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Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe was a professional boxing match that took place on November 13, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada. [1] The fight was contested for the undisputed world heavyweight championship , which consisted of the WBA , WBC , and IBF championships.
Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield III, billed as The Final Chapter, was a professional boxing match contested on November 4, 1995. [2] The non-title match marked the third and final fight in the Bowe–Holyfield trilogy.
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion [a] in the cruiserweight division in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and was the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes in the "three-belt era", a feat later surpassed by ...
Holyfield dominated round 8, reopening Bowe's wounds with a five-punch combination. Knowing he was behind in the cards, Bowe became more aggressive in rounds 9, 10 and 11; however, in the final 30 seconds of rounds 10 and 11, Holyfield hit Bowe with several combinations, winning five of the judges' six scores for those two rounds.
His most infamous appearance was the November 6, 1993, boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fan Man made headlines in the United States when he used his powered paraglider to fly into the arena, eventually crashing into the side of the ring.
Lane, famous for his catchphrase "Let's get it on," refereed many famous fights, including the notorious "Bite Fight" when Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear.Lane had a brief career as a ...
Bowe was born and raised in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York City. His brother Henry died of AIDS, [7] and his sister Brenda was stabbed to death by a drug addict during an attempted robbery. [8] Bowe was in the same elementary school sixth-grade class with Mike Tyson.
As the two talk back and forth, Tyson realizes he “blacked out” after Evander Holyfield headbutted him. Fast forward to their second bout, where Holyfield precedes to headbutt Tyson again.