Can you imagine what Riddick Bowe would do to Joe Louis?

[frasd]

I'm a big fan/believer in prime, MOTIVATED Riddick Bowe. I think he would smash a lot of past and present greats.

Me too. Just not sure if Louis was one of them.

[Beanflicker]

Oh jeez I'd have to go with Bowe.

Joe wasn't a great "boxer" (in the slickster sense), he was a great boxer/puncher. I just don't think Joe would have had the ability to keep Bowe at bay. He'd be going up against a guy with a longer reach, 30-40 functional pounds on him, superior fire power and a superior chin.

I just can't see Louis winning that fight. Different times, different weight catagories.

If it was just some palooka with 30lbs on him, sure. But Bowe was world class.

[walrus]

A few members of my family saw Louis. After talking to them think Louis would get the W. and if I get drug tested, I will fail.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Bowe isnt some wounded war veteran or part time bootlegger that Louis is used to fighting on a monthly basis.

Louis is seriously undersized, slow, has a lack of head movement, no mobility ,and he would be a sitting duck for Big daddy.

Bowe would abuse him plain and simple..

Its not the 30s no more.

[Beanflicker]

Bowe would kill him with the jab, and I don't think Louis had the power to get Bowe out of there, or the chin to withstand Bowe's onslaught.

[brocktonblockbust]

Bowe's chin would be a problem for Louis, Holy's best sharp shots are atleast as powerful as Louis', and Holy couldnt put him away. Bowe's chin would take all Louis' shots, but Joe would out-stamina the often low-stamina Bowe, outhustle him, Joe would fight him like Dempsey fought Willard. Hell, Joe would fight him like he fought Primo carnera.

[FinitoElDinamita]

It makes me laugh when people who has only seen black and white films starts romanticizing and overrating the shit outa the likes of Gene Tunney lol, dempsey, and jack johnson and them primitive fighters.

Those guys would be lucky to even beat a prime Monte Barrett.. jack johnson doesnt strike me as a good boxer and I dont see him making it out of the firs round against Deonte wilder..

Old schooo fighters are overrated....


Only old school fighters truly admire are the ones from the 60s and up like Ali, Patterson, and Larry Holmes..

[ykdadamaja]

Riddick Bowe on his A game was an unstoppable force... the only person that beats Riddick on his A game is an Ali on his A game....

I feel as if Bowe and Lewis had fought, the same Bowe that beat the shit out of Holyfield in the first match, Lewis would get sparked out cold.

Joe Louis would get sparked out cold. Holmes would be beaten over 12 rounds. Tyson would lose a split or UD. Wlad would get sparked the eff out. Vitali would quit.

But this, of course, was when Bowe was on his A game... which was only about 2 or 3 times out of his entire fight career.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Tyson has the balls to take a beating but he doesnt have the heart to fight under pressure.. Bowe would open up a can of whoop ass and make him quit..

Tyson would get intimidated by bowe..

[TitoFan]

Unfortunately for Bowe, he was born AFTER Joe Louis' era. So there went his quest to be great. I guess he'll just have to settle for being mostly remembered as a fat, lazy, underachiever, with more talent than the will to use it. THAT.... and his epic showdowns with Andrew Golota who... if he would've had more than a pea-sized brain.... he would've finished his destruction of Bowe without getting DQ'ed like an idiot. TWICE!

[Vendettos]

Although Louis was big for the times, he would still look like a super middle weight next to Bowe.

I think Bowe stops him in devastating fashion.

[Hulk]

It makes me laugh when people who has only seen black and white films starts romanticizing and overrating the shit outa the likes of Gene Tunney lol, dempsey, and jack johnson and them primitive fighters.

Those guys would be lucky to even beat a prime Monte Barrett.. jack johnson doesnt strike me as a good boxer and I dont see him making it out of the firs round against Deonte wilder..

Old schooo fighters are overrated....


Only old school fighters truly admire are the ones from the 60s and up like Ali, Patterson, and Larry Holmes..

Monte Barrett was pretty fuckin good at one point.

[Mr140]

Bowe would knock Louis the fuck out not even close i mean Holyfeild at his best is better then Louis anytime of his career. What are Louis best wins really Max, Joe, and Con and that's about it. One of those guys was not even a Heavyweight and he was whooping Louis ass. Lucky he had Bum of the month club which makes this era look like the golden age fucking guy fought a bartender and got floored doing so. I mean come on guys not even fair fight Louis is not a heavyweight by today standards. I think he do great at cw so would a lot of the other old timers but got to be real sometimes not even close.

[FinitoElDinamita]

It makes me laugh when people who has only seen black and white films starts romanticizing and overrating the shit outa the likes of Gene Tunney lol, dempsey, and jack johnson and them primitive fighters.

Those guys would be lucky to even beat a prime Monte Barrett.. jack johnson doesnt strike me as a good boxer and I dont see him making it out of the firs round against Deonte wilder..

Old schooo fighters are overrated....


Only old school fighters truly admire are the ones from the 60s and up like Ali, Patterson, and Larry Holmes..

Monte Barrett was pretty fuckin good at one point.

Yea he was.. barrett was a formidable contender at one point but he could have been a lot more if he packed a punch.

I remember him giving Joe mesi the business and giving Dominick Guinn his first loss..

I still cant believe that he got knocked out by owen beck on the judah-spinks 2 undercard.

Monte barrett at his best would wipe the fuckin floor with gene tunney and joe louis..

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

It makes me laugh when people who has only seen black and white films starts romanticizing and overrating the shit outa the likes of Gene Tunney lol, dempsey, and jack johnson and them primitive fighters.

Those guys would be lucky to even beat a prime Monte Barrett.. jack johnson doesnt strike me as a good boxer and I dont see him making it out of the firs round against Deonte wilder..

Old schooo fighters are overrated....


Only old school fighters truly admire are the ones from the 60s and up like Ali, Patterson, and Larry Holmes..

Monte Barrett was pretty fuckin good at one point.

Can't tell you how happy I was for him, when he flipped out and dropped Tua in their first fight. One of the rare opportunities he have himself a glimpse of his true potential.