Fight security is stepped up

IN a bid to ensure that only Riddick Bowe and Andrew Golota do the fighting in their rematch tomorrow, the promoters are to step…

IN a bid to ensure that only Riddick Bowe and Andrew Golota do the fighting in their rematch tomorrow, the promoters are to step up security inside the Atlantic City Convention Centre.

The two heavyweights' first bout on July 11th at Madison Square Garden ended in chaos. Fights inside the ring between members of the opposing camps and outside the ring between rival fans erupted after Bowe was declared the winner when Golota was disqualified for low blows in the seventh round.

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