Rid**** Bowe

[K-DOGG]

What a loaded question.

Rid**** Bowe peaked during the first Holyfield fight and then succombed to the pleasures of being champion. He ate himself and de-committed himself out of the championship. By the time he climbed into the ring with Golota the first time, he was ready to be taken by a hungry, young talented fighter. If you take the low blows out of the equation, Golota still handed Bowe his own ass to him on a silver tray along with his retirement papers.

Rid****'s defense was always horrid, he ate punches as if it would have been an insult to his opponent to allow one to miss.....and all agasint mediocre punching heavyweights, never against a bomber. The average connect percentage for Rid****'s opposistion was somewhere in the neighborhood of 50%. You can't have a long career with a steady diet of leather like that.

Bowe did the right thing by hangin' em up at the end of the second Golota fight and should never be allowed to fight again, IMO.

[sleazyfellow]

yeah hes a sad story..he was great in the first holyfield fight but after those 3 fights u could tell he wasnt the same, i didnt know he was still boxing, his brain must b mush..

[knucks]

he actually was arrested for kidnapping his family at gun point, not long after the golota fight while him and his wife were separated and headed for divorce.I think she had a restraining order against him at the time and it pushed him over edge.I believe he served 18 months in prison for that

[mokele]

Rid**** Bowe

I saw Bowe's last fight with Billy Zumbrun, a good journeyman but someone who wouldn't have won a round against Bowe in his prime. It was a close fight, Bowe scoring a lot of points with his jab but occasionally getting caught laying on the ropes and on the receiving end of 10-15 punch combinations. He was never badly hurt but it's not good for your health to take shots like he did. John Sally and James Toney were guest commentators for the fight. Sally felt that Bowe had lost.

A little while ago Bowe was scheduled to fight in England but I guess it fell through or Bowe backed out since it's not on his boxrec.com schedule:

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=001640

For those who lost track of Bowe after his 2 fights with Golota, I must say that I read a few years ago of how Bowe tried to become a military man but failed to pass boot camp (basic training). He had a reputation for being lazy but that took the cake. How can a professional athlete and former world heavyweight champ fail basic training in the military? It was disgraceful! Of course equally disgraceful was Bowe's behavior in kidnapping his children. Maybe that's water under the bridge now, but Bowe cuts a tragi-comic figure in boxing history.

[dave777]

wasnt he brain damaged by golota ???

Unless his brains were in his shorts

He did win 2 fights last year.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=001640

He is 38 now, and it might be good idea for him to come back as there is little competition about and he could win world title.

He only ever lost once

[jason100x]

I guess being punch drunk plus Burger King has worked against him. Too bad.

[Stiv Rex]

No i think Holyfield is the one that hurt him.

they all hurt him a liitle, it just added up too much

[BKM-]

Bowe.
Pretty amazing that he only has 1 loss. Such a waisted talent.

[Southpaw16]

I was readin a bit and its said hes punch drunk now so he dosen't know if he has it in him to overcome it and fight again.
He was amazing though. Also he said he started to have trouble making weight so i dunno if hes commin back it would be nice tho also i would want lewis to come back that'd be awsome

He is a heavyweight, he doesn't have to make weight.

[K-DOGG]

Bowe.
.... Such a waisted talent.

That's Bowe in a nutshell.