Riddick Lamont Bowe says he wants to fight Klitschkos because they insulted him – Boxing news
Former undisputed heavyweight champion, Riddick Lamont Bowe, has revealed he wanted to fight the Klitschkos for the past three years, as the American pugilist claims one of the Klitschko brothers insulted him back in 2008.
Bowe, who is more commonly known as Big Daddy, fought Gene Pukall on December, 2008 at the SAP Arena, Mannheim in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Bowe said he was embarrassed by one of the Klitschkos at that time.
“I had my last fight in Germany, and that's when I was on the Klitschkos' undercard,” Bowe said. “One of them called me 'Grandpa.' You know what Grandpa's gonna do? Grandpa's gonna tap that a*s.”
“I've been doing it since I was 12 years old,” Bowe said. “I've been doing it all my life. Now I'm 43, it hasn't changed.”
The 44-year-old Bowe, who held a record of winning 43 of his 45 professional fights (1 no contest), with 33 of his wins coming by the way of a knockout, has not entered the ring since he defeat Pukall. However, now he is planning to make a comeback and he
has vowed he will defeat both Klitschkos, if he gets a chance.
However, many people think Bowe at this age would not be able to cope up with the speed of the Ukrainian giants but Bowe’s agent and long time friend, Allen Ellison, disagrees with the fact, as he thinks there is not much difference between Bowe and Klitschkos
when it comes to age.
“You may lose a little speed, but you never lose your skills,” Ellison said. “Fighting against the Klitschkos, age wouldn't be a problem because they're older guys, too. So it would be guys around the same age fighting each other. So speed wouldn't be an
issue.”
Bowe still has a lot of fans out there who want to see him in action. Therefore, all that is left to see is weather Wladimir Klitschko, who is the current WBA (Super), IBF, WBO Super, IBO and Ring Magazine Champion, or Vitali Klitschko, who currently holds
the World Boxing Council world heavyweight championship belt, will offer Bowe a fight or not.
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