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Riddick Bowe released from prison |
2004-05-17 |
Plans to return to the ring Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe was released from prison Monday after serving 18 months for kidnapping his first wife and their children in 1998. The 36-year-old boxer left a federal prison near Cumberland, prison spokesman Stephen He last fought in 1996, when he took two beatings from Andrew Golota. "I’m going to The heavyweight division lacks a big-name champion following the February retirement of Lennox Lewis. Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Vitali Klitschko and Lamon Brewster all hold portions of the heavyweight title, though there is no dominant fighter in the division. In April, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against Bowe and Newman by a Sports Illustrated photographer who says he was hurt eight years ago during a riot after one of the boxer’s bouts at Madison Square Garden. Bowe was sentenced to a medium-security prison in January 2003 for abducting his estranged wife, Judy, and their five children from her home near Charlotte, North Carolina. In June, Riddick was acquitted of assault charges in Maryland after his wife, Terri, and three other alleged victims Wow! Maybe they can |
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