Utah commission pulls plug on card

Show wont go on without Riddick Bowe

23/03/2005

Utah commission pulls plug on card

By Scott Shaffer

The Utah boxing commission has canceled the boxing show scheduled for Friday in the Delta Center at Salt Lake City. With Riddick Bowe giving every indication he would not be showing up to fight despite a signed contract, state authorities have decided to cancel the entire show so that Utah residents who bought tickets to see the ex-heavyweight champion would not be disappointed.  Although court records show that Bowe has been diagnosed with a brain injury known as frontal lobe syndrome, Boxingtalk understands that Bowe's medical condition had nothing to do with the decision to cancel the show, and he is still scheduled to fight on Fox Sports network next month.