12 Minutes Of MADNESS! - Bowe vs Holyfield
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- In three classic fights Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe shared some of the most wild and energetic wars of the early 1990’s. This trilogy signaled the beginning of a new heavyweight golden age.
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what instrumental track is playing at the end? @rhythmboxing
One of the greatest trilogies for heavyweight fights.
They don't make em like that anymore - holyfields courage is off the scale 🥊
Ali vs Frazier and Bowe vs Holyfield are the most epic trilogies at heavyweight
@@omegasz1759 by far
@@omegasz1759 o
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Me slowly realising, a single one of those punches would probably end me. These giants are on a different level.
congratulation for realising!
Nah I think I could take a couple LOL
@@TupacNation If you are not a heavy professional fighter with a top noch chin than no you can't. They are able to kill average people with one single punch.
@@mr.ezback3232 Stop the exaggeration please.
@@lilstupidahhboy5155 Exaggeration? I want to see if you still cool if Wilder or AJ hit you with their maximum force.
No school like the old school. Everyone was a beast in their own right
If it wasn't for that flyer he was out a long time ago
I miss hw boxing like this
@@roberthorton6619 ....
@@roberthorton6619 vi
Always!!! Legend
One of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time
@Lewis Ferguson Old news, watched it 20/times, my grandfather was there
FACT.
k9 MY BROTHER ....YOU ARE THE BEST.....
@Lewis Ferguson no skill slug fest but this is a better fight for me
@Lewis Ferguson That fight was crazy but it was short. This fight was 12 rounds of absolute brawling yet with skill.
Holyfield is amazing. He was the smaller guy, and was willing to trade.
What about Mike then
When u full of roses u can do that
@@ahmedololadeyusuf9008 mike is the shorter man but he is a natural heavyweight unlike holyfield
@Raimonster I never said he was
He was roided up that’s why
"I'm badly hurt, I need to fight harder, I need to attack."
Holyfields courage is off the scale 🥊 what a man
@@christopherstuckey2433 Yeah Holyfield had literally no fear. None. I wouldn't want to bump into a pissed off holyfield by accident in a dark alley
I watched and interview with vergil ortiz, a reporter asked him, what do you do when you're hurt, Vergil responded, I fight. That's the difference between good and great...if i'm hurt i fold. lol
Two beasts all equipped and they traded to death, both paid the ultimate price for what they were born to do
It’s amazing how close these two are as friends…I’ve watched a few of their interviews on Tru School Sports on TH-cam. They’re sitting around joking with each other talking about their old fights. Two true warriors that had respect for one another.
It´s called sportsmansship, something the cheating "athletes" of today know nothing about. I always admired Holyfield for his determination and never give up attitude. He was/is also a humble person. Greetings from Iceland.
Man, you're an absolute HYPEBEAST with these videos! Editing and narration is SOLID 🙏🏾
Thank you brother!
Thanks bro
True.
This is excellent done.
Top notch all rounder
@@rhythmboxing Is that your voice (or you hired a voice-over artist), well put together.
“Evander also put on a freshman 15 but he got his from the weight room....and not the cafeteria” 🤣😂🤣😂
No, he got his from steroids as everyone knows.
@@traviscarver4708 Right. He trained with Lee Haney, that claimed he gained 20 pounds of muscles in 5 weeks, a feat that is impossible to do without illegal means.
Just because he trained with lee haney doesn't mean he was on steroids bro... Come down
@@tonystarks7715 yeah, sure…😉😆
@@tonystarks7715 So many boxers were on steroids in that era, not just Holyfield. Holyfield gets picked on because he has body building genetics. It's ridiculous. Bodybuilding genetics guys always get slammed, while all the others that put on size and strength from steroids but don't have a great physique get a complete pass. People are idiots and naive. 9 out of every 10 HW from that era did at least 1 cycle, guaranteed.
I don't care what anybody says but Evander The Real Deal Holyfield was the best small heavyweight ever to lace up a pair of boxing gloves
He wasnt always small for some reason in the Tyson fights he came in way bigger than Tyson 🤔
He was also the best head butter in the history of the division
🥤
@Paul No, that's called cheating, not to mention the elbows he'd throw.
Mike Tyson
Joe Frazier
Evander Holyfield
In that order
Evander was my favorite heavy weight. His heart and courage is legendary,
The best trilogy ever 👏👏👏👏 Holyfield is my all time favorite boxer of all time ✌️ when heavyweight boxing was worth watching!
I agree. The second Ali Frazier fight was not that exciting
Gatti Ward disagrees
I wasn’t old enough to watch Ali and that’s a shame, but I loved watching Holyfield’s heart and determination in the ring.
@@Mackedo5 another great fight ✌️
This was an all-class video, thanks for the memories! These two were a reminder of the original tough-as-steel warriors of the golden age. No one touches either Bowe or Holyfield today. Too much heart, too much grit and too much beast.
Back when fighters could do it all.. fight from range.. shorten up shots when necessary.. cut off the ring off and put a shoulder on a fighter to keep him in the pocket.. when boxing was so great every bus in the city had a ppv event to advertise and 7 eleven big gulp cups had the heavy weight champion on it
True. Boxing even basketball hasnt been the same since the 90s. Far too safe and limited these days. Mma probably the only thing still true to its form though its waning.
@@brucelston try to watch OneFC they're having a lot of explosive fights and different fight categories, not just MMA.
@@Ace-Vincent-Arevalo thanks ill check it out.
Furys got it all💪💪💪
@@brucelston boxing still put on great fights; go watch Spence vs Porter
8:56 “lost at the buffet” 😂 they were really eating back to back
😅🤣😂
Sadly, we may never see heavyweight fights like this ever again ☹️
This days we have jikers like Joyce,Wilder,Andy Ruiz and Joshua
You watched Klitschko Joshua?
@@dochnee1498Am a Joshua fan I watched that game...you can't compare today's boxers with the past ones especially boxers of the 90s era
Yea well, at least we got to experience it while it happened in the moment!
@@robizzo44 Only thing I'll say is, Fury's style is kind of annoying, but he has great boxing skills. He'd have been a handful for anyone in any era.
When Riddick had all the gifts 🎁,
Evander had all the drives,
That makes all the difference 👌.
You are brilliant 👏
I remember Holyfield being asked in a post fight interview about what was going through his mind when bowe had him so badly hurt... he just grinned and answered "I got him now," --- what a beast.
Never seen a fight so fierce like the first one.
These guys were the best of the best.
Damn!
Holyfield was always humble.. I love his character
Two of my favorites. I wish Bowe wasn't lazy to see his true potential
IM OLD AND STILL SCARED OF bOWE
It’s hard to imagine a Cruiserweight dominating the Heavyweight division in this day and age. Holyfield was some kind of monster, that’s for sure.
Usyk . Until he meets Fury !
It’s called steroids
Lol no. He was a head butting dirty fighter.
Remember, he was a Light Heavyweight when he started.
Oleksandr Usyk says hi.
So frickin' inspiring. Holyfield was amazing. These athletes could get away with nothing - pure skill, strength and mastery of the contest.
This new Era knows nothing about hard-core fighting
More like wwf than boxing, it's a joke
I guess you never watched Jose Zepeda vs. Ivan Baranchyk last year then....
@@grahamtaylor8912 heavy weights mate. Other divisions but our heavyweight scene is poor quality
Arreola vs Kownacki was the best war I’ve ever seen from beginning to end , did you see Whyte vs Chisora both fights ? Way more punishment. There’s literally dozens of fights today that set records only reflecting back is what everyone does . Ten yrs from now they will say the same thing about this era .
@@UncleTermite no they won't . Chisora and Whyte are a few levels below in class
Brawlers like Bowe pay a heavy price for their glory. A lesson for young boxers. Just because you can take a punch doesn't mean you should.
Bowe was far more than some mere brawler.
Bowe a brawler? Lol you know nothing... Bowe was an excellent boxer, great jab, right cross and decent defense, athletic, great chin etc... He had it all... Only weakness, he couldn't duck a cheeseburger
@@StuartTheunissen there was times he brawled n took punches he shouldn’t have instead of using his insane skill
@Yuriii I reckon Bowe destroyed quite a few cheeseburgers in his prime hahaha
I guess discipline and taking care of your body has nothing to do with it
Finally, after 2 decades of searching i found it. Thank you very much...
Evander never never quits no matter what🥲
His only kryptonite was smaller but skilled boxers: Moorer, Toney.
@@sandilekhathide8324 He devastated mike Tyson Tho Both Times
@@ambitousresolve1179 after he was far out of his prime
Riddick Bowes infight skills were phenomenal for a man of his size. One of the best heavyweights of all time!
Evander Holyfield: The Warrior!
Will never forget that fight . It was without a doubt one of the BEST HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTS I EVER WATCHED ! I watched many . You could tell right from RD 1 BIG DADDY was not going to be defeated . Holyfield hit him with more combinations than A SAFE , but Bowe never flinched and beat Holyfield mercilessly on the inside and outside too .
Holyfield,, one of the Biggest Warriors in boxing history!!!.. Heart of 10 lions.
testosterone of 10,000 Men maybe
@@KHALABEEB Excellent point friend. Especially since he started as a light heavyweight and ruled the heavy devision at just over 200 pounds when your average heavyweight is 215 to 225. I think you are absolutely correct however I still think he had the heart of a warrior. I have seen him pull through and win battles that would have killed the average man. Steroids will make you strong and even aggressive but they won’t get you in shape to fight 12 hard rounds. That is up to the individual and takes many hours of hard training, running swimming and more. And surely he had to come off of them Pryor to any fight due to drug testing. Even in Amateur boxing if you fight in National Competition they drug test the heck out of you. They hold meetings in the Nationals explaining this and explaining all the things that could cause you to text positive to all the fighters. They don’t even know them all or didn’t in the 90s. One example which was a very common, over the counter, sinus med was Actifed. That was just 1 of many at that point in time. I digress. Yes I absolutely agree with your comment but at the same time do believe Hollyfield had the heart of 3 fighters combined. Excellent comment boxing friend!!..
@@robjtko Holyfield was a 15 round fighter.
@@georgegreig8054 I couldn’t agree more. If it called for 15 rounds he would have been ready. Heck he was probably already ready. If only people knew what it took just to fight a 3 round 9 minute amateur fight. It’s an eternity. Every fighter that fights past 4 rounds has to master one major obstacle. You have to relax. And you have to do this while someone in front of you is trying to kill you. Not an easy task. Every good 12 round fighter is constantly talking to themselves saying, “”Relax, breath, relax breath throughout the entire fight. Something else I really admire about Hollyfield. He is a classy guy. He acts like he has been there before rather than shaking his butt at his opponent like a child. I hate showboating in the ring. I totally get emotions running high if you knock your opponent down or even out. But there is a difference in emotion and pathetic, childish showboating. But thats just me. Again yes friend Hollyfield is one of the few that could still fight 15 rounds in his day. Great comment.
@@robjtko I agree with what you say in Your post mate. Totally. Did you see Holyfield v Qawi 1?
One of my favorites fights.
Bro you’re videos are simply amazing.. thank you from Italy
Man, I remember watching all their fights..what a great time for boxing! Holyfield is by far my favorite boxer ever.
The lion heart, the like of which could be found arguably only in Lennox..... Just hoe could you fight a man you'r convinced is strong and will never GIVE UP?))
Tyson Fury seems to be on a similar footing now)
@@troyeinstein9487 Lewis never had an ounce of Holyfield heart.
@@georgegreig8054Arguably,yeah. But Lewis took off professionally without with no trainer.... no one wanted to take him on, he was a reject, self-motivated by i don't know what. Who would go unled in such ferocious sport, yet the strong and lion-hearts evaded him - Riddick, Tyson, even Holy Field. That's heart to me.
@@troyeinstein9487 Sorry mate your just a fanboy.
@@georgegreig8054 you've said nothing, yet this "nothing" must have made u proud.....goodluck!
Damn.
I love the sound effects when the gloves connect.
Well done.
If Bowe had more discipline he would have been champ longer or more then once. He won the WBO, but it didn’t have the status it does now. He had the talent to be one of the greats. He still was a HOFer, but should have been a top 5 all-time with more disciplines He was Holyfield’s toughest opponent in his prime. Lewis was a tough opponent, but his fights with Holyfield were more of a chess match. Bowe went toe to toe with Holyfield, with each fight being wars. Great fighter who could have been even greater.
Her like tyson
Wow this is 🔥. Well put together had me hyped the whole time .. Bowe vs Holyfield was 3 wars .
I've met riddick and his son , he is a good man lots of respect ! Now evander is the most natural fighter I've ever seen ! My heart feels his courage !
30 pounds difference and height advantage. This is unbelievable struggle power. I like hollyfield for this.
And just think that Evander had much more hard fight than Bowe and he was much smaller ant today you can still understand what hes speaking.Cant say same for Bowe.
@@topivaltanen4432
The 2 Andrew Golota fights took a lot out of Bowe. He took a beating in both fights.
@@Destroythealliance Golota might be one of the biggest lost talent in hw history.He might have achieved lot if wiring inside his head wouldnt be total mess.
This is the wrong place to get tired... 🔥🔥🔥
Both men were top tier gladiators in their prime.
I’d argue to say they were arch nemesis to one another
“Ambition vs Talent”
90s boxing was gore
When boxing was about fighting and not running from each other. Holyfield is a warrior. No wonder he beat Tyson.
I will argue to the end of day that the real deal was and always will be better than Tyson .
Technicslly yes, but Tysons gift and viciousness is unmatched.
@@clanAnd123 in what weight class? Marvin hagler was way more giften and vicious than mike. Stop regurgitating the same tyson fanboy lines youve heard your uncle say all your life. I understand youre only 13 now but youll grow up and realise mike wasnt as good as he was hyped up to be. Amazing striker but not the best boxer ever, striking is only one aspect of the game and holyfield beat him in every other category to make mikes striking useless. 2 fights and mike didnt land one single bomb
@@clanAnd123 now go watch mike tyson and evander holyfields hotboxing episode on mikes website you wont regret it
I agree it was never really a debate IMO, but of course there's always the debate whether Holyfield would have beat 86'-90' Tyson. Not sure what you think?
@@Madness1299 86-90 holyfield beats any version of tyson
These videos are gold for 90s boxing fans
This is a fantastic video about one of the greatest boxing trilogies ever. Thanks so much.
Great video! Brings back the good ole days!
"He lost at the buffet "🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for such gripping storie of two the greatest boxers of first half of 90s.
I have been going ham on your channel the last days DUDE this is literally one of the best boxing channels i have ever seen and i sincerely hope you explode in subs views and recognition for your awesome work
These fights were the best!!
My first boxing match I ever watched was Bowe vs Holyfield 2. Classic
That was beautiful thats why i love boxing two great warriors
This trilogy of
Heavyweight fights was
So freaking Exciting to watch
What a vicious fight!!
With each fight Bowe was getting more hair while Holyfield was getting less.
the steroids, hgh and testosterone will do that. really though, it could have been genetic.
What a times, soo many heavyweights Like those ones.... Wow Golden era for boxing
Never liked Bowe but I must give him Credit were its due, Holly field heart of a Lion!
Those fight was a classic i enjoy those iconic fight
And Holyfield had the balls, to fight Lewis, and Tyson, twice!
The Holy that fought Lewis wasn't the same Holy. Lewis peaked late. Prime Holy was better imo
This channel's videos are gold. Thank you for your effort, knowledge , and attention to detail
After the Belfort fight, I watched this video to remind me of the warrior Holyfield was. These are 2 tough mutha's.
I remember these fights, but no one tells their story better than this channel's author!
You know why they called holyfield the warrior, man wasnt scared of no one
Yeah I was the same when I was on steroids. Walked in front of a car in the crosswalk that was trying to go and hoped he stepped out and said something and I’m a rather “scary” diplomatic type guy when I’m not juiced
@@Avogadros_number you can't really compare your idiotic childish behaviour to the fights holyfield had in his career
Its a tale as old as time. Once a man becomes champ, hubris gets him. But goddamn what a trilogy. Wish I was old enough to see it back then
That bad rabbit punches the most illegal punch ever seen in my life in a ring
Within the 19 years of Holyfield’s career he was also stopped by James Toney.
An old war hardened washed up holyfield..
@@philsmith6228 But, he was still stopped! Listen to the commentary in the video. It’s not all accurate.
9:02 They went from trying to kill each other after the bell, to hugging it out after. Just how much they respected each other.
Holyfield was gassed in the third fight bowe got lucky 🍀 Holyfield was the best heavyweight of thec90s not bad for being a cruiser weight 💪
No excuse....should be fuel efficient in the ring...
I'm sure the steroids he was talking didn't help
He had heart problems
Stop telling lies lad Lennox Lewis beat him easily he beat everyone in the 90s so stop telling lies lad
@@billybarr7443 Lewis was clearly the best of thatt era and this comes from a massive Holyfield fan. Holyfield was number 2, and then an argument could be made for comeback Foreman and Tyson. 3A/3B, argue on order. I honestly believe Foreman would have KOed Tyson late. He would have absorbed Tyson's shots and picked off many with that Archie Moore cross arm defense and frustrated Tyson and then sledgehammered him, but we'll never know, just my opinion.
My boy Evander Holyfield I saw the trilogy enjoyed every minute of all three fights God bless both Champs
Tyson never had any trilogies or beat any of the greats. Bowe wouldve also put him to sleep
I agree. Bows would take his punches and get used to him quick.
Agreed Bowe could take punishment and return like Holyfied
And that Golota rematch showed lot's of courage something tyson would only dream of having
I like how bowes team jump the fan guy even though he needed the interruption
Great job man. An epic trilogy. Summary is also spot on. Holyfield had more heart than just about heavyweight in history. Bowe had a great career, but he could have been so much greater.
Mr Holyfield has more grit gut and heart than any 2 hvy weights combined! What an absolute treasure to the sport and those of us lucky enough to have been around in his heyday will never forget him ! Thank you champ for being you 🙏
I'm glad that everybody loves these wars, but don't be surprised why these two men can't talk normally today
One of my best fights ever.
Rhythm boxing: Bowe was big daddy BEFORE bioshock
Me a gaming nerd: 😱😱🤯🤯🤯
Gary Goodridge
I can't even believe this is real. So much technique and brutal punches insane.
The Holyfield that fought Bowe would knockout Tyson in 2 rounds.
@Allen Scott Spinks took a dive. Tyson was KNOCKEDOUT 5 times. He couldn't knockout bums like Tillis or Mitch Green.
@Allen Scott Lol. Spinks was hardly special... Fought just five times at heavyweight. Struggled past an old Holmes. You dreaming if you think he's in the league of Bowe or Holy.
@@thespy7795 you have no proof of spinks taking a dive so that's a myth and tyson totally destroyed mitch green and james tills I only scored one round for tills he missed almost all of his shots and did not get that many clean shot the whole fight. and tyson said he wanted to go the distance with green green was a very easy fight for tyson
@@thespy7795 and holyfield struggled with a old foreman and diwght muhammad qawi heck he even struggled with Larry holmes stop trying to act like Larry holmes was way over the hill he was at the peak of his career when spinks beat him he was 48 and 0 and years later was still able to beat ray mercer
@@StuartTheunissen spinks was just as good as bowe and holyfield and could probably beat them
Indeed this was one of the greatest trilogies of all times, respect to both legends 💯💯💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Hollyfield was truly a very tough man
I watched that fight with my dad. Has to be up there as 1 of the craziest scenes in boxing history.
Holyfield was a Don
Yep
I love boxing and you are killing it with these videos!
Is this the same voice as Motivedia? sounds very similar
Def is
Don’t think it is
One of the best trilogies of all time!
Both of them legends, and Bowe being extremely underrated as well. Just imagine what a prime Riddick Bowe would do with today's heavyweights, Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua and so on...
He would be dropped like a sac of Fufu by AJ🙄
@@uchennaokorie344 just displayed the fact u know fxxk all - bowe v aj is a slaughter - bowe fought when opponents hit u back 🥊
@@uchennaokorie344r u sure ab that? 😂
I'm so glad I got to see all these fights and I had an illegal cable box back in the day so they were all free
Evander Holyfield is my favorite boxer,,, he would fight anybody and anybody..
Guys like Lennox Lewis would never fight a guy like John Ruiz or Chris Byrd. That could make them look bad
Lennox Lewis is the better more skilled fighter but I don't care I'll stick with the real deal he fought everybody whether he would win or lose
To be fair Lennox has a serious resume.
Ruiz or byrd. What a joke. He would have been criticised for defending against those bums
@@fantasyboxing71 he had the greatest resume tbh in heavyweight history
@@devoid2783 it's up there but I would rate Alis higher personally
@@fantasyboxing71 fair enough
These fights were incredible between the both of them. I remember them so well. After that, we seldom saw Riddick Bowe ever again. He retired after the Golota fights.
uppercuts at long range. nice. plus, evander had maybe the greatest chin ever. ever.
The battle of the Irritateables.None like it.They showed Class!!!
They said he lost at the buffet🤣🤣🤣🤣
Y’all wrong!!!
These guys would smash the current heavyweights .
Holyfield definitely on roids second fight
First one too. The 3 I dont think so. Hes not as cut. He probably had been beginning using near the first fight then got the real effects in the second. The 3rd hes looking more natural
Proof
This was a wild night I remember it like it was yesterday.
Bowe refused to fight Lewis, biggest blot on his whole career.
@@МилорадЈањић Lewis was born a female.
Lewis ducked Bowe
You've gained a new fan and a new subscriber. Well done !!
holyfield was a monster
Great video!! 📹
These two in their prime would run through any of the top heavyweights in the game today. Look at their skill level speed, power, heart and durability.
I agree 💯,as you look backwards generation to generation they get better and better, today's heavyweights couldn't lase their gloves, they'd be journeymen imo back then