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WITHDRAWN.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...
Although his motto is more Semper Fight than Semper Fi, boxer RIDDICK BOWE has joined the Marine Corps Reserve. "It's something I always wanted to do," says Bowe, "and I thought I'd do it before I got too old." The 29-year-old almost didn't make it. The Marines had to waive the enlistment-age limit of 28 to admit him. He won't be the first Marine who was a boxing champ (Gene Tunney, Leon Spinks and Ken Norton served on active duty), but he is one of a very few multimillionaires ever to join...
ANDREW GOLOTA His riot-causing low blows to Riddick Bowe shamed even boxers...
Boxing is never a beauty pageant, but the sport turned acutely ugly last week in Madison Square Garden when Riddick Bowe's heavyweight bout became an audience-participation slugfest. Bowe was clearly losing to underdog Andrew Golota when Golota punched him below the belt for the fourth time. Bowe hit the canvas, and the referee disqualified Golota. But Bowe's supporters, including promoter Rock Newman, stormed the ring, one of them smashing Golota over the head with a mobile phone. The crowd, smelling blood, started melees of its own, throwing chairs and punches until police regained sufficient control to make...