Snipes was a talented fighter who boxed adquately and carried a solid punch; During his career, he was a top challenger for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and put Larry Holmes on the canvas in a title fight; He won the 1977 and 1978 Chicago Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championships. Renaldo defeated such men as Trevor Berbick, Gerrie Coetzee, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings, Bobby Crabtree, Terry Anderson, Johnny du Plooy and Larry Alexander