Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Riddick Bowe Biography and Timeline

Follow Riddick Bowe through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.

Riddick Bowe, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records
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1967–1997Years on this page

1967

Birth of Riddick Bowe

New York · Sport / Boxing

Birth of Riddick Bowe

1992

World Champion

Sport / Boxing

Becomes the WBC, WBA & IBF heavyweight champion

1995

World Champion

Sport / Boxing

Becomes the WBO heavyweight champion

1997

Retirement

Sport / Boxing

Bowe retires from boxing, 42 fights, 40 wins, 1 draw & 1 defeat

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.