 riddick lamont bowe (born august 10, 1967) is an american boxer. he is a former two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the wba, wbc and ibf titles in 1992, thus becoming undisputed heavyweight champion. bowe's second reign as heavyweight champion was in 1995 when he won the wbo title. he retired in 1996 but made a return to the ring in 2004; he has currently been inactive since 2008. bowe became the first fighter to defeat evander holyfield when he beat him in 1992 for the undisputed world heavyweight title. he later became the first fighter to knock holyfield out, when he beat him in their rematch in 1995. bowe's professional boxing record stands at 43â1â0 (1 no contest) with 33 stoppages. bowe was ranked as the 21st greatest heavyweight of all time in a 2010 article by boxingscene. bowe is part of the 2015 class for the international boxing hall of fame.http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/11978825/riddick-bowe-ray-boom-boom-mancini-highlight-international-boxing-hall-fame-selections ==early years== bowe was born on august 10, 1967, the twelfth of his mother dorothy bowe's thirteen children.the family man he was born and raised in the brownsville section of brooklyn, which at the time was one of new york city's most infamous slums. his brother henry died of aidshttp://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/9810/three.htm and in 1988 his sister brenda was stabbed to death by a drug addict during an attempted robbery.but seriously, folks,... ==amateur boxing career== as an amateur, bowe won the prestigious new york golden gloves championship among other tournaments, (in 1984 at t
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