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

[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