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 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.

  After his stoppage of Razor Ruddock in June of 1995, Tommy Morrison agreed to finally meet Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City on October 7th at Convention Hall. The bout on HBO was certainly one I wasn’t going to miss, and although the promotional buildup were labeling this fight a toss up, I knew there

After the biggest win of his career over George Foreman in June of 1993, Tommy Morrison went back home and had an easy title defense against Tim Tomashek on August 30th in Kansas City. Morrison stopped the overwhelmed opponent, and stopped him in 4 rounds. Talks of a showdown with Lennox Lewis were in the

After his January 16, 1993 knockout of Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams, a June 7th date was signed to meet George Foreman at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. It would be for the vacant WBO title, an organization I never recognized as legitimate since it’s inception in 1988. It was a bout I

After the brutal knockout loss to Ray Mercer in October of 1991, Tommy Morrison did the only thing he could do. Go home, rest, regroup, and plan a comeback. He returned to the ring on February 16, 1992 against a guy named Bobby Quarry in Las Vegas, and stopped him in two. A month later,

  Tommy Morrison was originally scheduled to fight Ray Mercer on August 9, 1991 in Atlantic City, but the bout was cancelled when Tommy suffered a deep cut in sparring. The match was rescheduled for October 18 the following week, and I knew I wouldn’t miss this one for anything. I went over my brother’s

Tommy Morrison was born on January 2, 1969 in Gravette, Arkansas. At age 15, his mother used a fake ID and entered him into ‘toughman’ contests, where he only lost once. After graduated high school in 1988, he received a football scholarship to Emporia State University, and in the same year won the Kansas City