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Riddick Bowe timeline

• August 10, 1967: Born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1988: Lost to Lennox Lewis for the Olympic gold medal in Seoul.
• March 7, 1989: Debuted as a professional, beating Lionel Butler
• July 8, 1990: Beat Art Card in first nationally televised bout
• October 21, 1991: Declared winner by disqualification over Elijah Tillery who began kicking Bowe until he was grabbed around the neck and thrown outside the ring by Bowe's manager, Rock Newman. A melee ensued. It would not be the last time things went chaotic before or during a Bowe fight.
• November 13, 1992: Won the world Heavyweight championship, beating Evander Holyfield. Bowe and Holyfield slugged it out for 10 rounds, with Bowe having a slight edge. In the 10th he connected a huge uppercut, rocking Holyfield. He, however, began to tire, and Holyfield retook control of the round, which is considered one of the best in boxing history. Bowe knocked Holyfield down in the next round, and won the fight by unanimous decision.
• Early 1993: He and his manager Rock Newman visited Pope John Paul II in the Vatican City, offering him the autographed gloves that Bowe used to beat Holyfield. The Pope accepted the gift.
• February 6, 1993 Bowe knocked out former WBA Heavyweight champion Michael Dokes in the first round, defending his title for the first time.
• May 22, 1993 Bowe knocked out Jesse Ferguson in the second round, in what his trainer Eddie Futch called his greatest performance. Bowe defended his title successfully for the second and final time.
• November 6, 1993: Lost the title to Holyfield, by decision in 12, after a man named James Miller parachuted into the ring and caused a mini-riot in round seven, in the fan man fight. The fight itself was very close, and some felt Bowe deserved the decision.
• August 13, 1994: His fight with Buster Mathis Jr. declared a no contest after Bowe hit his opponent while Mathis Jr. lay on the canvas.
• December, 1994: In the final pre-fight conference before their fight, he sucker punched Larry Donald twice. He beat Donald by decision in 12.
• March 11, 1995: He won the WBO world Heavyweight championship, knocking out Herbie Hide in six rounds.
• Summer of 1995: He and Jorge Luis Gonzales engaged in a series of violent press conferences across the United States before their fight, even throwing ice at each other during some of the conferences. Their last pre-fight conference was held under two protective glasses. Bowe won by knockout in six.
• November 4, 1995: He and Holyfield, who was suffering from Hepatitis A, fought the last fight of their classic trilogy. Bowe seemed to dominate the early rounds, and the ailing Holyfield was struggling in the fight, a fight that commentator George Foreman was notably concerned about, and wished to be stopped. Holyfield however had a spurt of energy early in the sixth round, and knocked Bowe down. Bowe recovered from the knockdown and went on to win by knockout in round eight, knocking Holyfield down twice, both times with right hands.
• July 11, 1996: He defeated Andrew Golota by a disqualification in round seven after being hit low throughout the fight. The ensuing riot became breaking news across the United States, and an infamous night in the history of boxing. Golota was hit by a Bowe entourage man with a telephone in the head (a mid-90s cellphone, which made for a more formidable striking weapon than a modern equivalent).
• December 14, 1996: He defeated Golota in their extremely bloody rematch, again by disqualification. Golota, much as he did in the first bout, continually threw low blows. It turned out to be Bowe's last fight until 2004. He recovered from three knockdowns, and dropped Golota once before the final result. Bowe declared there would not be a rematch.
• December, 1996: Bowe announced he would join the United States Marine Corps. Four days later, he dropped out of boot camp.
• 1999: He kidnapped his wife and children. They were released unharmed, after an interstate drive.
• May 18, 2004: Bowe was released from federal prison after serving 18 months for the kidnapping. He announced his intention to return to boxing and attempt to reclaim the world Heavyweight championship.
• September 25, 2004: After seven and a half years away from boxing, Bowe returned with a second round knockout over Marcus Rhode. In a second comeback fight in April 2005, Bowe narrowly defeated journeyman Billy Zumbrun, in a fight in which Bowe was overweight at 280 lb and took a lot of heavy leather from Zumbrun.
• On October 17, 2005 he declared bankruptcy.

Bowe has a record of 42 wins and 1 loss, with 1 no-contest, and 33 knockouts.