considerin his career accomplishments
ducking Lennox Lewis
he only beat 3 top 10 guys in his career
Holyfield(2x)
Pierre Coetzer
Herbie Hide
got tortured by Andrew Golota 2x
2006-07-04 02:55:22 · 7 answers · asked by callion008 3 in Sports ➔ Boxing
No he does not even make my top 20. My top 15 are 1. Rocky Marciano 2. Joe Louis 3. Jack Dempsey 4. Gene Tunney 5. Muhammad Ali 6. George Foreman 7. Joe Frazier 8. Jack Johnson 9. Sonny Liston 10. Evander Holyfield 11. Ezzard Charles 12. Floyd Patterson 13. Mike Tyson 14. Jersey Joe Walcott 15. Larry Holmes
2006-07-04 12:23:29 · answer #1 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not even in the top fifteen ATG Heavyweights. Not in order but here is 15 heavyweights I would place before him.
1. Joe Louis
2. Ali
3. Rocky Marciano
4. Jack Dempsey
5. Max Schmelling
6. Evander Holyfield
7. George Foreman
8. Joe Frazier
9. Larry Holmes
10. Mike Tyson
11. Lennox Lewis
12. Floyd Patterson
13. Gene Tunney
14. Jersey Joe Walcott
15. Vitali Klitchko
Yes he was one of the few undisputed champions but it was Tyson who did all the unification work. Buster Douglas beat him and Hollyfield beat him and thus dropping it to Bowe. Perhaps he would fit in the top 20 heavyweights but in another 20 years he will fall to the top 25 I'm sure.
2006-07-04 08:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by mrraraavis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Althought this is not an accurate list, I will list 15 of the greatest from the top of my head.
Joe Frazier
Ali
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray
Marciano
Dempsey
Archie Moore
Patterson
Duran
Hagler
HEarns
Tyson
Arguello
Chavez
Trinidad
Delahoya
I can name at least 20 more, and Riddick Bowe did not cross my mind once. Probably a good heavy, but not a great boxer of all time.
2006-07-04 05:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by Batmen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Riddick Bowe had no consistency in his career. He was big and he was strong, but he lacked the mental toughness to be listed as an ATG. He didn't even have the mental toughness or discipline to make it as a US Marine.
Batmen's just kickin out names. Where's the likes of Johnson, Louis, Tunney and Charles, they could easily replace a few names on his list.
2006-07-04 05:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty crowded at the top so many great fighters. He had all the skills he just never fought Lennox and that's a mark against his name and to qualify you have to fight the best. Its hard to say some fighters never fought a list of great fighters but they still make do with what they have at the time and are considered great. On talent yes, on worthy contenders no.
2006-07-04 13:49:40 · answer #5 · answered by Bru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe in the top 15 heavyweights in the modern era, but top 15 all time great??? i don't think so... but then again just my opinion
2006-07-04 04:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by chock d. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not even close
2006-07-07 03:14:37 · answer #7 · answered by bp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋