After winning the IBF lightweight title from Greg Haugen in June of 1987, Vinny Pazienza agreed to fight him again on February 6, 1988 at Convention Hall in Atlantic City. I tuned into the rematch on NBC, which saw Haugen win a 15 round decision to take the belt home with him. I […]

   Vincenzo Edward Pazienza was born on December 16, 1962. He tells a story about going to see the movie Rocky in the movie theatre as a teen, and it inspiring him to be a boxer. He had a successful amateur career in Rhode Island, and made his professional debut on May 26, 1983 at

The summer of 2009 saw the death of four fighters in a short span of time, and all were tragic in nature. It affected me as a boxing fan, because you develop an affinity for certain boxers some people could never understand. Shockingly, three of those deaths occurred in the month of July alone. On

     After the mess of July 11, 1996 with Golota, and the riot afterwards, many thought Riddick Bowe should forget about Golota, and move on with his career. Bowe insisted on a rematch with the Polish crackpot, and the two inked a deal for December in Atlantic City. Bowe came into the rematch 17

After his knockout of Evander Holyfield in November of 1995, Riddick Bowe was out of action until July of 1996, when he agreed to take on the undefeated Polish contender Andrew Golota at Madison Square Garden in New York. The 12-1 favorite Bowe entered the ring that night at 252 lbs., and appeared a little

    When Evander Holyfield came back after a year’s layoff, and defeated the tough veteran Ray Mercer on May 20, 1995, it set up the groundwork for a third fight with Riddick Bowe. After the impressive knockout of Gonzalez in June, Riddick mentioned Evander in his post fight interview with Larry Merchant, saying “Evander

 After losing the title to Evander Holyfield in November of 1993, Riddick Bowe was scheduled to return to action on February 5, 1994 against Francois Botha. However, a severe cut suffered by Bowe just prior, cancelled the bout. He then signed to fight Buster Mathis, Jr. on June 11 and July 15, but both were

After winning the undisputed heavyweight championship from Evander Holyfield on November 13, 1992, Riddick Bowe threw the WBC belt in the trash can a few weeks later. That title was handed to Lennox Lewis, and the heavyweight crown was fragmented again. Bowe returned to action on February 6, 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New

Riddick Bowe’s third fight of 1991 was an easy knockout of Rodolfo Marin on June 28 at the Mirage Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. It was on the undercard of the rematch between Mike Tyson and Razor Ruddock, and it left me wanting to see him fight more. Bowe returned to Atlantic City on July

Riddick Lamont Bowe was born on August 10, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the twelfth of thirteen children, and was in the sixth grade the same time as Mike Tyson. He began competing in the Golden Gloves tournaments, and had a distinguished amateur career that ended at the Seoul Olympic games in 1988.