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title: "Riddick Bowe Says He Still Wants To Fight One Heavyweight: “I Just Don’t Like Him”"
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published: "2023-11-27T15:02:44Z"
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# Riddick Bowe Says He Still Wants To Fight One Heavyweight: “I Just Don’t Like Him”

He might be long retired, but Riddick Bowe claims he is still ready to fight one heavyweight at the drop of a hat.

Bowe was one of the greats of his era with two big wins over Evander Holyfield, though he didn’t fight Mike Tyson and [a battle with Lennox Lewis never came to pass, with Bowe infamously vacating his WBC title and thrown it in the bin once Lewis was named as the mandatory challenger.](https://thegruelingtruth.com/boxing/the-truth-behind-lennox-lewis-vs-riddick-bowe-and-why-it-never-happened/)

[Speaking to Dr. Beau Hightower,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnwQRb1KhE&t=542s) Bowe was asked about the situation and said any claims that he ducked Lewis were false.

> “I really think that Lennox. Let’s do the maths. I beat \[Evander\] Holyfield two times. How many times Lennox beat him? They went 1 and 1 and a draw. That goes to show you that I would have beat him no problem, I would have knocked the man down. He was next.”

It was then put to him that he was never really stopped bar a ‘fake’ stoppage at the Olympics in 1988 against Lennox, who himself was knocked out twice in dramatic fashion during his professional career.

> “Let’s go back to Lennox Lewis. There were a couple of guys who knocked him out. I hit harder than \[Hasim\] Rahman, so he did right not to face me.”

Finally, Bowe got riled up just talking about his old enemy and declared he was still ready to fight him now.

> “Lennox, I just don’t like him. He still damn irks me. Man, I’m ready to fight.”

[Unsurprisingly, Lewis was not among the five best heavyweights that Bowe named recently.](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/riddick-bowe-top-five-heavyweights/)