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    Default Re: George Foreman vs. Riddick Bowe... who would've won?

    Bowe's list of opponents does not feature any fighter....ANY fighter with power even close to Foreman's. Bowe got lazy on the inside often...that would have led to his demise vs Foreman.

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    Default Re: George Foreman vs. Riddick Bowe... who would've won?

    Bowe got tagged all night by Herbie Hide, if he's gotten hit like that by George the fight would not have gone 6 minutes.

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    Default Re: George Foreman vs. Riddick Bowe... who would've won?

    Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
    ANY fighter with power even close to Foreman's.
    Well that's kind of a tall order given the fact that Foreman's power is considered to be second to maybe only Earnie Shavers.

    Bowe fought guys with HUGE power though. Herbie Hide was a power-punching machine with insane power, although he was somewhat undersized.

    Again though, George had GREAT power but it wasn't the be all, end all of any hypothetical boxing match.

    He landed bombs on Holyfield and couldn't get him out of there. Couldn't get china-chinned Morrison out of there. He got a gift vs Stewart, who was previously stopped by Moorer, Holyfield and Tyson.
    Just because the guy hit hard doesn't mean he was going to get everyone he fought out of there. Bowe had a great chin, he boxed very well on the inside and outside and he had a lot of stopping power himself. I don't know why we assume he couldn't handle Foreman's power when guys like Stewart and Morrison did. What did they do better than Bowe?
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    Default Re: George Foreman vs. Riddick Bowe... who would've won?

    We are talking 90 92' Foreman right? Its not as if he was hard to hit and while he may have stayed on his feet Holyfield bounced 20+ hooks off his head and had him badly buckled. Cooney rocked him, even a haymaker Ken Lakusta caught him badly when George got careless and walked straight in after knocking him down. Stewarts problem was he kept his hands in his pockets late and let it slip away. Not a robbery but a clear sign that fast hands and a stiff jab would and did keep power at bay. Stewart had a chin often made of rice krispies and again the follow up for Foreman wasn't there. Bowe was a slob but in that specific window, at that time and where he was, he could be tremendous at range and wasn't a complete dummy to fall in.

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    Default Re: George Foreman vs. Riddick Bowe... who would've won?

    Out side of say a Moorer thing happening i say Foreman loses to any version of Bowe besides the version of Bowe after the Holyfeild fights. I will say this i think Foreman was the hardest hitting hw of all time at least that is what Holyfeild said he got hit by Bowe,Tyson,Moorer and Lewis hard hitters.

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