U.S. Amateur Boxing Tournament : Riddick Bowe Is Back, and He's a Heavy Favorite
March 30, 1988|EARL GUSTKEY | Times Staff Writer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fisticuffs were out of the question, since it was a major mismatch. One combatant would have been a 47-year-old bantamweight, the other a 19-year-old super-heavyweight.
Instead, it ended with heated words and the prompt issuance of a plane ticket home. That's how the bantamweight, U.S. Olympic boxing Coach Ken Adams, showed everyone who's in charge here.
The incident occurred last December, at a USA Amateur Boxing Federation workout at the U.S. Olympic Committee Training Center here. About two dozen boxers were on hand, hoping to be selected for a team about to leave for competition in Cuba.
One of the United States' best amateur boxers is super-heavyweight Riddick Bowe of Brooklyn. Adams didn't like Bowe's lackadaisical performance during a sparring session with Louisiana super-heavy Tevin George of Louisiana.
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-...1_riddick-bowe
March 30, 1988|EARL GUSTKEY | Times Staff Writer
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Fisticuffs were out of the question, since it was a major mismatch. One combatant would have been a 47-year-old bantamweight, the other a 19-year-old super-heavyweight.
Instead, it ended with heated words and the prompt issuance of a plane ticket home. That's how the bantamweight, U.S. Olympic boxing Coach Ken Adams, showed everyone who's in charge here.
The incident occurred last December, at a USA Amateur Boxing Federation workout at the U.S. Olympic Committee Training Center here. About two dozen boxers were on hand, hoping to be selected for a team about to leave for competition in Cuba.
One of the United States' best amateur boxers is super-heavyweight Riddick Bowe of Brooklyn. Adams didn't like Bowe's lackadaisical performance during a sparring session with Louisiana super-heavy Tevin George of Louisiana.
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-...1_riddick-bowe
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