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    Default Re: Why not Bowe vs Tyson?

    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    My point in bringing up Briggs is that though he wasn't a great fighter and he was terribly flawed he still had enough of a punch in him to give Riddick Bowe hell....it's not about how great I think Briggs was it's about how pedestrian I think Riddick Bowe was. Tell me how you see Bowe handling the power punchers of his era....he never fought a 1 of them!
    I think also what you were trying to say is that Briggs had more potential and punching power than Riddick Bowe. So why don't people ask more about Briggs against Tyson or Morrison or others.

    Bowe was more consistent, a smarter boxer and tougher in there. He didn't fight Lewis, Mercer, Morrison, Tyson, Foreman, Briggs etc.

    All big punchers and potential dynamite match ups.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hulk View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    My point in bringing up Briggs is that though he wasn't a great fighter and he was terribly flawed he still had enough of a punch in him to give Riddick Bowe hell....it's not about how great I think Briggs was it's about how pedestrian I think Riddick Bowe was. Tell me how you see Bowe handling the power punchers of his era....he never fought a 1 of them!
    I think also what you were trying to say is that Briggs had more potential and punching power than Riddick Bowe. So why don't people ask more about Briggs against Tyson or Morrison or others.

    Bowe was more consistent, a smarter boxer and tougher in there. He didn't fight Lewis, Mercer, Morrison, Tyson, Foreman, Briggs etc.

    All big punchers and potential dynamite match ups.
    Riddick Bowe was actually going to fight Ray Mercer, but Ray Mercer got upset by Jesse Ferguson.

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    Briggs as a big puncher is seriously overrated. Who? He had minimal technique and could put himself in serious trouble vs a top flight inside- outside professional looking at that wide rinse and repeat delivery. He was a giant puffed up kid with jiffy pop hair and a big MSG promotional push but honestly unrefined raw power with bad stamina and iffy nerve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
    Briggs as a big puncher is seriously overrated. Who? He had minimal technique and could put himself in serious trouble vs a top flight inside- outside professional looking at that wide rinse and repeat delivery. He was a giant puffed up kid with jiffy pop hair and a big MSG promotional push but honestly unrefined raw power with bad stamina and iffy nerve.
    He was in "Transporter 2" and I will not hear another bad word about him !!!
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    Default Re: Why not Bowe vs Tyson?

    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Hulk View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    My point in bringing up Briggs is that though he wasn't a great fighter and he was terribly flawed he still had enough of a punch in him to give Riddick Bowe hell....it's not about how great I think Briggs was it's about how pedestrian I think Riddick Bowe was. Tell me how you see Bowe handling the power punchers of his era....he never fought a 1 of them!
    I think also what you were trying to say is that Briggs had more potential and punching power than Riddick Bowe. So why don't people ask more about Briggs against Tyson or Morrison or others.

    Bowe was more consistent, a smarter boxer and tougher in there. He didn't fight Lewis, Mercer, Morrison, Tyson, Foreman, Briggs etc.

    All big punchers and potential dynamite match ups.
    Riddick Bowe was actually going to fight Ray Mercer, but Ray Mercer got upset by Jesse Ferguson.
    Bowe was also due to fight Lewis but Lennox got beat too.
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