Bowe fought professionally full time for only eight years. He turned pro in 1989 and in 1992 he scored his greatest victory, knocking off undefeated Evander Holyfield to win the WBA, WBC and IBF titles.
Bowe would fight Holyfield two more times, suffering his only loss in the bizarre fan man fight, and then getting a knockout in a non-title bout.
Bowe missed out on chances to be significantly higher on this list.
After beating Holyfield the first time, which earned Bowe Fighter of the Year awards by both The Ring and Boxing Writers' Association of America, Bowe vacated the WBC title rather than defend it against Lennox Lewis.
Bowe also never faced Mike Tyson. The two came from the same area of New York City and actually were in kindergarden together. The two were friends and not eager to fight, and when Tyson's career was interrupted by his prison term, the two were never at the top of their game at the same time.
Bowe had gotten a piece of the heavyweight title back in 1995 when he defeated Herbie Hide. He gave that up to fight Holyfield for the third time. After that victory, he tried to get another title shot by fighting two brutal slugfests with Andrew Golota. Golota was winning both but was disqualified each time for repeated low blows.
Bowe retired after the Golota fights. He made half-hearted comebacks in 2004 and 2008 before giving up the sport for good.
| Riddick Bowe | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significant Fights | |||||||
| Opponent | Result | Fight Points |
Title Points |
HOF Points |
Total | x Win % | Final Total |
| Elijah Tillery | UD-W | 90 | 20 | 110 | 85.19% | 93.7 | |
| Evander Holyfield | UD-W | 90 | 80 | 100 | 270 | 100.00% | 270.0 |
| Michael Dokes | KO | 100 | 60 | 160 | 94.34% | 150.9 | |
| Jesse Ferguson | KO | 100 | 40 | 140 | 67.86% | 95.0 | |
| Evander Holyfield | SD-L | 25 | 15 | 25 | 65 | 96.67% | 62.8 |
| Larry Donald | KO | 100 | 20 | 120 | 100.00% | 120.0 | |
| Herbie Hide | KO | 100 | 40 | 140 | 100.00% | 140.0 | |
| Jorge Luis Gonzalez | KO | 100 | 40 | 140 | 100.00% | 140.0 | |
| Evander Holyfield | KO | 100 | 100 | 200 | 93.94% | 187.9 | |
| Totals (8-1-0, 6 KOs, 1 SDL) | 1,260.4 | ||||||
| Record in non-significant fights | |||||||
| 35-0-0, 27 KOs, 1 SD | 3,405 | ||||||
| % of fights toward 50 (100%) | 3,405 | 3,405 | 74.24% | 2,527.9 | |||
| 6 fight adjustment to 50 | 72.2 | x6 | 433.2 | 75.00% | 324.9 | ||
| Totals | 4,113.1 | ||||||
| Peak 5 Fights | |||||||
| Evander Holyfield | 270.0 | ||||||
| Evander Holyfield | 187.9 | ||||||
| Michael Dokes | 150.9 | ||||||
| Herbie Hide | 140.0 | ||||||
| Jorge Luis Gonzalez | 140.0 | ||||||
| Peak 5 Totals | 888.8 | ||||||
| Final Totals (significant, non-significant, Peak 5) | 5,002.0 | ||||||
| Boxing's 100 Countdown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Fighter | Significant Fights |
Non-Significant Fights |
Peak 5 | Final Total |
| 68. | Riddick Bowe | 1,260.4 | 2,852.8 | 888.8 | 5,002.0 |
| 69. | Duilio Loi | 2,227.0 | 1,820.8 | 949.3 | 4,997.1 |
| 70. | Aaron Pryor | 1,771.3 | 2,196.5 | 1,022.9 | 4,999.7 |
| 71. | Bob Foster | 2,328.8 | 1,699.4 | 956.0 | 4,984.2 |
| 72. | Andre Ward | 1,681.0 | 2,513.8 | 774.0 | 4,968.9 |
| 73. | Gene Tunney | 1,578.0 | 2,260.9 | 1,114.9 | 4,953.8 |
| 74. | Terry Norris | 2,777.9 | 1,327.0 | 847.2 | 4,952.2 |
| 75. | Ike Williams | 2,209.4 | 1,667.5 | 1,055.3 | 4,932.2 |
| 76. | Vasiliy Lomachenko | 1,866.8 | 2,343.9 | 714.8 | 4,925.4 |
| 77. | Mike McCallum | 1,998.4 | 2,124.3 | 800.4 | 4,923.2 |
| 78. | Billy Conn | 1,937.3 | 1,936.1 | 1,031.5 | 4,905.0 |
| 79. | Benny Leonard | 1,729.8 | 2,089.5 | 1,040.1 | 4,859.4 |
| 80. | Sugar Shane Mosley | 2,479.9 | 1,512.3 | 858.7 | 4,850.9 |
| 81. | Lou Ambers | 1,589.2 | 2,098.7 | 1,158.2 | 4,846.1 |
| 82. | Harry Wills | 2,564.4 | 1,355.7 | 923.7 | 4,843.8 |
| 83. | Mickey Walker | 1,987.8 | 1,775.7 | 1,075.4 | 4,838.8 |
| 84. | Joe Gans | 2,314.9 | 1,639.8 | 883.0 | 4,837.6 |
| 85. | Sven Ottke | 2,824.5 | 1,317.7 | 687.5 | 4,829.7 |
| 86. | Ronald "Winky" Wright | 2,243.3 | 1,658.3 | 922.5 | 4,824.1 |
| 87. | Fighting Harada | 1,259.6 | 2,409.2 | 1,105.9 | 4,774.7 |
| 88. | Humberto Gonzalez | 1,866.7 | 1,952.3 | 907.3 | 4,726.4 |
| 89. | Ricardo Lopez | 2,830.5 | 1,188.1 | 702.7 | 4,721.3 |
| 90. | Carmen Basilio | 1,723.3 | 1,804.7 | 1,184.1 | 4,712.2 |
| 91. | Orlando Canizales | 2,529.3 | 1,510.3 | 669.3 | 4,708.9 |
| 92. | Jeff Fenech | 2,103.9 | 1,728.7 | 844.8 | 4,677.4 |
| 93. | Michael Carbajal | 2,333.7 | 1,519.2 | 817.0 | 4,669.9 |
| 94. | Marcel Thil | 2,579.8 | 1,170.9 | 900.9 | 4,651.6 |
| 95. | Nicolino Locche | 1,858.0 | 1,946.8 | 820.3 | 4,625.1 |
| 96. | Ricky Hatton | 3,458.8 | 449.1 | 708.9 | 4,616.8 |
| 97. | Ismael Laguna | 1,059.5 | 2,659.4 | 889.9 | 4,608.7 |
| 98. | Ramon "Chocalatito" Gonzalez | 2,187.1 | 1,771.9 | 638.6 | 4,597.5 |
| 99. | Wilfredo Benitez | 1,439.4 | 2,223.0 | 914.4 | 4,586.8 |
| 100. | Carlos Zarate | 1,124.2 | 2,707.1 | 751.5 | 4,582.8 |
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