caption ko weight birth_place height nationality article_title total birth_date nickname realname reach image losses name wins style
bowe in 1993 33 heavyweight brooklyn , new york , u.s. 6 5 american riddick bowe
 45 10 august 1967 big daddy riddick lamont bowe 81 in -lrb- 2.06 m -rrb- riddickbowe.jpg 1 riddick bowe 43 orthodox
riddick bowe

riddick lamont bowe -lrb- born august 10 , 1967 -rrb- is an american former professional boxer .
as an amateur , he won a silver medal at the 1988 olympic games .
after turning professional , bowe became a two-time world heavyweight champion , having first won the wba , wbc and ibf titles in 1992 to become the undisputed heavyweight champion .
his second reign as heavyweight champion was in 1995 , when he won the wbo title .
bowe retired from boxing in 1996 , but made a return in 2004 .
he has been inactive since 2008 , when he won his last professional bout in germany .
bowe became the first fighter to knock down and defeat evander holyfield when he claimed the undisputed world heavyweight title in 1992 .
holyfield won their rematch in 1993 , handing bowe his first and only professional loss .
bowe later became the first fighter to stop holyfield , when he won their third match via tko in 1995 .
in a 2010 article by boxingscene , bowe was ranked the 21st greatest heavyweight of all time .
in 2015 , he was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame .
