Muhammad Ali vs. Riddick Bowe

Here's how I break down 92 Bowe against other heavyweight all time greats:

I think 66 Ali, and 88 Tyson are the two WORST matchups for Bowe. I give Bowe virtually no chance against either.

I think 74 Foreman, and 00 Lewis are also really bad matchups for Bowe, and I favor both to batter him. But Bowe would have an outside chance against them. He'd have a better chance a beating Lewis than Foreman.

I can't see Bowe beating prime Holmes, but I think he'd give Larry a really tough fight. But in the end, Holmes was a bit too smart and sharp for Bowe.

71 Frazier vs Bowe is a basically a pick em.

Joe Louis, EASSIILLYYY a better fighter than Bowe, but perhaps Bowe would been too big for Louis. Although, Bowe was just so easy to hit that it's possible Louis' offense is just too good for him.

I'd take Bowe to beat Liston, although that's not a given. But I'd favor Bowe.

Bowe beats everybody else.

 

After seeing how Lewis was able to drill bowe with right hands pretty easily, id say that bowe has a much better chance against Foreman. It would have been very interesting to see how a young forman would have dealt with a fighter who is much bigger than him

 

Bowe being MUCH bigger than Foreman is an exaggeration.

Bowe was 6'5, and in the first Holy fight weighed 235.

Foreman was 6'4, and his prime weight was around 225.

That's not a substantial difference in size.

Foreman was just a physically stronger man than Bowe, despite Bowe having a few pounds on him.

74 Foreman blitzes Bowe within 6. Bowe has A chance, but it's not a very good one.

 

Checking back, and yeah, you are right. Tought the difference was more tham that. Still, I dont think we ever saw a young georges fighting a guy as big as him (except maybe a bum), and even less a guy bigger than him. considering that young georges wasn't a mentally strong fighter, I wonder if it would have affected him. Also, if he were to win that fight, it wouldn't be by fighting like a caveman (like he did in his younger years), cause he wouldn't be able to simply overwhelm Bowe with his size and strenght. he would need to use some skills (like he did in his later years). The thing with Foreman, is that he would have been a maginificient fighter if you could combine the 2 versions of him, but he never showed that he could do so.