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Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 13:25
by Adamj1987
I've read he's doing dinner shows in the uk in july. Does anyone know where he will be visiting from what i've read it says london and open to other bookings.
Tyson, hagler, bruno, rjj and SRL have all come to blackpool and i'd love to meet riddick and hope he comes near me.
Has anybody got any more info?
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 13:43
by Hagler2002
You couldn't understand a word he said 15yrs ago my guess is he won't be much better now.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 14:31
by Adamj1987
I just want to meet him
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 14:34
by Tommy Gunn13
Ex Pro Mark Potter is something to do with it i believe
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 08:21
by Alba
Tommy Gunn13 wrote:Ex Pro Mark Potter is something to do with it i believe
is he fighting him ?as i know he does EBF
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 09:11
by Adamj1987
Alba wrote:Tommy Gunn13 wrote:Ex Pro Mark Potter is something to do with it i believe
is he fighting him ?as i know he does EBF
I think mark promotes after diner shows and mark does more cage fighting now
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 09:12
by whiskey
Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 09:33
by loaded_gloves
Riddick retired rich, where did his money go?
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 09:41
by orbtastic
Cars, big house, divorce, fried chicken.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 10:01
by Adamj1987
G0mez wrote:Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
I'd love to just walk around a carboot and riddick was there
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 10:16
by Hagler2002
How the mighty fall
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 11:06
by mickey1975
Potter has retired from all forms of fighting.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 11:09
by orbtastic
Wonder how much the suit of armour went for.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 11:09
by Adamj1987
mickey1975 wrote:Potter has retired from all forms of fighting.
I know hes started doing sports nutriton with ashley sexton i didnt know he retired though
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 14:44
by Tommy Gunn13
Adamj1987 wrote:mickey1975 wrote:Potter has retired from all forms of fighting.
I know hes started doing sports nutriton with ashley sexton i didnt know he retired though
He only annouced it yesterday or day before,something to do with his eyes
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 14:48
by sucracristo
orbtastic wrote:Wonder how much the suit of armour went for.
and the person who bought it would need to be elf sized to fit into it
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 16:07
by Adamj1987
potter does have something to do with it he put something on FB so i've asked where he is going
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 25 Mar 2013, 17:27
by Adamj1987
Leeds 19th july
Blackpool 2nd august
Leicester 3rd august
Middlesbrough 20th july
Been told by the organiser after being pointed in the right direction from mark
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 06:01
by forcefraser
MachoMan09 wrote:G0mez wrote:Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
I don't like photos like that because I don't like cowards. Some weak pudendum has spied Riddick and rather than approach him and say something like "Hey, Mr Bowe, your trilogy with Evander ranks as some of the best sport in the four and half billion year history of the planet, I'm glad to meet you. Any chance of a photo, please?"; he's thought: "Ha. That's Riddick Bowe. Look at the dumb eff, he's squandered millions and is on the bones of his ass pimping his signature. I wonder if I can cash in by taking a clandestine photograph so other spineless twats can mock from afar."
That`s a bit harsh. I was only taking a photo of my Indian mate and his son. I didn`t know big Daddy was sat in the background.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 06:40
by loaded_gloves
MachoMan09 wrote:G0mez wrote:Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
I don't like photos like that because I don't like cowards. Some weak pudendum has spied Riddick and rather than approach him and say something like "Hey, Mr Bowe, your trilogy with Evander ranks as some of the best sport in the four and half billion year history of the planet, I'm glad to meet you. Any chance of a photo, please?"; he's thought: "Ha. That's Riddick Bowe. Look at the dumb eff, he's squandered millions and is on the bones of his ass pimping his signature. I wonder if I can cash in by taking a clandestine photograph so other spineless twats can mock from afar."
Absolutely agree with every word here.
Bowe was an awesome fighter. For any boxing fan to revel in his downfall is pretty sickening, particularly in the familiar cyber coward style.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 07:16
by Tomasino
G0mez wrote:Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
A very sad photo. He doesn't look in terrible shape at least although I know he doesn't speak well.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 08:35
by The 1bangkid
MachoMan09 wrote:G0mez wrote:Last i read of him, he was doing car boot sales.
I don't like photos like that because I don't like cowards. Some weak pudendum has spied Riddick and rather than approach him and say something like "Hey, Mr Bowe, your trilogy with Evander ranks as some of the best sport in the four and half billion year history of the planet, I'm glad to meet you. Any chance of a photo, please?"; he's thought: "Ha. That's Riddick Bowe. Look at the dumb eff, he's squandered millions and is on the bones of his ass pimping his signature. I wonder if I can cash in by taking a clandestine photograph so other spineless twats can mock from afar."
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 10:08
by dve3333
So so sad looking at that picture especially when you think back to his heyday and when he was on top of the world back in 1992 as a 25 year old having beaten Holyfield for the world title. He was a household name through endorsements, chat show appearances, his own video game and his manager Rock Newman had negotiated a 6 fight deal with Time Warner and Caesars which had the potential of earning Bowe over $100 million dollars.
However rather than improve on his skills and have a prolonged reign at the top which would have earned him a MASSIVE payday against a returning Tyson, Newman sent him on a world tour that included visiting Nelson Mandela in South Africa, touring the sad sites of Somalia and breaking bread with Pope John Paul II in Rome. This saw Bowe being out of training for FIVE months at one point and that coupled with his fabled poor eating habits and notoriously lazy attitude saw him enter training camp for his rematch with a motivated Holyfield 3 stone overweight and he lost his titles in a narrow decision loss.
He did beat Holyfield 2 years later in a rematch but his dedication outside the ring was always a concern and those two brutal wars with Golota saw him done as a top line Heavy at 30. Quitting the Marines after 3 days of training and then a number of run ins with the law with allegations of beating his sister and kidnapping his estranged wife and kids after the breakdown of his marriage. In the case that followed he served 17 months in Jail despite his defense pleading for a lenient sentence due to brain damage he suffered due to his boxing career...and after all that he still had 3 more fights.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 13:31
by HomicideHenry
Rumor has it Bowe will be participating in a Mau Thai match. How the mighty have fallen.
Re: Riddick Bowe UK tour
Posted: 26 Mar 2013, 13:54
by thepocketrocket
Shows how in boxing you need the passion and the lifestyle to have longevity.
I always felt that the Bowe that beat Holy would have beaten any version of Lewis, but we only ever saw it once. Whilst Lewis was able to sustain a long, successful career.
I just hope he ends up well in his life