Prime for Prime Ali beats him.

Bowe never faced anyone of the caliber of Ali.
But Ali however did fight a couple of fighters that would be cosidered better and greater then Bowe. Even some that are along the lines of Bowe.
I hate when people say well if the _______ (fighters name) that fought ________ (fighters name) were to fight he would.....

I mean you gotta rate them overall. In that case I can dig out Alis best performance and say well if the Ali that fought _______ were to fight then Bowe would have ZERO chance.....

In an overall comparison, well there is no comparison. Bowe showed heart and skill on a trilogy and not so much as he did in the 1st fight. But that's about it, in the other hand Ali proved year after year after year that he could hang in there with the best around even well past his best days.

It's just that simple for me.