In what is nothing but good news, news that shows there are still limits as far as an aging former champion being allowed to set foot back into the ring, Riddick Bowe’s return to the squared circle, against Lamar Odum in what would have been a celebrity match-up, has been called off.… read more “Sanity Prevails As Riddick Bowe’s Ring Return Is Off”
Make of this fight card what you will. It’s been announced how former heavyweight champ Riddick Bowe will return to action on October 2nd when he will face former NBA All-Star Lamar Odum in an exhibition bout (yes, yet another one).… read more “Bowe Vs. Odom & Malignaggi vs Corey B on Oct. 2”
It’s often been stated that Riddick Bowe, who today celebrates his 54th birthday, should have achieved far more than he did, and Bowe achieved a good deal.… read more “Happy Birthday Riddick Bowe – “Big Daddy” Turns 54”
If the news being reported turns out to be correct, we can add the name Riddick Bowe to the growing list of aging former champions who want to come back in some form or another.… read more “Riddick Bowe, 53, To Fight In October”
When Riddick Bowe put it all together, when he was fully focused, in tip-top physical condition, when he had cut no corners in the gym, when he was hungry, he was one great heavyweight.… read more “Riddick Bowe: A Great For One Night Only”
Of the three memorable heavyweight battles Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield engaged in in the early and mid-1990s, the first fight is recognised as the best.… read more “On This Day 25 Years Ago: “The Final Chapter:” Bowe-Holyfield III”
The recent news of how former IBF 154 pound champ Carlos Molina is aiming to bring back the 15 round fights (for one night at least, this in November), can get a fight fan thinking: what if the 15 round world title fight limit had not been demoted to 12 rounds?… read more “Fights That Would Have Been Oh, So Different If They Had Been 12 Round Fights, Not 15 Round Fights”
It’s almost a quarter of a century since the unforgettable scenes inside Madison Square Garden in New York unfolded. It was on July 11th in 1996 when Riddick Bowe met “Foul Pole” Andrew Golota for the first time.… read more “The Crazy Riddick Bowe – Andrew Golota Fights – Mad, Bad And Brutal”
For a while now, there have been murmurings of a possible Riddick Bowe come back. Now, in speaking with UK tabloid, The Sun, the former world heavyweight champ who gave us those three great fights with Evander Holyfield has made it official.… read more “Riddick-ulous – Former Champ Bowe: “I Can Say Now Officially I Am Going To Fight Again””
By any standards, U.S. Olympian and former unified World heavyweight champion Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe is inarguably one of the all-time greatest boxers, amateur and professional.… read more “One of the best all-time….Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe”