Why are people so certain Lewis would have beaten Bowe?

[TitoFan]

Well if McCall and Rahman could knock him out Bowe could but he was not iron chinned himself. That being said it was not Lewis who ran from the fight so i going with Lewis. Bowe wanted no part of the man maybe he was not very sure of his chances with Lewis so he throw the title away.

Lewis could be complacent but against Bowe he would never do that. Like he was against Rudduck, he would be at his best.

I agree with you. With Lewis it seemed he could be complacent if he underestimated you. Happened with both Rahman and McCall. His revenge against Rahman is still one of my favorite HW fights.

That Lewis looked like he would rip your head off. He did rip Rahman's head off.

That was classic. Don't know whether it was Rahman himself recalling the shot, or whether I read the description later in Sports Illustrated.... but either way, it was like a punch with it's own sonic boom. Rahman went down and laid flat on his back with his arms outstretched in the middle of the ring. It was so definitive it seems like he could've still been there when the lights were turned down and the janitors were sweeping the arena. Sweet too..... given the abuse Lewis had suffered from Rahman on national TV at Roy Firestone's sports talk show.

[Master]

Well if McCall and Rahman could knock him out Bowe could but he was not iron chinned himself. That being said it was not Lewis who ran from the fight so i going with Lewis. Bowe wanted no part of the man maybe he was not very sure of his chances with Lewis so he throw the title away.

Lewis could be complacent but against Bowe he would never do that. Like he was against Rudduck, he would be at his best.

I agree with you. With Lewis it seemed he could be complacent if he underestimated you. Happened with both Rahman and McCall. His revenge against Rahman is still one of my favorite HW fights.

That Lewis looked like he would rip your head off. He did rip Rahman's head off.

That was classic. Don't know whether it was Rahman himself recalling the shot, or whether I read the description later in Sports Illustrated.... but either way, it was like a punch with it's own sonic boom. Rahman went down and laid flat on his back with his arms outstretched in the middle of the ring. It was so definitive it seems like he could've still been there when the lights were turned down and the janitors were sweeping the arena. Sweet too..... given the abuse Lewis had suffered from Rahman on national TV at Roy Firestone's sports talk show.

During that talkshow standoff that was an interesting battle. Both could not throw punches so had to use their strength. I think Rahman was stronger.

[Dark Lord Al]

Id give Rahman and McCall a change against Bowe. If Golota can floor Bowe with the 1 - 2 Lewis KOS him inside 2.

[C.J.Rock]

No one knew more than Rock Newman & Bowe that they couldn't beat Lennox Lewis
Newman himself said to me in Dallas ' Why risk everything against Lewis when fans will buy Dokes & Fergusson with little to no risk " The ONLY chance Bowe had was right after he beat Evander when he was contracted to fight Lennox. But when he saw what Lennox did to Razor Ruddock his cojones shrunk

[Master]

No one knew more than Rock Newman & Bowe that they couldn't beat Lennox Lewis
Newman himself said to me in Dallas ' Why risk everything against Lewis when fans will buy Dokes & Fergusson with little to no risk " The ONLY chance Bowe had was right after he beat Evander when he was contracted to fight Lennox. But when he saw what Lennox did to Razor Ruddock his cojones shrunk

Bows made the right decision and financially did better. Although he was marginalised after losing to Holyfield and had to fight for the who title instead.