Riddick Bowe's Boxing Career and Rivalry

Look at this hot tempered beast.

If an opponent dared to hold his gaze for even a second too long,

he wouldn't hesitate to throw a punch,

sometimes sending the man flying clean out of the ring.

At 25, Riddick Bowe stood atop the boxing

world as the undisputed heavyweight champion.

This brutal giant had crushed every opponent who stood in his way.

But early glory didn't bring him respect.

It bred the kind of arrogance and recklessness that comes from never knowing defeat.

The championship

belts that others would kill for were like scrap metal in his hand. hands.

Undefeated and convinced of his invincibility,

he eventually ran into the man who would change everything, Andrew Golota,

the bad boy who left him with a pain he would never forget.

In that first fight,

Golota could have won on pure skill, but he had something else in mind.

He wanted to teach the arrogant champion a lesson he'd carry for life,

so he aimed low,

delivering a punch below the belt that could have destroyed Bo's future happiness.

Golota was disqualified for the foul,

but the bad blood was far from settled.

Humiliated and burning for revenge, Bo called for a rematch.

to walk into an even crueler punishment.

There were even rumors that Riddick Bowe's son was born with a concussion.