Word: riddick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...didn't actually watch the fight because I no longer patronize boxing. The last fight I watched was in 1996, when I went to Madison Square Garden to see Riddick Bowe, a black American, fight Andrew Golota, who is a plumber in Poland. Early on, in a moment I can't really explain, I told my friend that it would be "fun to sit with the Polish people." For the next half hour we sang Polish songs and chanted Polish chants. Nationalism is a blast, even if it's not your own country...
...Boxer Riddick Bowe joins the Marines...
Still, many Marines say boot camp is easier than they expected. And even if it was too tough for boxer Riddick Bowe--he dropped out after 11 days last February--recruits are not immune to society's trends. Krulak, for example, has had to ban the practice, popular among some male Marines, of wearing fingernail polish...
WITHDRAWN. RIDDICK BOWE, 29, from U.S. Marine Corps Reserve boot camp after 11 days. The ex-heavyweight champ's manager said Bowe missed his wife and five children, and "had become used to living a life of luxury...
PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.: He'll always have Parris. Just three days into his Marine boot camp training, Riddick Bowe is dropping out. "It was just that he couldn't handle the regimented training lifestyle," said Master Sgt. Chuck Demar. "He's been released at his own request." Demar said one of Bowe's family members picked him up and they left the island at 12:40 p.m. Although a recruit can ask to be dismissed at any time, the first days of Marine boot camp are hardly the most grueling even though they begin at 5:30 a.m. and involve...