Golota vs Bowe 2

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Found this brilliant report of there second fight

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Bowe-Golota II
By Randy Gordon ([email protected])

Just when we thought Polish jokes had gone away, along comes
Andrew Golota. He'll do anything not to win a fight.

All he had to do was go on vacation for three minutes in the 10th
round against Riddick Bowe and the fight was his. Three minutes.
One hundred eighty seconds. Jab, grab and move. Jab, grab and
move. Hands high. Step back. Throw a punch here and there,
just to keep Bowe honest. Then, the bell would have rung and
Golota would have had himself a one-sided decision victory over
the man he beat up but was disqualified against last July 11 in
Madison Square Garden. But no, Golota couldn't do that. He had
to, just had to, take out one final assault against Bowe's family
jewels. At that point, referee Eddie Cotton, much like New York
referee Wayne Kelly some five months before, had no choice but to
hang a DQ on the incredibly brainless street thug from Warsaw,
Poland.

Rather than your typical post-fight story, I decided to give
readers of the "Cyber Boxing Zone" a different look at one of the
most incredible heavyweight fights I have ever had the pleasure,
er, make that stomach, to cover. It made the co-feature, an
exciting heavyweight battle between Ray Mercer and "Terrible" Tim
Witherspoon, look like a game of pattycake.

The look you are about to get is from the tape recorded notes I
made during the fight. As I listened to them later, I decided
the notes themselves wrote their own story. So, from the first
row of the $500 ringside seats at the Atlantic City Convention
Center, here are my views and thoughts, as I recorded them, the
night of December 14, 1996. I've made no changes in the
following text. Where my words are all in capitals (BOWE IS
DOWN!), I'm yelling. What you are about to read is the exact way
I recorded my thoughts (and even those of my wife, Roni, who has
grown to respect, like, enjoy and yes, even love, the "Sweet
Science," which in this main event, was anything but sweet and
nothing resembling scientific).

* * *

Riddick Bowe is first into the ring, entering to the strains of
Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA"...He's wearing quite a
serious look on his face, unlike the smug, cocky look I saw in
Madison Square Garden...Andrew Golota is right behind him. His
look is just as serious...He looks like he wants to do some
serious damage tonight...Let's listen to ring announcer Michael
Buffer: "...this is the rematch we've all been waiting for
(pause). Lllllllllllllllllet's get ready to
rumblllllllle."...For the record, I like Golota's weight--239
pounds. Also for the record, I DON'T like Bowe's weight--235
pounds. I have a feeling he may have lost too much weight too
quickly. The longer this fight goes, so may go his chances.

ROUND ONE: Bowe is trying to work his jab...he's falling
short...Is it me or does Bowe look almost frail and
drawn?...Bang! Golota connects with a stiff jab, snapping Bowe's
head...Bowe tries a right to the head and misses...He wasn't even
close with that shot...It was painfully slow...Bang! Another
hard Golota jab to the face...Golota putting on pressure, but is
cautious as he does...Golota looks faster than I remember him to
be. Bowe finally lands his jab, but not hard. It looked to just
touch Golota's face...Bell! Interesting round. I'll give this
one to Golota.

ROUND TWO: The two are trading jabs...Both moving, circling the
other...Both firing hard jabs...Golota's punches look to be
harder...Big right to the ear by Golota. Bowe staggers!
Stumbles! HE'S DOWN. RIDDICK BOWE IS DOWN ON ALL FOURS! He's
up at four...Golota pursuing Bowe. Chasing. Throwing...Bowe
attempts a hook...He's fighting to survive...Two big body punches
by Golota...About one minute to go...BIG OVERHAND RIGHT by Bowe
nails Golota...Bowe with his back on the ropes...GOLOTA JUST
BUTTED BOWE. HE JUST BUTTED BOWE ON PURPOSE...AN INTENTIONAL
HEAD BUTT!...Referee Eddie Cotton separates the two. He calls
time. He's taking a point from Golota. Cotton is taking one
point for the intentional butt. He would not be wrong if he
deducted two points...There looks to be a cut on Golota's left
eye...I think he cut himself with the intentional butt!...The
action resumes...The two hammer each other...Bowe has his back on
the ropes...BELL! Cotton jumps between the fighters.

ROUND THREE: Bowe comes out fighting, firing hard punches...Most
of them miss...Now they are back to trading jabs...Bowe with a
long, grazing right off the left side of Golota's face...Two hard
jabs by Golota land...Golota rips a hard hook to the body...One
minute gone in the round...Golota goes low with a left...Golota
jabs...Bowe is being beaten to the punch...Blood is again showing
around Golota's left eye...Bowe lands some stiff jabs...The two
are trading bombs at the bell...This one is really heating up!

ROUND FOUR: Bowe out jabbing. He seems to be into his
rhythm...Bowe trying to mix up his punches, using both hands to
the head and body...A hard right by Bowe to the ear. Golota is
hurt. GOLOTA IS HURT! GOLOTA IS STUMBLING. HE'S READY TO GO!
BOWE WITH A LEFT TO THE HEAD. A RIGHT. MISSES A LEFT. A HARD
RIGHT UPPERCUT NAILS GOLOTA, WHO'S STUMBLING, CLUTCHING. THEY
ARE AGAINST THE ROPES. A LEFT-RIGHT BY BOWE AND DOWN GOES
GOLOTA...GOLOTA IS DOWN, NOT FROM ONE PUNCH, BUT FROM PERHAPS 15
BLOWS. He's up at four and blood is streaming from the cut on
his left eyelid...Under two minutes to go...TREMENDOUS RIGHT
UPPERCUT BY BOWE, who is throwing and throwing...Golota goes low
with a right-left combination...Both are taking deep
breaths...Golota goes low again...Both look very worn...Bowe with
his back to the ropes...Golota goes low with a right-left and
Cotton steps in. He walks over to admonish Golota, who puts his
head down and on Cotton's chest. Cotton puts both hands on
Golota's head and tells him to look up. He is warning him about
the low blows. The corner of Golota is motioning for him to keep
his punches up...The action resumes...They are leaning on each
other and pushing each other...Golota is bleeding from under his
lower lip...It looks like it's a severe cut...Bowe is backed to
the ropes...A right-left-right by Golota again goes low, AND BOWE
GOES DOWN. BOWE IS DOWN FROM THE LOW SHOTS! SHADES OF JULY 11.
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN! EDDIE COTTON IS IN THERE. BOWE IS
GRIMACING. HE GETS UP SLOWLY. COTTON IS DEDUCTING A POINT.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS ANDREW GOLOTA? I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY
LOW BLOWS, SO MANY FOULS, COMMITTED BY ONE FIGHTER. COMMISSIONER
LARRY HAZZARD IS ON HIS FEET...Bowe walks it off...Cotton asks
him how he is. Bowe nods. The action resumes. Bowe throws two
light jabs. Golota lands a hard right to the face just before
the bell.

ROUND FIVE: Both have been cautious in the first minute...Now
they begin opening it up...Blood is showing around Golota's left
eye...A HARD right to the cheek by Golota. Bowe stumbles. He
looks hurt. Bowe falls against ropes...Golota moves in...Another
right hurts Bowe. Bowe is in trouble. OH! Two tremendous shots
to the body by Golota. Bowe staggers forward off the
ropes...HE'S GOING DOWN! HE'S DOWN ON HIS FACE! THIS MIGHT BE
IT! BOWE IS FACE DOWN. THE COUNT IS FOUR...FIVE...SIX..HE'S
PUSHING HIMSELP UP! HE'S UP AT SEVEN...Bowe staggers back to the
ropes with under one minute remaining...Golota looks spent,
though...He switches to southpaw, but not doing anything. Watch
the clock! Watch the clock...40 seconds! Golota pawing with the
jab...misses a right...33 seconds...A hook by Golota
misses...Bowe still on ropes...Bowe holding his left out...A left
hook wobbles Bowe...Another hook lands...two rights to the
face...A hard right by Golota...Under 10 seconds...Another right
by Golota...OH! Golota threw a right then tried to lace Bowe...
Bowe doing nothing...OH! A big hook followed by a right to the
head both land by Golota...BELL! Bowe is in serious trouble!
How he got through this round is the question of the year, next
to perhaps only the question, "Why is Andrew Golota so persistent
in employing dirty tactics?" Give this round to Golota 10-7.

ROUND SIX: Bowe moves to the ropes almost right away as Golota
comes out hard with jabs...They swap jabs and measure each
other...Out of a clinch Bowe bends and gets clipped with a rabbit
punch from Golota...Referee Cotton steps in and has a long
admonition for Golota...They move back head to head with most of
the punches blocked...So far, this is a tame round compared to
the other ones...1:10 to go...Golota lands a right to the ear,
followed by a hook to the jaw. Bowe is taking some very heavy
blows...they trade from short distance...the crowd is going
nuts...one minute to go...Golota lands a hook to the ear as Bowe
misses his follow-up hook...Golota now is moving back. Why is he
doing this?...:43 seconds to go...They are boxing from long
range...Golota is coming out of every exchange on top, putting
shots together...A hard Left-right by Bowe with :25 to go...two
rights by Golota...They are tied up with :20 to go...Both guys
are boxing, jabbing, circling...Golota lands a long right to the
head just before the bell.

ROUND SEVEN: Bowe lands a solid jab. Golota returns the
jab...Bowe misses a left hand but lands his follow-up right to
the face...Golota bulls Bowe into Bowe's corner...2:22 to go...A
hook by Golota lands to the head, now a right...2:15 to go...Bowe
hangs on...A left-right and another left-right by Golota (
"Randy, how much can Bowe take of this? I'm getting scared for
him!" says Roni). Bowe goes back to the ropes. His legs look
gone...A hard right to the body by Golota. He misses a left, now
lands a hard right to the face...Midway in the round...It's all
Golota as he lands a right to the body and a right to the
head...Bowe not moving off the ropes...Bowe is being worked over
with two hands...1:10 to go...They fall into a clinch...Bowe now
moves to mid-ring...Two lefts and a right by Bowe miss...Bowe is
short again with two lefts...Golota lands a jab...51 seconds
remain...Bowe moves back to the ropes...both look spent...Now
Bowe slides off the ropes and moves back to mid-ring...Bowe lands
a jab with 13 seconds to go...A long right to the jaw by Golota
lands. Now a hook...BOWE IS HURT! HE STAGGERS! FALLS INTO THE
ROPES! GOLOTA DRIVES BOTH HANDS TO THE MIDSECTION AT THE BELL!
HOW MUCH MORE CAN BOWE TAKE?

ROUND EIGHT: Bowe out jabbing...Golota snaps Bowe's head with a
hard jab...I'm watching the clock every time they step back.
Every second is now crucial...Golota lands a lead right...2:24 to
go...Golota with a right-left to Bowe's head...They get back to
boxing...Golota misses a left but the right lands...Another right
by Golota...Both land lefts...Bowe lands a terrific righ to the
head...1:47 to go...Golota comes back with his own right...They
trade inside...Bowe with a right to the jaw...Golota lands three
rights to the chin. None were too hard, but they all
scored...Bowe jabs and lands. A Bowe right lands...Bowe misses
another right...Bowe holds on against the ropes. He now pushes
Golota back. Golota falls against the ropes...His cut left eye
is bleeding again...Bowe leans on Golota with 52 seconds
remaining...Eddie Cotton separates them...Golota with a right to
the body...46 seconds...They are in close with Golota getting the
best with combinations...Bowe falls into a clinch...Cotton breaks
them up...25 seconds remain...Golota misses a right...Golota
comes back with a jab to the face...They are in mid-ring...A
right to the body by Bowe...Bowe blocks a hook at the bell.

ROUND NINE: Golota lands a jab...Bowe's jab falls short...the
two are in mid-ring...A left-right by Bowe scores to the
face...Golota lands a right, then has a hook blocked...A right by
Golota connects to the face...2:33...They are in mid-ring, but
now Bowe is moving back to the ropes...Golota is working the
body, now goes to the head with a right...Golota is throwing lots
of punches...Most are missing, but a few hard lefts landed...Bowe
moves off the ropes to mid-ring...Bowe lands a right to the
face...They clinch...Golota bangs a left-right-left-right to the
body...Now a hook to the head...1:38...Golota switches to
southpaw and lands to lead lefts to the head...Bowe backs into a
neutral corner...Bowe picking off shots...Golota throwing,
looking to end it...Both are drained...Bowe lands a right, A
BOOMING RIGHT TO THE FACE! GOLOTA STAGGERS
BACK...1:21...Incredibly, he comes right back...the y work toward
mid-ring...Both are throwing and landing inside shots...Golota
goes low with a right...1:05...Bowe moves forward in an
arms-crossed defense...Golota takes a hard right uppercut to the
face...:52...Bowe misses a left...Golota misses two lefts and a
right...Golota misses a wild hook...41 seconds remain...Bowe
lands a looping right to the head...Two low blows by
Golota...They grab and fall into a clinch in Golota's
corner..Cotton breaks them...They move back to the
middle...Golota lands a left-right-left. All are low. BOWE GOES
DOWN ! HE'S DOWN FROM THE LOW SHOTS! RIDDICK IS DOWN AND IN
PAIN! REFEREE COTTON TURNS TO GOLOTA. COTTON IS WAVING HIS
HANDS! I THINK HE'S DISQUALIFYING GOLOTA. I THINK HE'S
DISQUALIFYING GOLOTA! HE IS! IT'S OVER! I CAN'T BELIEVE ANDREW
GOLOTA HAS DONE IT AGAIN! RIDDICK BOWE IS STILL DOWN AND VERY
MUCH IN PAIN. THERE ARE POLICE EVERYWHERE I LOOK. THERE WILL BE
NO POST-FIGHT SCENE TONIGHT. WHAT A TERRIBLE ENDING, THOUGH, TO
A GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT!

Now reading this with the advantage of hindsight, I think Golota's low blows where his way of quitting, Bowe was starting to land so Golota started fouling. what do you think??

[Goodnight, Irene]

I think it was an AMAZING fight in terms of sheer action, and Golota's fouls over-shadow arguably the most pulse-pounding HW battle of the entire decade.

[Diamond WEAPON]

I think it was an AMAZING fight in terms of sheer action, and Golota's fouls over-shadow arguably the most pulse-pounding HW battle of the entire decade.

It was like Rocky for real. Bowe was spaghetti-legged damn near the entire time but he never ceased to somehow bail himself out with a couple well-placed shots before Golota regained his balance and pounded on his head and balls some more.

[BoxBuzz]

Can anyone pinpoint a single fight that Bowe took a steep dive down? (no jokes about knockdowns here....I'll do those). I really think it can be set at the doorstep of a single event. I don't think his loss of skills can be attributed to a long devolution, but a single event that may have caused some unrecoverable problems. I don't think in my lifetime...other than perhaps Roy Jone's Jr, that i've seen a fighter lose so much so fast.

[Bricks]

Well the reason he lost it all so quick in such a short time was the same reason Roy Jones lost it so quick

A foolish dramatic loss of weight.

Bowe went on the dick gregory diet for this fight dont forget....the rest is history
Dick Gregory is surely a remarkable man who most outside America never heard of , Bowe had no business being on such a dangerous diet which may have been fine and dandy for a man possessed like Dick but for a HW fighter....oh my goodness

As for polish people. I hate to say it but the old american jokes are all true. Never met a more neanderthal pointless unreasonable race of men.Golota sums them up.

[gregor]

Now reading this with the advantage of hindsight, I think Golota's low blows where his way of quitting, Bowe was starting to land so Golota started fouling. what do you think??

I think the report, although initially admitting Golota needed just go through round 10 to get a clear UD, afterwards makes the fight way more competitive than it really was.

I do not recall Bowe starting to land in the final rounds either - he had some good punches ocassionally, but Golota still dominated all those rounds clearly, and it was Bowe who was constantly wobbled. It was just a mental case - he headbutted Nicholson earlier in a fight in similar circumstances (it was even worse IMO, as Nicholson never landed anything serious)

[loaded_gloves]

Bowe broke Golota's JAW in the rematch, incase you didn't know.

The problem was he came in way too heavy and out of the shape for the first fight. Eddie Futch ditched him after that and he trained himself for the rematch, and came in too light. He was apparently that weight weeks before fight time. He was overtrained and like Merchant said, looked gaunt at the weigh in.

His approach to both fights was all wrong and he ended up creating his own Frankenstein's Monster in Golota.