How bad have things gotten for former world heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe? He will tweet anything you’d like to anyone you want for 20 dollars. Don’t believe us? Take it from the man himself.
I will tweet anything to anyone just paypal me $20 bowe@riddickbowe.com. Thats whats up. Bowe
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
Bowe, 47, quickly followed up on his part of the deal too. He was not joking around, though many of his tweets have what we could kindly call attempts at humor. Maybe we could file these under our “Real Tweets from Real People” category. We’ll consult with the RTRP committee on that.
Hey @BuddyMcStudley, I’m going to kick you right in the giblets. and then know u the fux out! Thats whats up. Bowe — Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
I tell you all now @JakeLeeYes is twice the fighter I ever was. Thats whats up. Bowe
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
Kenny Randell from Farmingdale once beat me up with my own shoes! Thats whats up. Bowe — Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
Some enterprising entrepeneurs quickly seized the opportunity to have Bowe tweet out some advertising to his 451,000 followers. (Maybe we’re helping with that too.) That may have been what Bowe was intending all along, if you choose to believe he’s being magnanimous here.
Get fueled like the Champ. Use code CHAMP at http://t.co/frWW4MkoBn to get 15% off Clean Sports Nutrition #gnarlynutrition @GnarlyNutrition
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
I ate here last week and it was FANTASTIC Check out the World’s Undisputed No.1 new Steakhouse: http://t.co/gIqiTPxBlx. Thats whats up.Bowe
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
Swing for the fences with Xplosive Bats. They’re Knocking out pitchers with more power and hard maple wood bats @XplosiveBats. Bowe — Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
I WANT TO PROMOTE ALL YOUR BUSINESS AND TWEET ALL YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE IM THE PEOPLES CHAMP AND WE ALL EQUAL. JUST LOOKING OUT FOR YALL.
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
Maybe we shouldn’t just automatically assume that Bowe is doing this because he needs the money. But let’s try to apply some math to this anyway.
As we mentioned, Bowe has 451,000 followers. If each of them asked Bowe to tweet something and paid his $20 fee, that could leave the champ with a cool $9,020,000. Considering the news Bowe’s offer is making, this has the potential to reach far beyond his follower base. How many of those who paid 20 bucks for a mention by Bowe are even following him? This might turn into quite a payday for the champ.
Yet perhaps Bowe shouldn’t dismiss the chance at landing a stand-up comedy special, sitcom deal or even a CNN documentary series, judging from some of his other tweets.
Man whats up with those little mints in the public toilets? thats whats up. Bowe
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 13, 2015
Why do they call Boston bean town. Thats whats up. Bowe
— Riddick Bowe (@riddickbowe) April 14, 2015
By the way, how cool is it that Bowe signs most of his tweets with “Bowe”? His account is already verified by Twitter, carrying the blue checkmark of approval. But just in case, Bowe gives his tweets an extra stamp of authenticity. And personally, I think it makes reading the tweets out loud even more fun.
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