Andrew Golota v Razor Ruddock

[Roco]

In their primes what happens here?

[Alan Partridge]

Easily could go either way by KO or points.

If I had to bet I'd go Galota. But only if he turns up like he did vs Bowe.

Golata was a horrible boxer truly bad temperament.

[Jaywheel]

Golota is mentally weaker than Lindsay Lohan. Give me Ruddock by TKO in the 7th.

[Crease]

If I had to bet I'd go Galota.

Agreed. Golgota for me too.

[tennessee]

golota would outbox and outwork ruddock until about the 6th or 7th round and then self destruct. ruddock tko7

[Goodnight, Irene]

A competitive fight ends abruptly in the 8th when Golota decides hes had enough.

['Frilla]

It seems like GOLOTA is a difficult name to spell....

[Goodnight, Irene]

It seems like GOLOTA is a difficult name to spell....

It actually has always been an issue on this forum

[Bricks]

Easily could go either way by KO or points.

If I had to bet I'd go Galota. But only if he turns up like he did vs Bowe.

Golata was a horrible boxer truly bad temperament.

Golota was in reality a guy who suffered panic attacks at random times, he had no shortage of toughness or bravery....he just suffered this random thing and it drew accusations he was a coward and nutcase....and it came out in all his big fights...he panicked against Bowe and Grant and quit in fights he was winning....its very very very unusual to see a boxer reach the level he did and have this problem....usually you would think they wouldnt make it past basic amateur level......golota did seem a bully too fine when he was on top but couldnt handle extreme pressure......at the time people said he gave bowe two brutal beatings...but i n retrospect golota freaked out when he couldnt put bowe away and bowe came back strong with heart...I do think in retrospect those 2 fights were wins for bowe....

The same thing would happen here, Ruddock is a huge puncher and as soon as those "smashes" start flying around golotas head he would get put away like in the lewis fight.

Razor wins by 2nd round tko.

[Goodnight, Irene]

Golota was a straight-up coward with quit in his (pea) heast, Mugabi.

[Bricks]

Golota was a straight-up coward with quit in his (pea) heast, Mugabi.

It is an interesting and worthy debate....was he just a straight up coward?.....certainly he did possibly seem to have a bully boy side (and all bullies are cowards).....when you hear the story of how he made two smaller guys strip naked under threat of violence in a Polish nightclub and took their clothes off them....than again I dont know the full story to say conclusively....it does seem on the surface Golota was a front runner who quit when the pressure was on though......still I felt sorry after the Tyson debacle when his loud mouthed trainer Al Certo tried to push his mouthguard into his mouth and swore at him like he was a piece of meat, and than as the crowd threw wine and debris on him as he staggered back to the dressing room, and than his final interview with showtime where he could hardly stop stammering in panic.....but calling a proffesional prize fighter a "straight-up coward" seems a bit excessive no?

[jezzamundo]

I think Ruddock stops Golgartor.

['Frilla]

It seems like GOLOTA is a difficult name to spell....

It actually has always been an issue on this forum

Galota, Golata, Galata, Galento, Golgota WTF?

[Goodnight, Irene]

I think Ruddock stops Golgartor.

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['Frilla]

[jezzamundo]

Glad to see you got my little joke.

It's not like Gelato is even hard to spell.

[Cutman Scabbers]

Easily could go either way by KO or points.

If I had to bet I'd go Galota. But only if he turns up like he did vs Bowe.

Golata was a horrible boxer truly bad temperament.

Golota was in reality a guy who suffered panic attacks at random times, he had no shortage of toughness or bravery....he just suffered this random thing and it drew accusations he was a coward and nutcase....and it came out in all his big fights...he panicked against Bowe and Grant and quit in fights he was winning....its very very very unusual to see a boxer reach the level he did and have this problem....usually you would think they wouldnt make it past basic amateur level......golota did seem a bully too fine when he was on top but couldnt handle extreme pressure......at the time people said he gave bowe two brutal beatings...but i n retrospect golota freaked out when he couldnt put bowe away and bowe came back strong with heart...I do think in retrospect those 2 fights were wins for bowe....

The same thing would happen here, Ruddock is a huge puncher and as soon as those "smashes" start flying around golotas head he would get put away like in the lewis fight.

Razor wins by 2nd round tko.

Never thought about the possibility that he suffered panic attacks, but it makes sense. Could imagine how someone might control these over a long amateur career, with the fights being just a few rounds, and then how they might surface later in a pro career. It explains the nervous stammering too...