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Earl Lewis vs Riddick Bowe — record, stats and common opponents compared

Earl Lewis

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Riddick Bowe

Earl Lewis (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Riddick Bowe (43-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lewis

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bowe

43

Wins33 KO · 77%

1

Loss

0

Draws45 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Bowe leads 1–0

Earl Lewis and Riddick Bowe have met 1 time; Bowe leads 1–0.

Earl Lewis and Riddick Bowe have met 1 time; Bowe leads 1–0.
Met1989Sep 19Series
Earl LewisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Riddick BoweFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Lewis 0 · Bowe 6 of 6 measurable rows
LewisBowe
Record†
0-243-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
97.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—77%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.3
0.5
2.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
2
45

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Earl Lewis: No height on file
Riddick Bowe: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Earl Lewis: No reach on file
Riddick Bowe: 81″
Agenot held
Earl Lewis: No date of birth
Riddick Bowe: 58
Stance
Earl Lewis: Not recorded
Riddick Bowe: Orthodox

Earl Lewis left, Riddick Bowe right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Earl Lewis0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Earl Lewis: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lewis yet.

Riddick Bowe43 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Riddick Bowe: 43 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (77%), 7 on the cards (16%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 77%7 on the cards 16%3 by another method or unrecorded 7%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Lewis 2, Riddick Bowe 45 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Earl Lewis last boxed on Sep 19, 1989 — 13,547 days ago. Lewis had lost two straight.LL

Wit Jul 1985Bowe Sep 19890.5 tracked bouts per year

Riddick Bowe last boxed on Dec 13, 2008 — 6,522 days ago. Bowe had won nine straight, the most recent against Gene Pukall.WWWWW

Golota Jul 1996Golota Dec 1996Rhode Sep 2004Zumbrun Apr 2005Pukall Dec 20082.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earl Lewis and Riddick Bowe ever fought each other?
Yes. Earl Lewis and Riddick Bowe met once on September 19, 1989, and Riddick Bowe won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 19, 1989 · Bowe · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lewis or Bowe?
Earl Lewis is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Riddick Bowe is 43-1. Riddick Bowe has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lewis0–20%

Bowe43–197.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lewis or Bowe?
Earl Lewis has 0 knockout wins and Riddick Bowe has 33. Riddick Bowe has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lewis0

Bowe3376.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lewis and Bowe have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earl Lewis and Riddick Bowe have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lewis and Bowe?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Earl Lewis and 45 bouts tracked for Riddick Bowe. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lewis2bouts

Bowe45bouts

How They Win ↓

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