Did Bowe have an excuse for not fighting Lewis???

[gudnite vienna]

Lewis would smash him anytime any place... So what lewis got cought by a lucky punch by mccall, the ref shudnt hav stopped that fight anyway..

[ICB]

Lewis would smash him anytime any place... So what lewis got cought by a lucky punch by mccall, the ref shudnt hav stopped that fight anyway..

Lennox Lewis was wobbling all over the place when he got up, it was a good stoppage. Have you seen a young Lennox Lewis ? he was getting outboxed by the likes of Frank Bruno until he swung a left hook out of desperation.

He was also in some trouble against 35 year old Tony Tucker, Lennox Lewis took far too many punches in those days. A prime Riddick Bowe IMO would for certain beat that version, but not the older/better Lennox Lewis.

[DaxxKahn]

I seem to remember something about him not feeling he should HAVE to fight Lewis because the sanctioning body ordered it....So by saying no and throwing the belt in the trash was his way of rebelling

[Tysonbruno]

Lewis would have beaten Bowe i think it would have been harder than most think but Lewis would have won i think Bowe was slightly mentally scarred from the 1988 olympics loss to Lennox.

[Dark Lord Al]

I seem to remember something about him not feeling he should HAVE to fight Lewis because the sanctioning body ordered it....So by saying no and throwing the belt in the trash was his way of rebelling

This is a very good point , very good indeed.

[Lance Uppercut]

Rock Neuman (Bowe's manager) has said that, after winning the title, he wanted Bowe to make a couple easy defenses, in order to makes some money before fighting a legitimate threat. (If you remember, Bowe's first two defenses were against a very old Michael Dokes, and Journeyman Jessie Fergison).

However, the WBC demanded that Bowe Fight his mandatory Lennox Lewis, in his very first defense. Accordingly, Bowe went for the easy money and trashed the WBC title.

At the time their was a public backlash against Bowe, because it was believed by everyone involved, including HBO, that Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis and Ruddick where fighting a four fighter tournament to determine heavyweight supremacy in the wake of Mike Tyson's imprisonment.

[GAME]

Rock Neuman (Bowe's manager) has said that, after winning the title, he wanted Bowe to make a couple easy defenses, in order to makes some money before fighting a legitimate threat. (If you remember, Bowe's first two defenses were against a very old Michael Dokes, and Journeyman Jessie Fergison).

However, the WBC demanded that Bowe Fight his mandatory Lennox Lewis, in his very first defense. Accordingly, Bowe went for the easy money and trashed the WBC title.

At the time their was a public backlash against Bowe, because it was believed by everyone involved, including HBO, that Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis and Ruddick where fighting a four fighter tournament to determine heavyweight supremacy in the wake of Mike Tyson's imprisonment.

Yeah and Bowe thought Holyfield would be an easier choice ( but he lost that fight )

Bowes record is actually pretty good.He has only 1 loss and that was to a guy hes beaten twice anyway and it was very close. However if he met Lewis at any point of his career , Bowe would have been knocked out and of that Im certain .

[Master]

Lewis was vulnerable until he got with Manny. Bowe's best was when he first fought Holyfield. So in theory had he fought Lewis after the Holyfield fight that was his best chance to get the victory. Only problem was Bowe's weight sky rocketed in his subsequent fights because they were easy fights against Dokes and Ferguson.

[C.J.Rock]

Rock Neuman (Bowe's manager) has said that, after winning the title, he wanted Bowe to make a couple easy defenses, in order to makes some money before fighting a legitimate threat. (If you remember, Bowe's first two defenses were against a very old Michael Dokes, and Journeyman Jessie Fergison).

However, the WBC demanded that Bowe Fight his mandatory Lennox Lewis, in his very first defense. Accordingly, Bowe went for the easy money and trashed the WBC title.

At the time their was a public backlash against Bowe, because it was believed by everyone involved, including HBO, that Holyfield, Bowe, Lewis and Ruddick where fighting a four fighter tournament to determine heavyweight supremacy in the wake of Mike Tyson's imprisonment.

It was believed by everyone until Lewis demolished Ruddock and scared Bowe chitless. Bowe renaged on the dealso really he was never the legitimate world hw champ

[mike_tha_man]

haha in Boxrec it shows him scheduled to fight on Dec 13. What a load of crap. hope thats all bull as we dont need another comeback

[Beanflicker]

Lewis would smash him anytime any place... So what lewis got cought by a lucky punch by mccall, the ref shudnt hav stopped that fight anyway..

You gotta be kidding me, Lewis was DONE. When the ref asks a fighter to put his hands up, and said fighter responds by stumbling into the ref, thats when you pack it in.

[Lance Uppercut]

Lewis would smash him anytime any place... So what lewis got cought by a lucky punch by mccall, the ref shudnt hav stopped that fight anyway..

You gotta be kidding me, Lewis was DONE. When the ref asks a fighter to put his hands up, and said fighter responds by stumbling into the ref, thats when you pack it in.

Yeah Lewis put his hands up, but at the same time, he fell into the ref. Had the ref not been there he would have went down Trever Berbeck Style.