Riddick Bowe vs. Michael Dokes, billed as The Homecoming, was a professional boxing match contested on February 6, 1993 for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships.

Dokes was looking to join Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, and Tim Witherspoon among the list of fighters who had lost a piece of the heavyweight championship and went on to win another.

Before the main event, a ten-bell salute was conducted in honor of former tennis player Arthur Ashe, who died earlier that afternoon from AIDS-related pneumonia.

"[2] Shortly after, Bowe then announced that he would defend his WBA, IBF, and lineal titles against 34-year-old former WBA Heavyweight champion Michael Dokes[3] After struggling with substance abuse, Dokes launched a successful comeback late in 1987 and proceeded to win his next eight fights en route to being named The Ring magazine's Comeback fighter of the Year for 1988, winning the WBC Continental Americas title and securing a number one contenders match with a then up-and-coming Evander Holyfield with the winner earning the right to challenge Mike Tyson.

Dokes made little to no effort to counter the hard shots from Bowe, and Santarpia decided to call a halt to the proceedings at the 2:19 mark.

[9] On the HBO broadcast, George Foreman seemed to echo this, saying that he was surprised the fight went as long as it did and that Santarpia had given Dokes more than enough of a chance to prove he could defend himself from Bowe.

[11] Confirmed bouts:[12] Among the other fighters featured on the card were future light middleweight champion Raul Marquez, heavyweight Alex Stewart, and eventual title contender David Tua.