating Seldon to avoid Lewis as he was not ready (and as it happens never became ready).

Bowe was never allowed to fight for the WBC for throwing it in the bin. Both were washed away by fighters they were expected to beat but did not.

If they did fight after Tyson came out of prison I think Bowe would win just too big and strong. Prime Tyson would land a left hook and knock down and eventually stop prime Bowe (which fought Holyfield)

I just don't see it man....Mike Tyson did avoid some guys he could have lot to, but he could still have challenged Bowe and in my opinion beaten him. Riddick Bowe is so overhyped it's ridiculous Shannon Briggs should get that kind of hype...he was more dangerous than Riddick.

Shannon did not have the natural boxing talent of Bowe, but that Tyson was hollow that came out of prison. Bowe put on a good run of beating undefeated fighters after his loss to Holyfield so he had more to offer and beat Mike. However if Tyson landed the left hook that Holyfield did in their 3rd fight, Bowe would struggle to get up.

[Hulk]

Tyson was a shell of a fighter by the time he came out of prison. He was strategically managed to make the maximum amount of money but for minimum amount of risk with the ideal of holding a belt. WBC bent over to accommodate him and effectively screwed Lewis over. Tyson ran over to another trinket by beating Seldon to avoid Lewis as he was not ready (and as it happens never became ready).

Bowe was never allowed to fight for the WBC for throwing it in the bin. Both were washed away by fighters they were expected to beat but did not.

If they did fight after Tyson came out of prison I think Bowe would win just too big and strong. Prime Tyson would land a left hook and knock down and eventually stop prime Bowe (which fought Holyfield)

I just don't see it man....Mike Tyson did avoid some guys he could have lot to, but he could still have challenged Bowe and in my opinion beaten him. Riddick Bowe is so overhyped it's ridiculous Shannon Briggs should get that kind of hype...he was more dangerous than Riddick.

Finally showing some love for Shannon Briggs I see

I think Briggs had more talent than Bowe just not as smart of a fighter or mentally as tough.

That said both guys I feel would be very intimidated by Mike Tyson and never really wanted to fight him.

Yes, Master is right Tyson was diminished when he came out of prison, but he wasn't shot.

And his aura remained, causing many top heavyweights to still fear him.

Michael Moorer himself said that leading into Tyson vs. Holyfield, he felt that Evander didn't have a chance because no one was going to beat Tyson at that point.

[p4pking]

Tyson was a shell of a fighter by the time he came out of prison. He was strategically managed to make the maximum amount of money but for minimum amount of risk with the ideal of holding a belt. WBC bent over to accommodate him and effectively screwed Lewis over. Tyson ran over to another trinket by beating Seldon to avoid Lewis as he was not ready (and as it happens never became ready).

Bowe was never allowed to fight for the WBC for throwing it in the bin. Both were washed away by fighters they were expected to beat but did not.

If they did fight after Tyson came out of prison I think Bowe would win just too big and strong. Prime Tyson would land a left hook and knock down and eventually stop prime Bowe (which fought Holyfield)

I just don't see it man....Mike Tyson did avoid some guys he could have lot to, but he could still have challenged Bowe and in my opinion beaten him. Riddick Bowe is so overhyped it's ridiculous Shannon Briggs should get that kind of hype...he was more dangerous than Riddick.

Finally showing some love for Shannon Briggs I see

I think Briggs had more talent than Bowe just not as smart of a fighter or mentally as tough.

That said both guys I feel would be very intimidated by Mike Tyson and never really wanted to fight him.

Yes, Master is right Tyson was diminished when he came out of prison, but he wasn't shot.

And his aura remained, causing many top heavyweights to still fear him.

Michael Moorer himself said that leading into Tyson vs. Holyfield, he felt that Evander didn't have a chance because no one was going to beat Tyson at that point.

Not sure I agree about Briggs having more talent than Bowe, but otherwise great points. It's funny that in the video Kabong posted of Lewis vs Bowe, even then the commentators were quick to allude to Bowe's lack of concentration etc(I haven't a clue about his amatuer career aside from that fight).

My take is that either Briggs or Bowe on their night COULD have beaten Tyson after his stint in prison, but as you say Mike was still frightening and could've just as easily thrown them off of their game. Basically all three had a bit of a screw loose and could really punch, so most anything could've happened. If I had to stick my neck out, I'd maybe side with Tyson just on account of being able to take more. He definetly wasn't about to be Ko'ed by either man, wheras if he landed on Bowe or Briggs it may well have been curtains. Shame there was never a matchup between the 3, but there was a very small window where the men were operating at their best anyways.

[Beanflicker]

Shannon Briggs got outboxed/outworked by a 48 year old George Foreman... I don't think he had the same skills as Bowe.

[El Kabong]

Shannon Briggs got outboxed/outworked by a 48 year old George Foreman... I don't think he had the same skills as Bowe.

He had strength in the one area that Bowe couldn't handle.....punching power. Shannon Briggs knocked down Lennox Lewis, it wasn't scored as such but the ropes held Lennox up so it WAS a knockdown.