by Fox Doucette Happy first anniversary to Historical Fight Night, which first ran as a one-off spinoff pilot to replace the old What If series before moving into its new home as a weekly series after ESPN's Friday Night Fights went off the air. The first episode of the series ran on May 29, 2015...tomorrow marks a year and over 100 fights since it began (and, as with all … [Read more...]
Boxing in D.C.: A Litany of Bizarre Behavior
October 29, 1991 Elijah Tillery taunted Riddick Bowe during their fight at the Convention Center and “Big Daddy” responded by flicking out a cheap shot jab which in turn was answered by Elijah who let go with at least two kicks to Bowe’s groin and shin area (one of which may had landed). An unscheduled brawl ensued and ended when Bowe’s diminutive manager Rock Newman … [Read more...]
Historical Fight Night: Ron Lyle vs. Riddick Bowe
by Fox Doucette We should probably make 'Ste Coughlan of the Mythical Boxing forum an honorary member of the Temporal Commission at this point, because when he asked the what-if question that is our main event tonight, your columnist's instant reaction was "damn, why didn't I think of that?" So your main event tonight is Ron Lyle, in via time machine from the Earnie Shavers … [Read more...]
Ring Muggings: Part 15
“He didn’t realize that he shook the water to awake the gator.”—Riddick Bowe explaining why he inexplicably punched Larry Donald during a press conference If ever there was a real mugging in the ring, it occurred on October 29, 1991 at the Convention Center in Washington, DC when Riddick Bowe, aka “Big Daddy,” from Brooklyn, New York, fought Elijah “Phoenix Steel” Tillery, … [Read more...]
Prince Naseem Hamed, Ray Mancini, and Riddick Bowe Top the 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Class
"Prince" Naseem Hamed, Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe, and Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini herald in the 2015 IBHOF class, as results were announced earlier yesterday. The induction ceremony will be held on June 14, 2015, in Canastota, New York other selections: Yuko Gushiken (23-1, 15 KO), a former dominant junior flyweight champion from 1976-81 ... Masao Oba (35-2-1, 16 KO), former … [Read more...]