BOXER

Riddick Bowe

1967 - Today

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Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He held the undisputed world heavyweight championship in 1992, and won the super heavyweight silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.After turning professional in 1989, Bowe went on to become a two-time world heavyweight champion. In 1992 he became the undisputed heavyweight champion by winning the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles by defeating then-unbeaten former undisputed cruiserweight champion Evander Holyfield. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riddick Bowe has received more than 3,200,121 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Riddick Bowe is the 123rd most popular boxer (down from 96th in 2019), the 8,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,182nd in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Riddick Bowes by language

Over the past year Riddick Bowe has had the most page views in the with 445,031 views, followed by Russian (67,682), and Polish (27,120). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (441.00%), Simple English (174.78%), and Russian (153.81%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Riddick Bowe ranks 123 out of 496. Before him are Víctor Avendaño, Carlo Orlandi, Salvador Sánchez, Orlando Martínez, Bert Schneider, and Arturo Rodríguez. After him are Bruno Ahlberg, Pete Rademacher, Jean Despeaux, Slobodan Kačar, Anton Josipović, and Edgar Basel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Riddick Bowe ranks 245. Before him are Faith Hill, Sergei Grinkov, Skin, Quentin Meillassoux, Ted Chiang, and Masami Ihara. After him are Richey Edwards, Frances O'Connor, Ekin Cheng, Sam Harris, José Luis Caminero, and Edu Manga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Riddick Bowe ranks 8,300 out of 20,380. Before him are Patricia Morison (1915), Aloma Wright (1950), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Harry Babcock (1890), Missy Elliott (1971), and John Exley (1867). After him are Tom Robbins (1932), Michelle Trachtenberg (1985), Kal Penn (1977), Grace Paley (1922), Ricky Schroder (1970), and Tenley Albright (1935).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Riddick Bowe ranks 52. Before him are Tony Zale (1913), Bernard Hopkins (1965), Harry Spanjer (1873), Emanuel Steward (1944), Deontay Wilder (1985), and Bert Schneider (1897). After him are Pete Rademacher (1928), James Smith (1953), Ray Mercer (1961), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Bob Foster (1942), and Frankie Genaro (1901).

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