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), Herbie Hide, Andrew Golota, Jorge Luis González, Bert Cooper, Tony Tubbs, and Tyrell Biggs. 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 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
44 | Apr 07, 2005 | 37 | ![]() | win | SD 10 |
43 | Sep 25, 2004 | 37 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
42 | Dec 14, 1996 | 29 | ![]() | win | DQ 9 |
41 | Jul 11, 1996 | 28 | ![]() | win | DQ 7 |
40 | Nov 04, 1995 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
39 | Jun 17, 1995 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
38 | Mar 11, 1995 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
37 | Dec 03, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
36 | Aug 13, 1994 | 27 | ![]() | nc | NA
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35 | Nov 06, 1993 | 26 | ![]() | loss | MD 12 |
34 | May 22, 1993 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
33 | Feb 06, 1993 | 25 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
32 | Nov 13, 1992 | 25 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
31 | Jul 18, 1992 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
30 | May 08, 1992 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
29 | Apr 07, 1992 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
28 | Dec 13, 1991 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
27 | Oct 29, 1991 | 24 | ![]() | win | DQ 1 |
26 | Aug 09, 1991 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
25 | Jul 23, 1991 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
24 | Jun 28, 1991 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
23 | Apr 20, 1991 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
22 | Mar 02, 1991 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 8 |
21 | Dec 14, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
20 | Oct 25, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
19 | Sep 07, 1990 | 23 | ![]() | win | RTD 8 |
18 | Jul 08, 1990 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
17 | May 08, 1990 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
16 | Apr 14, 1990 | 22 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
15 | Apr 01, 1990 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Feb 20, 1990 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
13 | Dec 14, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
12 | Nov 28, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | RTD 3 |
11 | Nov 18, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
10 | Nov 04, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
9 | Oct 19, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Sep 19, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Sep 15, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
6 | Sep 03, 1989 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
5 | Jul 15, 1989 | 21 | ![]() | win | RTD 2 |
4 | Jul 02, 1989 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
3 | May 09, 1989 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 4 |
2 | Apr 14, 1989 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Mar 06, 1989 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |