Prime Riddick Bowe v Vitali Klitschko

[Max Power]

Bowe did not have a dodgey chin, Bowe had good chin. Golota was a gigantic puncher and solid boxer to boot.

I would tip Vitali but not make a substantial bet. But in no way is Bowe overrated, he deserved his credit at his 92 best!

Of course he had good chin. He was by and large a bit of a punching bag as far as defence goes. He could dish it big time inside and out though to compensate.

[brocktonblockbust]

I say Bowe wildly goes wild and lands a wild overhand haymaker as he usually found a way to land. I say Bowe on a lucky KO in about 6 as he would be slightly outboxed, but it would be close until the KO.

[Max Power]

To the brocktonblockbuster;

That is quite a remarkable claim considering Vitali has faced an array of punchers throughout his career and taken numerous big shots here and there and yet has never been KO'd in pro boxing ever and never even been knocked down... Ever!

[brocktonblockbust]

To the brocktonblockbuster;

That is quite a remarkable claim considering Vitali has faced an array of punchers throughout his career and taken numerous big shots here and there and yet has never been KO'd in pro boxing ever and never even been knocked down... Ever!

excellent points indeed. But few could withstand a flush overhand right from Big Daddy.

[Max Power]

I am not one of these guys who is going to claim that Vitali Klitschko has a chin of iron. I think Vitali has very good chin but he did avoid most clean shots his whole career and has been checked by the good ones he did cop. So I think die hard Klitschko fans overrate Vitali's chin.

Vitali did have better chin than Golota though who was dropped immediately by Lewis but not by Bowe. Vitali took flush shots from Lewis and Sanders though and was not dropped.

Bowe's power is great obviously but is also a bit overrated. His power was mainly showcased against over matched and/or undersized opponents.

Of the 4 tall superheavyweight technicians of most repute, Wladimir and Lennox are the 2 which have the truly thumping power punches. Vitali and 92 Bowe hit very hard too but are more accumulation hitters and lack the same snap as the other 2.

[brocktonblockbust]

I am not one of these guys who is going to claim that Vitali Klitschko has a chin of iron. I think Vitali has very good chin but he did avoid most clean shots his whole career and has been checked by the good ones he did cop. So I think die hard Klitschko fans overrate Vitali's chin.

Vitali did have better chin than Golota though who was dropped immediately by Lewis but not by Bowe. Vitali took flush shots from Lewis and Sanders though and was not dropped.

Bowe's power is great obviously but is also a bit overrated. His power was mainly showcased against over matched and/or undersized opponents.

Of the 4 tall superheavyweight technicians of most repute, Wladimir and Lennox are the 2 which have the truly thumping power punches. Vitali and 92 Bowe hit very hard too but are more accumulation hitters and lack the same snap as the other 2.

I agree about Lewis, but not sure about Wlad IMO.

[Max Power]

Come on man, Wlad has to be among the hardest punchers of all time, surely that can't be denied. The biggest problem with Wlad is his ability to take a punch. He's a bit like Tommy Morrison in that regard. They can dish out much greater than they can take.

That was the secret of big George's success. A very limited boxer in terms of skill. He would have been useless and easily beaten were he relying on power alone because he was easy to hit, unlike Wlad. But George could bash brains in AND take huge punishment. Wlad instead has to rely on defensive measures (which unfortunately include the much hated huggy bear routine!)

[Morgan-B-Howell]

Bowe was fantastic in the first Holyfield epic (and pretty good in the 2nd & 3rd too..). It's a shame he let it all go and there was all that Rock Newman shit and dumping the WBC belt in the bin instead of fighting Lewis.

A peak Bowe was arguably the best of the lot but you have to be a champ in the mind as well as the body and that's where it all fell down for him. Peak Bowe would have beat the Klitschckos. But then again so would a peak Lewis, Holyfield, Tyson, Holmes, etc.

[jon09]

With Futch in Bowe's corner anything was possible. But Bowe ducked Lewis for whatever reason which tells me that he lacked something mentally or skill wise. I think Vitali would get rocked a few times especially if he gets close and eats a few uppercuts but will outlast Big Daddy and bust him up in 9 rounds.

[brocktonblockbust]

is Max Power huffin'? Just wondering........as he just makes up stuff as if its true. E.G. if Ali and Foreman both say Lyle hit the hardest, he says its bullshit. If Joe Louis and Archie Moore said that Marciano hit harder than anybody and that their bodies felt like they had been hit all over with a black jack, he thinks it doesnt mean anything.

Strange.

[Max Power]

Yeah well blockbuster with an name like that you WOULD support such a position wouldn't you.

I don't care if you are a fan of Marciano, I myself am a fan of Chris Byrd. But fan or not I freely admit that Chris could not punch through the surface tension of water and neither could Rocky.

Joe Louis and Archie Moore were probably not lying, I'm not really disputing that. Louis was a corpse and took the full brunt of the Rocks fists and Archie Moore was a likewise geriatric blown up middle weight!

The opponents of the Klitschko's would not even be allowed under the current rules of professional boxing to knock such weak opponents out and that's all there is to it.

As for Shaver's, are you seriously gonna tell me hit can hit harder than Tyson and Foreman? Even despite the size differences and the quality of their records aside (Shaver's was a smallish bum and Tyson and Foreman were bigger heavies with solid records)- If you can show me the way to a You Tube clip where Shaver's can be seen putting down an opponent with a punch which looks more devastating than one of Mike's or George's than I will eat crow! Honestly I can't believe it!