Riddick Bowe

Career, Record, Stats
Riddick Bowe

Riddick Bowe (Big Daddy) is a 57-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 19 years, 9 months, and 7 days, Bowe amassed a record of 43-1, which includes 33 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2015.

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LEGEND

Riddick Bowe's Boxing Career

Riddick Bowe was born in Brooklyn, New York CityNew York, U.S. on August 10, 1967. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on March 6, 1989 against Lionel Butler. Bowe defeated Butler via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Bowe became a world champion fight at the age of 25 after 31 professional fights. He challenged Evander Holyfield for the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world titles. With this win, he also became the undisputed heavyweight world champion — in his very first world-title fight.

He then went on to successfully win the WBO heavyweight world title as well — and undisputed at heavyweight.

Bowe's last fight was an unanimous decision victory over Gene Pukall at age 41, on December 13, 2008.

Some of Riddick Bowe's best fights have been against Evander Holyfield (HOFer), Andrew Golota, Jorge Luis González, Bert Cooper, Tony Tubbs, Tyrell Biggs, and Bruce Seldon. For a complete list of Bowe's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Riddick Bowe".

Bowe has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "Riddick Bowe Losses".

Riddick Bowe's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
45
Dec 13, 2008 41 generic fighter pic Gene Pukall
win
UD
8
44
Apr 07, 2005 37 generic fighter pic Billy Zumbrun
win
SD
10
43
Sep 25, 2004 37 generic fighter pic Marcus Rhode
win
TKO
2
42
Dec 14, 1996 29 Andrew Golota Andrew Golota 28 28-1
win
DQ
9
41
Jul 11, 1996 28 Andrew Golota Andrew Golota 28 28-0
win
DQ
7
40
Nov 04, 1995 28 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 33 31-2
win
TKO
8
39
Jun 17, 1995 27 Jorge Luis González Jorge Luis González 30 23-0
win
KO
6
38
Mar 11, 1995 27 generic fighter pic Herbie Hide
win
KO
6
37
Dec 03, 1994 27 generic fighter pic Larry Donald
win
UD
12
36
Aug 13, 1994 27 Buster Mathis Jr. Buster Mathis Jr. 24 14-0
nc
NA
35
Nov 06, 1993 26 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 31 29-1
loss
MD
12
34
May 22, 1993 25 generic fighter pic Jesse Ferguson
win
KO
2
33
Feb 06, 1993 25 generic fighter pic Michael Dokes
win
TKO
1
32
Nov 13, 1992 25 Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield 30 28-0
win
UD
12
31
Jul 18, 1992 24 generic fighter pic Pierre Coetzer
win
TKO
7
30
May 08, 1992 24 generic fighter pic Everett Martin
win
TKO
5
29
Apr 07, 1992 24 generic fighter pic Conroy Nelson
win
KO
1
28
Dec 13, 1991 24 generic fighter pic Elijah Tillery
win
TKO
4
27
Oct 29, 1991 24 generic fighter pic Elijah Tillery
win
DQ
1
26
Aug 09, 1991 23 Bruce Seldon Bruce Seldon 24 18-1
win
KO
1
25
Jul 23, 1991 23 generic fighter pic Philipp Brown
win
TKO
3
24
Jun 28, 1991 23 generic fighter pic Rodolfo Marin
win
KO
2
23
Apr 20, 1991 23 Tony Tubbs Tony Tubbs 33 29-2
win
UD
10
22
Mar 02, 1991 23 Tyrell Biggs Tyrell Biggs 30 19-3
win
TKO
8
21
Dec 14, 1990 23 generic fighter pic Tony Morrison
win
KO
1
20
Oct 25, 1990 23 Bert Cooper Bert Cooper 24 22-6
win
KO
2
19
Sep 07, 1990 23 Pinklon Thomas Pinklon Thomas 32 30-4-1
win
RTD
8
18
Jul 08, 1990 22 generic fighter pic Art Tucker
win
TKO
3
17
May 08, 1990 22 generic fighter pic Jesus Contreras
win
KO
1
16
Apr 14, 1990 22 generic fighter pic Eddie Gonzales
win
UD
8
15
Apr 01, 1990 22 generic fighter pic Robert Colay
win
TKO
2
14
Feb 20, 1990 22 generic fighter pic Mike Robinson
win
TKO
3
13
Dec 14, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Charles Woolard
win
TKO
2
12
Nov 28, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Art Card
win
RTD
3
11
Nov 18, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Don Askew
win
TKO
1
10
Nov 04, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Garing Lane
win
TKO
4
9
Oct 19, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Mike Acey
win
TKO
1
8
Sep 19, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Earl Lewis
win
TKO
1
7
Sep 15, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Anthony Hayes
win
KO
1
6
Sep 03, 1989 22 generic fighter pic Lee Moore
win
KO
1
5
Jul 15, 1989 21 generic fighter pic Lorenzo Canady
win
RTD
2
4
Jul 02, 1989 21 generic fighter pic Antonio Whiteside
win
TKO
1
3
May 09, 1989 21 generic fighter pic Garing Lane
win
UD
4
2
Apr 14, 1989 21 generic fighter pic Tracy Thomas
win
TKO
3
1
Mar 06, 1989 21 generic fighter pic Lionel Butler
win
TKO
2
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