Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield III also featuring Marco Antonio Barrera vs Eddie Croft official media press pack, 4th November 1995, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Press packs are information packages that are assembled by promoters for members of the media who are assigned to report on the fight. A pack usually contains statistics and bio's on all the fighters and various personnel of the fight. All put together in an attractive folder.

Condition excellent

Bowe W TKO 8
Yet another classic war. Rock Newman, Bowe's manager, said this was perhaps the most brutal fight of their trilogy.
* Bowe had a point deducted in the fifth round for a low blow.
* Bowe suffered the first knockdown of his career in the sixth round. Holyfield was knockdown twice in the eighth.
* Holyfield later claimed that he was suffering from hepatitis A during this fight, and it robbed him of his energy.


Barrera W TKO 7

Price: £25

The six-foot five-inch Riddick Bowe, the possessor of a lethal right hand as well as the most irrepressible sense of humor of any heavyweight champ since Muhammad Ali, won the undisputed world championship when he defeated Evander Holyfield in the fall of 1992. In the year that followed, he took on an unofficial role as boxing's goodwill ambassador, contributing money and labor to relief efforts in Somalia and lending his voice to the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa. After losing to Holyfield in 1993, Bowe began to fight his way back toward boxing's center stage, picking up the WBO title in the process. In November 1995 he successfully defended his crown against Holyfield, completing a trio of fights that have been compared, for their savage artistry, to the three classic battles between Ali and Joe Frazier that took place in the 1970s.












Evander Holyfield was born in Atmore, Alabama. 19th October 1962. Holyfield won his first 10 professional fights, the 11th he fought against the vastly experienced Dwight Muhammed Qwawi. After taking a hammering in the first few rounds, Holyfield battled back to steal a spit decision. He defended the title four times adding the IBF and WBC cruiserweight titles to his collection. He then concentrated on a diet and fitness programme and made his first debut as a solid 15 stone heavyweight in 1988 with a victory over James “Quick” Tillis. Holyfield then had spectacular victories against Michael Dokes, Adilson Rodriques and Alex Stewart. On the 25th October 1990 he beat “Buster” Douglas in Las Vegas. Holyfield lost the title in a brutally exciting 12 rounder with Riddick Bowe, then beat Bowe in a rematch only to lose it to Michael Moorer, when apparently sick with a heart complaint. Bowe stopped him in another gruelling fight in November 1995, but this intensely and spiritual man rose from the ashes of his career and dethroned Tyson. In 1999 he drew and lost to Lennox Lewis and even today he is still searching to reclaim and become the undisputed world heavyweight champion.










Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City). A four time world champion in three different weight classes; he is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), IBO / WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) and IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. He ranks number 43 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time ahead of Pernell Whitaker, Carlos Monzon, Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Erik Morales, and Mike Tyson. As an amateur, Barrera had a record of 56-4 and was a five-time Mexican national champion.
Barrera was 15 years old when he defeated David Felix by a knockout in round two on November 22, 1989. The victory marked the beginning of a 43 fight win streak. In 1990, Barrera had seven fights, including his first rise in quality opposition, when he defeated veteran Iván Salazar, by a decision in eight rounds. In 1991, he had seven more fights, defeating fighters Abel Hinojosa, Javier Díaz and others. Barrera began 1992 by winning his first professional title, defeating Justino Suárez by a decision in twelve rounds to win the Mexican national Super Flyweight championship. He retained the title three times before the end of the year which helped improved his ranking in the Super Flyweight division. He defeated Abner Barajas by a decision in ten rounds, and Angel Rosario by a knockout in six rounds. In 1993, Barrera had six bouts, winning each. He defeated Salazar in a rematch and retained his title against Noe Santillana and among others.

By 1994, Barrera was attending University to become a lawyer and also continued his boxing career. On April 13, he defeated future champion Carlos Salazar by a ten round decision in Argentina. He also defeated former world champion Eddie Cook before the end of the year. Barrera began 1995 by fighting for a world title. In March 31, he became the WBO world Super Bantamweight champion by defeating Puerto Rican boxer Daniel Cobrita Jiménez by a decision in twelve rounds at Anaheim, California. By this time, many boxing journalist were calling Barrera "Mexico's next Julio César Chávez." He made four defences before the year was over, including a two round knockout win against future champion Frank Toledo, a first round knockout win over Maui Díaz and a twelve round decision win over another future champion Agapito Sánchez. On February 6, 1996, he fought on the first installment of HBO Boxing's spin-off series "HBO Boxing After Dark". He was knockdown by former champion Kennedy McKinney, but he recovered off the floor to knockdown McKinney five times and retain the title by a knockout in round twelve. After the McKinney fight, he defeated former world champions Jesse Benavides and Orlando Fernandez before suffering his first loss and losing his title to American boxer Junior Jones, by a disqualification in round five. Barrera was knockdown in round five by what appeared to be a punch by Jones, he was declared the loser by disqualification and not by knockout because his managers climbed onto the ring to stop the fight.
In April 18, 1997, he was given a chance to retain his title, facing Jones in a rematch in Las Vegas. Barrera was defeated by a unanimous decision and retired from boxing.

Barrera announced a comeback in 1998, and he started off by defeating Angel Rosario by a knockout in round five. After two more wins, he was given another opportunity to fight for a world title by the WBO. On October 31, he became two time world Featherweight champion by defeating Richie Wenton by a knockout in three rounds, winning the WBO's vacant title.
In 1999, he had two title defences and then he ran in to controversy. On December 18, he defeated César Najera in four rounds at California. But upon finding out that Najera had a losing record and was part of Barrera's team, the California State Athletic Commission decided to rule the fight a no contest bout.

In March 2000, Barrera was defeated in twelve rounds by WBC's world Super Bantamweight champion Erik Morales, to a split decision.

Barrera defended his Super Bantamweight title three times, defeating Luiz Freitas by a knockout in round one, former world champion Jesús Salud in six rounds, and he also scored a win over José Luis Valbuena.
In 2001, Barrera moved up in weight division. In April 7, he handed British boxer Naseem Hamed his first and only loss for the WBO Featherweight title by a twelve-round decision. On September 8, 2001, he defeated former champion Enrique Sanchez. In June 22, 2002 Barrera defeated Morales in a rematch, for the WBC Featherweight title, winning by unanimous decision. In November 7, he also defeated former five-time world champion Johnny Tapia by a 12 round unanimous decision. Barrera got his 60th career fight on April 12, 2003, defeating former world champion Kevin Kelley by a knockout in round four to retain the Ring Magazine's world Featherweight title.
In November 7, 2003, Barrera was defeated by Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in an eleven round knockout at San Antonio, Texas.
In June 19, 2004, Barrera defeated former two time world Bantamweight champion Paulie Ayala in Los Angeles. Barrera won the fight by a ten round knockout against Ayala. On November 27, he fought Morales for the third time. Barrera became a three time division world champion by defeating Morales in a majority decision.

On April 9, 2005, Barrera retained the WBC Super Featherweight title with a second round knockout against Mzonke Fana in El Paso, Texas, this win also marked Barrera's 60th career win.
On September 17 of the same year, he unified his WBC Super Featherweight title with the IBF World Junior Lightweight title version by defeating the IBF world champion Robbie Peden by a twelve round unanimous decision, in Las Vegas.

In May 20, 2006, Barrera defended his title against American boxer Rocky Juárez with what was announced immediately after the fight as a twelve-round draw, which the judges scored 115-113, 113-115, and 114-114. However, tabulation errors were found in the judges' scorecards, leading to a final score of 115-114, 114-115, and 115-114, a split decision in favor of Barerra. He fought Juárez in a rematch bout in September 16, this time Barrera won by a unanimous decision with scores of (117-111, 115-113, 115-113).

On March 17, 2007 Barrera lost his WBC Super Featherweight title to fellow Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez by unanimous decision. Though Barrera claimed that the judges and referee were wrong, because he knocked down Márquez in the seventh round and the referee ruled it a slip.
Barrera fought Pacquiao in a rematch bout for the WBC International Super Featherweight title on October 6, 2007 in Las Vegas. Barrera was defeated by a unanimous decision with scores of 118-109, 118-109, 115-112. After the match, Barrera expressed his desire to retire from boxing, however no official confirmation has been made. On February 13, 2008, Barrera announced to the media that he would fight the winner of the Márquez vs. Pacquiao bout on March 15. The winner of this turned out to be Pacquiao, in a highly disputed split decision.