Golota would beat both Klitschkos

Duva also turned him loose after working with him for months prior to the Bowe rematch on keeping his punches above the belt line. I remember in an interview Lou mentioned that he suggested to Andrew that he leave boxing and go into tough man fighting contests or something of that nature. His opinion of Golata was not that high

 

I could certainly see Golata giving both brothers a tough fight early however he was just not stable enough to pull out a win long term.

 

Agreed. There were points where I seriously thought Bowe was going to die in there. But honestly, I think if we turned the clock back five years for Bowe, put Eddie Futch back in his corner and FORCE Golata to keep his hands above the belt, Bowe would have hammered him and probably sooner than later. Golata's performances in those two fights are wrongfully inclining people to place him in the ring with greats. Funny how perception dictates so much in boxing.

 

I think Bowe being as badly diminished and without proper direction as he was had a lot to do with Golata looking good. And getting punched repeatedly in the groin took its toll on him over time, giving Andrew more and more of an advantage. Couple that with the fact that the Klits are more technically sound with better defenses, greater height and reach, along with plenty of snap to their shots and I don't think Golata looks anywhere near as good against them as he did with Bowe. And to clarify something, Vitali was certainly very durable when it came to taking hard shots. Maybe not as much as Bowe but certainly more so than Wladimir and a lot of other fighters.

 

Exactly. Golota felt the ultimate frustration in his rematch with Bowe when he threw everything he had and then some at Bowe and yet "Big Daddy" refused to go down and kept coming back. Bowe showed such heart in this fight, he was ready to die. This was truly a life-and-death war. And Bowe's bravery was such a courageous act. He probably doesn't get enough credit for the great heart he displayed in that rematch. It's up there with the ATGs of the sport who left it all in the ring.

While I do not condone low blows, I can see how Golota became frustrated given that from the fourth round of the rematch he was fighting with a broken jaw (many people forget this) and with this kind of injury, it is hard to breathe in the ring, let alone take punches from a punishing force such as "Big Daddy".

The truth is either man could have probably gotten killed in that ring in Atlantic City. It was such a brutal war. The Bowe-Golota rematch is underrated, it should be considered among the greatest heavyweight wars of the 90s, and maybe even of all time. The rematch set a Compubox record at the time for most power punches absorbed by a heavyweight (in under nine rounds). For me, it featured probably one of the greatest rounds in heavyweight boxing history. Instead, the Bowe-Golota battles receive negative acclaim. Both are linked more with the negative things that happened such as the post-fight melee. Although, the public in Poland regard the two Bowe-Golota battles as one of the most dramatic fights in boxing history.

 

Fair enough.. But you're also talking about a guy who panicked and got "terrified" plenty by other fighters as well as got beat by Michael Grant and easily by a diminished Tyson. And I don't think he takes the hammering that guys like Sam Peter took. If dirty tactics is what Golata needs to stand up to an all time great, then it really says a lot about his actual abilities.

 

Um Golota quit too. Very few think Golota who never won a big fight in his life and as often blown our or DQ would defeat either Klitschko.

 

Wlad needed dirty cheat tactics to stand up to Povetkin, a HW half his size who was nowhere near an all time great.

I consider Povetkin to be the best guy Wlad ever fought. When he is unable to use boxing skills to win , it says an awful lot about his actual abilities. Real Greats don't deserve to lose BY DQ 100 times over in their biggest tests.
Wlad is a fraud worse than Golota. At least Golota exhibited actual boxing ability during his career. Unless Wlad is faced with cans like Leapai and Pianeta , he looks like absolute junk.

 

A German once told me that Wladimir was like Michael Schumacher. Meaning he had a huge team around him that helped him win. He isn't even as popular in Germany as one would imagine.

 

Both klitschko's beat golota and I like the pole but that's just the reality of the situation