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