HomicideHenry wrote: ↑02 Jul 2018, 00:58
He dominated Bowe twice. Especially the second fight. Why the referee did not stop it (giving Golota a TKO win) is beyond me. He was just beating the dog crap out of him, but the referee wouldn't do anything. This, would frustrate any boxer I would think, so Golota started low blowing him and the referee then stopped it. Was nothing but a biased referee IMHO.
Golota, was certainly better than Tommy Morrison and other "white hopes" that was around in the 90s. Just how good he could have been will always be in question.
He certainly was robbed (imho) in the Byrd fight, and the Ruiz fight was so ugly you could have argued that Golota should have gotten the nod.
No, it was Golota's fault, not referee's one.
1) In the second round Golota knocked Bowe down and had plenty of time to finish him. But for some idiotic reason he decided to HEADBUTT him intentionally. That faul gave Bowe a time to recover,
2) Golota started to throw low blows not because referee wasn't stopping the fight. He started to throw low blows when Bowe knocked him down and had him hurt in round 4.
DrDuke wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 16:48
Well, at least he would have won Bowe. Lewis would have been too much for him anyway. It's difficult to say about his title chances. He objectively was able to do that even in the reality, after Tyson fiasco, he was well-prepared against Ruiz and Byrd especially, but he was robbed.
I think his fight vs Byrd was either 115-113 win for Byrd or draw. His fight against Ruiz was 113-112 win for Golota. And I had him winning his fight against Grant 89-80 before he quit.
Watch round five again.... That referee should have NEVER let Bowe go beyond that point... After that, Golota mentally came apart.
He had BETTER opportunity to finish Bowe in round two. Why did he headbutted him if it was by far the best chance to knock Bowe out? Bowe took tremendous beating in round 5, but he was clearly more hurt in round two. Plus, after round 2 Bowe came back pretty well winning rounds 3 and 4 and knocking Golota down, so the referee decided to give him another chance in round 5. Golota shoudn't have given Bowe a chance to survive round two, but he messed it with that crazy intentional headbutt.
Golota really didn't cope well with pressure, which is why he lost those fights. He was very strong and very talented, and really should have sucked it up in that 10th round versus Grant (easy for me to say, admittedly).
Without the psychic shortcomings, Golota would be fairly terrifying.
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑02 Jul 2018, 12:22
Golota really didn't cope well with pressure, which is why he lost those fights. He was very strong and very talented, and really should have sucked it up in that 10th round versus Grant (easy for me to say, admittedly).
Without the psychic shortcomings, Golota would be fairly terrifying.
That's right. I often notice people remembering him only for his lowlights. This is disappointing, cause Golota becomes rated lower, than he should have been rated.
Duch wrote: ↑22 Apr 2014, 15:08
I've read lots of times on this forum that "Andrew Golota should dominate in a heavyweight division in his time" etc. But how exactly, according to you, his physical strength, condition, and technique abilities were good? What exactly means that he was very good, he should dominate, he had all tools? Imagine that Golota has no problem with his head - no disqualifications and no quitting; average stress on the ring (not being super-tense but not being super-relaxed and feeling like a fish in the water neither). The only things which could really say against him would be physical and technique factors like his condition, his chin, his defence, his style, his punch etc. Imagine that kind of Golota. Would he be a world champion? And how long? Who could he beat? Do you really believe that his abilities was good enough to beat e.g. Lennox Lewis? How much talent was wasted in this case?
Riddick Bowe was considered the best heavyweight in the world when be met Golota, and in fact that's how they announced him. Golota destroyed him - in both fights - totally dominated him - and yet, as we all know, managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Golota was not just psycho but he was also mixed up with the Polish mob. It's not always clear where one stops and the other starts. We don't really know the full truth about him and his bizarre fights One thing that people forget, though, is that he won the heavyweight championship not once but twice fair and square with no monkey business, vs Ruiz and Byrd, and both times he was robbed by crooked and incompetant referee Randy Neuman and crooked judges.
DrDuke wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 16:48
Well, at least he would have won Bowe. Lewis would have been too much for him anyway. It's difficult to say about his title chances. He objectively was able to do that even in the reality, after Tyson fiasco, he was well-prepared against Ruiz and Byrd especially, but he was robbed.
I think his fight vs Byrd was either 115-113 win for Byrd or draw. His fight against Ruiz was 113-112 win for Golota. And I had him winning his fight against Grant 89-80 before he quit.
Three seperate times Golota hit Byrd and then Byrd's gloves touched the mat. Each should have been counted as a knockdown, but boxing's official money launderer and private designated harrasser of Andrew Go!ota (why did Golota's people not protest against always getting saddled with that incompetant crooked blustering clown!?), Randy Neuman, ignored all of them.
Did Golata ever get a hint as to what the source of "his problem may have been ?
was it a fear of "Succes" ?
Maybe he thought he didn't really deserve to win.
Golota doesn't need to work. He made a ton of money boxing and is married to a Chicago lawyer. It's a certain type of fighter who stupidly blows his fortune and Golota isn't one of them. You can follow his wife on Instagram. They own a big house in a leafy suburb in the US and live an enviable life. The big guy appears to get flown over to Poland a lot to appear in their equivalent of all our famous TV formats.
Golota doesn't need to work. He made a ton of money boxing and is married to a Chicago lawyer. It's a certain type of fighter who stupidly blows his fortune and Golota isn't one of them. You can follow his wife on Instagram. They own a big house in a leafy suburb in the US and live an enviable life. The big guy appears to get flown over to Poland a lot to appear in their equivalent of all our famous TV formats.
Glad to hear that.......coming out a winner from this sport is really the key thing.
If he has got money, health and a good woman then fair play
