When Futch made that statement, Bowe was in the gym every day, working under supervision and improving. When he won the title, he took off for a year (give or take) and Futch changed his opinion. From then on, he said, Bowe's training camps became fat farms.
bowe was a weak willed individual that valued being lazy and eating like a pig more than he valued being good at his trade and securing a financial future for himself andhis half dozen kids. kind of a spineless individual in all regards.
If you don't care about yourself when your are by yourself, then you ain't no good.