Riddick Bowe's Superb Boxing & Insane Power Punches Explained - Technique Breakdown
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- It’s hard to think of a more complete fighter than former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Riddick Big Daddy Bowe. His record is near immaculate, having only lost once to Evander Holyfield, a loss that he later avenged. Bowe’s numerous KO’s were a testament not only to his tremendous strength, size and power, But also to his ability to set those shots up with skillful out boxing and infighting.
Bowe was a quintessential boxer-puncher, using his boxing skills to stay safe and set up his harder shots. A fighter who can throw disciplined, tight shots and then suddenly transition to devastating haymaker’s is one of the most dangerous fighters to deal with. And Bowe could do this at both long range and close range, showcasing a signature power punch for each.
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Probably Tyson and Lewis but not Old George
I would pick him to maybe beat Tyson, but no way he would beat a prime Lewis or prime Foreman
He wouldn’t beat any of them
The bowe that first fought holyfield would beat any boxer of the 90's.
Lewis would be 50/50 imo.
I can pick him for tyson and old george. Im not sure about lewis.
Bowe, Tyson, Lewis,Holyfield and etc. Really made the 90's a magical time to be a boxing fan
I wasn't born in the 90s but I heard that it was a time to be a fan of anything. Boxing, Pro Wrestling, the Simpsons, basketball and a lot more
Yes
Together with the 4 kings time
Lewis remains a pussy for avoiding Tyson in his prime.
Platanito con pollo y arroz what? Lewis won the wbc in 1993 Mike went to prison 1992 Mike was in his prime in 86 and Lewis made his debut in 89 there was no way he was gonna be able to fight Mike in his prime dont get me wrong I do think that Mike would win in his prime but why would you call him a pussy when he couldnt fight Mike
His trilogy with Holyfield remains the best ever in HW division . Seeing two heavyweights fighting like they were middleweights was something unseen , trading blow for blow , daymm , we miss those times .
I think you're forgetting Ali and Frazier's trilogy...
Lyle V Foreman wants a word with you
@@Drago-tp3qb do you know what a trilogy is?
@@ahmadaomar91 I thought he meant hw fights in general, if we’re talking trilogy’s then there’s a lot more
@@ahmadaomar91 i like Bowe vs Holyfield more , but sure is debatable 🙌
His trilogy with Holyfield is my favorite of all time
And easily in the top 10 greatest boxing trilogies of all time
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 💯
Man how I miss 90s boxing
@@JeSsE10mCcOy11 hmm....you have piqued my interest...Bowe-Holyfield IS a great trilogy...let’s see if we can agree it’s “easily” top ten all time...I’m just listing some Great Trilogies Of Boxing 🥊, not judging yet...are we talking ONLY “3 fight rivalries”, or at LEAST 3 fights? I’ll go by the latter...and I’m not trying to be a dick, I’d really like to know, and also to know what you and others think...
Zale-Graziano
Ali-Frazier
Ali-Norton
Saddler-Pep
Leonard-Duran
Greb-Tunney
Barrera-Morales
Ketchel-Papke
Britton-Lewis (Jack Britton and Ted “Kid” Lewis fought 20x between 1915-1921...TWENTY Fights (9-7-4 in favor of Britton)!
Marquez-Pacquiao
Robinson-LaMotta (pretty one-sided, 5 of 6 fights were won by SRR, but LaMotta WAS the first boxer to hang a ‘L’ on Sugar Ray...)
Robinson-Fullmer
Ross-McLarnin
Langford-Wills (2 all time great heavies who had the “color line” drawn on them because Jack Dempsey and many others were scared shit of both guys).
I’ll stop there...Yes, I’d have to say I agree that Bowe-Holyfield belongs on a list with these other rivalries. “Top Ten” or wheeever you place Bowe-Holyfield on the list will be largely opinion-based and legitimate, but they’re three fight rivalry is not out-of-place with the best rivalries ever.
@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 when it comes to rivalries, IMO, there's no doubt that Robinson-LaMotta was the greatest boxing rivalry in history
bid daddy might be the best nickname i have ever heard
Wait until you hear about Bonecrusher, the motor city cobra, etc.
try the ghost with the hammer in his hand that has to best nickname for a boxer ever
I always liked Motor City Cobra.
Hey if you like Big Daddy, search for a 1980s British wrestler by the same name. I apologise in advance 😂
Smokin' Joe Frazier
@@VanBurenPhilips Hell yeah - Motor City Cobra, now that shouts bad ass distilled.
Bowe was a bad man, prime bowe beats a lot of the greats and current champs 🏆 💯🎯
He was a BAD dude. At times. But ultimately, for the perspective of just being a boxing fan, Bowe was disappointing.
I know he had personal problems, and I sympathize. I hope he’s doing good these days. But just the fights we never got to see him In...damn...
I rate Bowe and Lewis as the best closely followed by Holyfield then Tyson,but I still rate Tyson because he was more consistent and didn't have any off nights really against lesser competition untill the end of his career and Douglas can't be included as he would have beaten anyone that night in my opinion.
He beat Holyfield but never fought(Mercer ,Tommy Morrison , Micheal Moore, Lennox Lewis, Tyson, David Tua, and many more) so for that reason and only that reason Bowe is not a HOF to me. He might have the skills to be but he never fought the top Fighter's in His time and he got beat buy Andrew Golato twice the same guy who got beat by Lewis and quit against Tyson.
Sorry but the only good opponent he beat was holyfield. He ducked lewis
Bowes resume isnt very deep. But as a fighter he may have been the best of the 90s. Too bad he didnt have the dicipline, heart or will to take on the best.
The fact he didn't fight Lewis is unforgivable...
@The Book Of ƬЯXPXP what if he won ?
I think Lewis and his team are just as much, if not more to blame with the fight not happening
Goleta was his cryptonite. He couldn’t have beaten Golota, that crazy, but immensely gifted, guy had his number.
@@eddydv9152 care to share your thoughts? I've always been curious why this big fight was never made
@@RealmofGenghisKhan if you watch Rummy’s Corner career profile on Bowe he explains it better than I’ll be able to. Very good video as well
Underachiever, he had the tools to be one of the greatest of all time, but lacked the discipline.
One of the most skilled boxer of all time. What a pity... a waste of such a talent. Oh, BTW nobody was better than Bowe as an inside fighter!
He is one of the greatests. Was the best boxer of the 90's
@@cocotimbo I’d argue the hands of stone is the best in fighter ever but that’s a different weight division
@Brandon Fortino Bowe with Marn Hagler's discipline would have been frightening
@@quiett6191 Bowe + Hagler = Monster
Bowe has one of the best jabs in boxing, highly underrated. Rivals Listons jab. Really.
Larry Holmes jab was pretty good
@@johncarroll772It wasnt pretty good it was the best
Big Daddy Bowe vs Larry Holmes imagine jab highlights.
In their primes, Holmes smokes him... and most HW of any era!
@@nino_lama holmes and joe frazier were my favorite heavyweights
@@jimnoexist Great picks. Two of the greatest ever, huge hearts and awesome champions...
@NOLAY AUSTIN Holmes' jab is still the best HW jab of all time!
@NOLAY AUSTIN he got the job done against all available opponents with guts, skill and the best jab EVER.
F in chat for Bowe's nuts after those Golota matches.
Most punched bollocks in boxing?
Golotta was the greatest nut cracker of all times.
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That first dislike is from Andrew Golota
2nd from Lennox Lewis
The third is from Evander Holyfield
Golota was winning both fights, not sure why he kept hitting him low.
Andrew "The nutcracker" Golota
@@jahjawesome5615 the groin cruncher
Brilliant analysis of a technically awesome but terrifying boxer.
There are some fighters that really ignite that passion for violence in me and you’ve just given me another incredible boxer to admire, thank you sir
3 dislikes: golota, holyfield and lewis 🤣
Lol good one. Definitely Lewis
golota was whupping his ass tbh
golota got a terrible beating from Lewis for Bowe ducking him he wanted to show how Bowe was not on his level
Nah Holyfield is a good friend of bowe
Make a Lennox Lewis video pls
I second this
Lewis vs Mercer was a classic
@John Goodfella nice joke
Definitely that would be amazing.
Yes. An analysis of Lewis would be very interesting.
Riddick is prob one of the most fitting examples of 'hard work beats talent if talent doesn't work hard'
@@mrg5559 read it properly. A hard worker will beat a talented person if that talented person doesnt work hard themself. Not enough to just be talented. Bowe had talent but inconsistent work ethic.
Bowe was an absolute beast of a heavyweight boxer. He could fight at any range and was comfortable hunting his opponents down. It had to be terrifying for smaller opponents to not be able to escape his wrath.
Possibly the most underrated Heavyweight in the Modern Era. When his head was above his shoulders, Big Daddy was tall, big, powerful, skilled, and naturally talented to give any Heavyweight in any era a tough go.The Bowe-Holyfield Trilogy is an A-class showcase in everything great about the Sweet Science: Skill, Guts, Heart, and Drama enveloped into Fistic Glory. Sucks that Bowe and Lennox Lewis did not go at it, may have possibly raised Bowe's profile and legacy higher given their shared history. It will be cool to highlight/breakdown The British Boxing Scene in the Late 80s-1990s. In particular, the Nigel Benn- Chris Eubank Rivalry. Content 🔥 as always!
Totally get the under-rated - like Holmes (Holmes until Rummy chimed in - now there is a Holmes-man... in the slightly pre-modern era - LISTON! Seriously - lost one fight post Ali. Did not come out for the round (no KO) in Ali 1; then was standing when Ali 2 ended but some journalist told Ref Joe Walcott Ali was down 14 seconds after 'phantom punch.' I love Ali, but there was something in the water back then.
@@ChuckWCoulter yeah man Liston was a near complete fighter and one of the hardest hitters to boot like Bowe he had a great jab and is CRIMINALLY underrated
I think Bowe gets his due.
If not, he has himself to blame.
His win over Holyfield was great, but then instead of using that momentum, he fights corpses like Ferguson and Dokes, and eats his way to a loss against Holyfield.
Refuses to fight Lewis. Got his ass kicked by Golota twice.
Lovely to watch, but very short prime, and he didn't do much with the prime he had.
Could you do Sonny Liston now?
Yeah - we have many Liston teases (him training with Foreman, etc.) Check out these Liston images - www.gettyimages.com/photos/sonny-liston-training?mediatype=photography&phrase=sonny%20liston%20training&sort=mostpopular Different time, different type of man.
7:36 That is gangsta asf
Not enough people talk about Riddick Bowe. Dude was a solid boxer
Fantastic breakdown of Big Daddy Bowe! I've always admired his talent as a boxer. There is not another boxer his size who fights on the inside like a lightweight! If anyone knows of this fighter please let me know. Bowe for his size could fight shorter fighters tall and when faced with a bigger opponent I believe he liked that style as well. Would love to see him against these top fighters nowadays.
Bowe in his prime and in shape was a top fighter, no weakness - Lennox or Mike Tyson doesn’t have a better win than Bowe’s 2 wins over prime Holyfield
Absolutely correct. Bowe at his peak was the sh*t.
Bowe is definitely top three greatest Heavyweights to come out of the 90s but I do think the volume of high level opponents that are on Lennox's and Holyfield's resumes are greater than Bowe's wins, not to mention their performances and achievements; Holyfield being the only four-time Heavyweight champion and Lennox being the last undisputed Heavyweight champion beating a young powerful new generation Heavyweight in Vitali Klitschko in his very last fight at 37 years old. Lennox was the only one to fight and beat the new generation, very few fighters in history has done this as the young and hungry eat the old and worn but Jon Jones beating Dominic Reyes is really the only one that comes to mind but even then many people believe Reyes won that fight (but the TKO 6 in the Lewis v Klitschko is controversial as well).
To put your statement into perspective, getting into shape WAS Bowe’s weakness, much moreso than other fighters who were known for being undisciplined, because he was better than most of those (think eighties fighters like Tubbs, Page, Terrible Tim...). So if you take away his main weakness, of course you’d have a pretty damn great fighter... which is not to say he wasn’t great, anyway, I agree he was, and you could be correct about Bowe’s two Holyfield wins - he definitely deserves a LOT of credit for erasing the “0” in Evander’s “L” column. IMO that’s always a big deal, hanging a GREAT boxer’s first loss on him...
@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 I really don’t think Lennox would have beaten prime Holyfield, prime Holyfield was a MUCH better fighter than the one that fought lennox
@@ithebestdontmes1648 nah, Lennox is too good imo.
The fight with holyfield and golotta destroyed his brain
Beautiful masterpiece before you i always considered boe & holyfield brawlers rocky too but you showed me better. Thank you
This is an awesome breakdown! BOWE had his moments!
Absolutely love how you break down a fighter's technique and elaborate on it. Keep up the good work
Bowe was insane... the Brain damage slowed him up though...
Which makes it insane that he wants to make a comeback
Holyfield-Bowe Trilogy breakdown when?
Let's do it.
I love this channel so much every single video you can tell it’s had 100% effort put into it. It’s very informative and this is just another example of the excellent work you guys are doing keep it up 👏🏽👏🏽 PS can we get a part 2 to this bowe video??
His double jab overhand right combination is a beautiful thing to watch
Big Daddy Bowe hits like an earthquake. He had some great set ups.
Charlie Mason is an absolute legend for his collab fair play to him 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Just realised how good Bowe thanks to this video. Masterful explanation
I kinda want to see a Golota breakdown...
many thanks for this . . Bowe is a superb fighter that helped make the ' Golden Age ' what it was, newer fighters seem bland in comparison
Gotta say the lead hook and over hand rear ( depending on your stances lol ) are my favorite punches they look so beautiful when done right
Wow amazing! I always knew that bowe was a very special fighter but I never knew that he was this perfect the only thing he lacked is the discipline i guess but anyways Thanks man your videos are a real entertainment and help for me as I'm a new learning boxer who trains at home with no tools😅
great break down, thank you. I never realized how good he actually was.
2:09 second time I saw someone dropped by a jab. Smooth like a caddy.
Seems pretty similar to George Forman; except he uses head movement and blocks instead of a long guard.
Most Underrated Heavyweight and ahead of his time
Always a fascinating breakdown!
Bowe had a great jab, with good inside fighting ability for a big man, but his defence let him down. Bowe used to get caught with big shots a lot.
I remember Bowe from his own SNES game back in '93. He had a 32-0 at the time. I was wondering why he was so tough in the game and had such record in real life.
NOW I know why...
Man, this video just makes me wanna go back and watch some Bowe/Holyfield fights. In fact I think I'mma go do that right now.
Bowe was really dominant for a time. Super well rounded, able to fight very well at close or far distance, with very solid fundamental technique. Plus his size, range and explosiveness. He has to be somewhere in the list of top heavyweight champs.
I’ve been trying to learn how to do that body block and then punch with the same hand thing. I just now saw it in action and I’m happy to see it wasn’t just a foolish idea I came up with
I’m still surprise he never fought Tyson, and even though he fought Lennox as an amateur, I’m surprise he never fought him again as a pro or for the title
Bowe and Tyson are very good friends. So they won't fight each other.
He couldn't stop Lewis just walking through his punches and was stopped in the second round in the Olympics, he knew that he couldn't beat Lewis unless he got very lucky. That's why he dumped the belt rather than face him.
He was scared of Lewis. Thats why he ducked him
He did not fight tyson because they are close friends. He is not afraid of Lewis. don king don't want it.
Because him and tyson were in the same class in school
People sleep on Bowe because his career was not sustained but I would rate him the highest caliber modern heavyweight.
I believe he beats them all on his best day vs Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield best day.
He wouldn't have beaten Lewis. I dont think
Lewis was too powerful for him to work his way through. He would beat Holyfield and Tyson though
@@whiterunguard9182 why are you all talking about him beating Holyfield like it's a prediction? We all saw him do it, twice.
He was okay but would NOT beat a prime Mike Tyson
I don’t understand how y’all think he beats Tyson and Lewis with that leaky defense holyfield was able to hit him easily and 1988 Tyson who was a murderous accurate puncher would hit Bowe easily too Bowe is a big target and Tyson also had a better defense than Holyfield too and Lewis is also a massive puncher too Bowe can’t just absorb punches from Tyson and Lewis like he did vs Holy
might say he had the best HW jab since Holmes
i wouldnt say maybe the best because it was not a 'working' fast jab...but heaviest jab i would say yes
Bowe was one of my favorite fighters in the 1990s.
i wish he fought more big names of the era. would have been nice to watch.
Not fighting Lennox Lewis really hurts him in the all-time greats history books.
You can see in these clips how bowe's overhand was set up to look like his body shot, and both have tremendous power!
What a fighter. I ❤ his style. Simply pure anger.
THANK YOU THANK YOU
One of my favorites, that overhand right was a thing of beauty. HATE that he didn't fight Lennox...
Bowe, Holyfield, Tyson, Lennox, Moore, Foreman, Mercer, Briggs, Morrison, Rudduck made the 90s awesome
You should make a mike mccallum breakdown. Really underrated fighter.
I want to .
6:00 i will write this and do this every day until i master it thanks for the video.
Sent this video off to my dad, hoping it'll get him back into watching boxing
Bowe was on paper the perfect heavyweight boxer. Stiff jab, heavy overhand, decent defense, good combo that's paired with good footwork and not to mention he had one of the greatest trainers of all time. He was the most versatile heavyweight boxer I know. Talented both in skill and physique. If he fought lewis, the fight would've been probably the most exciting back and forth battle as both have them were very similar in both talent and skill
And stature
Bowe wanted no part of a rematch with Lewis; they met as amateurs
You should make a video on saenchai, he definitely deserves to have one.
He was a Savage when tuned in. Thank you for this
Sorry but the only good opponent he beat was holyfield he ducked fighters like lewis
This guy was an absolute beast and was considered the best heavyweight at the moment till he fought Golota... Let's be honest, he lost twice against Golota and that retired him at 29 yo.
Always excited to see you posted
I do think he relied on that looping right hand/left hook uppercut combo too much at times, especially when tired or angry and sometimes he didn't bother to set it up. Having said that I've always admired the guy, had buckets load of skill for a big guy.
High level breakdown I'm subscribed
You describe these fighters in such vivid beautiful detail that at the end of every video I’m like “ how did ANYONE ever beat this man?? He is the greatest fighter of all time” lol you really give everyone equal due for their individual greatness
Shoutout Charlie Mason my guy! Been waiting on a Bowe breakdown for a while. Hopefully more to come
When Manson devilfuphukied Bowie. Its unbeliebable
@@Betrayerslayer bug out
YOOOOOOOOO RIDDICK BOOOOOOOOOOOOOWE
Very insightful video as usual, fantastic work.
Please do Dmitry Pirog next.
He was in my opinion the boxer with the most aesthetically pleasing style in the ring.
Do you remember and/or have you ever been made aware of Donald Curry? (Not trying to put you down, Idk how acquainted with Welterweights in the 80s you are)...
It’s difficult to tell if Curry LOST IT after being roughed up and beaten by Lloyd Honeyghan, or if he was ALWAYS more hype than anything, but he was BEAUTIFUL to watch, so smooth, a hard puncher, it appeared Curry had no major weaknesses. He was touted as the “next” Sugar Ray Leonard, was considered even BETTER than SRL by some writers...
I glimpsed a post that mentioned Mike McCallum, and that made me think of Donald Curry... McCallum is another guy whose career it’s difficult to get a “handle on”, he was probably older than he ever let on, and he had a KILLER left hook, which Donald Curry first found out by watching the REPLAY of his fight with The Body Snatcher, since the punch completely SEVERED Curry from his senses.
However, McCallum also started compiling “L’s” once he moved up to 160...we probably should’ve gotten to see McCallum fight Hagler, but Mugabi was the boxer the writers/fans getting all the HYPE, IIRC...
@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 Yes, I do remember Donald from his match with McCallum as I was more of a McCallum fan with his clean crisp punching, but you're obviously right Donald Curry did box beautifully, effectively countering McCallum to a certain degree before McCallum snatched his soul.
McCallum's decision of moving up to light heavyweight and Cruiserweight was certainly a bad one.
That man was Scary A.F. and probably the king of mixing it up... he would just hit you no matter what.
Wish Ajagba would take notes on this. I think he could be a great boxer if he styled himself after one of these heavyweights.
I was a young lad when Riddick was tearing up the division. His battles with Holyfield we're legendary. I feel like him not fighting Lennox ruined his legacy but thats from the outside looking in.
An excellent source of boxing inspiration as well as all said here one must know how to do for self preservation!!
Love the new video! I use some of your videos in my college courses to teach my students!
Great breakdown love all the content you put up would love to see Orlando canizales breakdown in future don't think anyone content creators have done him yet and he's one of the best bantamweight fighters of all time well keep up great work anyway content is much appreciated
Fascinating video, thank you for this!
That overhand right was like a 144mm howitzer
One of the most accurate punchers lve ever seen
One of my favourite fighters
Andrew Golota seemed to have Bowe's number both times they fought...until he got himself disqualified both times of course. Maybe a break down of those fights would make an interesting video some day.
Could you do a muay thai breakdown of Dany bill?
Would be really cool ^^
Fantastic video. Waiting desperately for Ali Norton breakdown
Wow great video, always get great details to help me improve my own style.
Great breakdown! Very interesting. Loved watching Bowe. Have you done a breakdown for Tommy Morrison?
I had that game boy game riddick bowe's boxing it was hard but really fun, riddick was almost impossible to beat he punched you like 3 times and the fight was over!Good times.
I learned something thanks champ:)
I just realised you haven't done the video on Leonard Vs Hagler yet to conclude the 4 kings series!
Excellent work Sir,I really appreciate your scientific,forensic approach to making these videos.
It has been said so many times but Riddick Bowe badly underachieve with his lack of discipline.
The big man should have established himself as one of the five greatest heavyweight-champions
in history.He was that talented.
If Bowe lacked discipline at least he had courage.He showed tremendous heart in the two Golota fights,and also
in the Holyfield fights.
0:24 I was looking for his leg position and saw this......
Why????
my favorite boxer when i was a kid
My favorite 90s heavyweight.
Great channel and content , keep it up.
Is there a possibility we can see a Tommy Morrison or Remy Bonjasky video in the future ? Thanks
BOWE VS TYSON. Would have love to see that.
bowe had great inside game
Absolutely phenomenal breakdown, can we get Larry Holmes next please!!!
can't say many fighters off the top of my head which i can't even think of a tactic to beat, many of the best fighters in history had a pretty obvious counter strategy that even a weaker fighter that can't take the punches and give back harder ones can utilize, it's just that the plan being simple doesn't make it easy, for example tyson, technically you should just circle around him and dash in and out with quick jabs, since he's a counter puncher himself, and an offensive one at that, eventually you'll also have an opportunity to counter his hook or one of his counters and he will also get tired over time, however for this plan to work you have to keep an insane pace to keep him at bay and have punches land faster then he can counter when fighting off your backfoot, this is part of the reason there are weight divisions because while it's theoretically possible for a middle weight to beat tyson like this it's highly improbable. but in bowe's case i just don't see that option, he polished his style to specifically be able to fight against anyone evn a bit smaller then him and i can't see how someone should even train to beat him, he has built in headmovement tracking and extra reach with a heavy jab to outpoint you at long and middle range and for infighting you're pretty much guaranteed to be hit at least once unless you can crack his ribs or something, and him being most likely the bigger man in the fight with a good chin it's highly unlikely he will drop from early power shots, you're in it for the long hall with him, while about 3 or 4 of his power shots could cause permanente brain damage on the spot. how do you beat this guy except just being bigger and bullying him with a bigger reach?
Holyfield did it and showed he was the real deal