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Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) [2] is an American former professional boxer and professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing . He held the undisputed world heavyweight championship in 1992, and won the super heavyweight silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics .
Riddick Bowe had lost his previous fight on November 6, 1993, to Evander Holyfield for the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. [2] With his one-year reign as champion over, Bowe's first comeback fight was announced the following month to take place on February 5, 1994, against Francois Botha. [3]
Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II, billed as Repeat or Revenge, was a professional boxing match that took place on November 6, 1993, for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships. [ 1 ] Background
Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota, billed as "Big Daddy's Home", was a professional boxing match contested on July 11, 1996. [2] The fight was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was televised on HBO (as part of its World Championship Boxing series) in the United States, and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
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.
The official scorecards were also clearly in Bowe's favor. One judge had Bowe winning all 12 rounds and scored the fight 120–108 in his favor. The other two judge's had Bowe winning 10 of the 12 rounds and scored the fight 118–109 and 118–110. [5] HBO's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman had it 117–111 for Bowe.
In ways that may be familiar to reformers today, government officials began to rethink incarceration policies toward addicts. Mandatory sentences fell out of favor, and a new federal law, the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act, gave judges the discretion to divert a defendant into treatment.
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.