Crazy fighter. Underrated. His peak came against Bowe and he'd be a pain in the ass for any non ATG. He was very entertaining and had good longevity at the top level. His fight with Byrd was crazy close and he could've won and he could've the Bowe fights as well, if he learnt the rules. I wish he fought more guys at the top level, he would've had wars with Holyfield, Tua, Peter and Mercer
Underrated boxing ability. Very fluid inside fighter when he was at his best. Slipped n countered and bobbed n weaved in close which is unusual for a big man.
Head case who could box well against a certain level of fighter namely cuties (Byrd) or moderate punching maulers (Ruiz) Froze up when facing power punches (Lewis, Brewster), looked for a way out when the going got tough in other fights (Grant, Tyson) and behaved erratically when seemingly in control but facing some adversity (Bowe 1&2 and Po'ua). His reputation by and large rests on the two Bowe fights (which he still lost at the end of the day) but questions remain on how much Bowe had left or if Bowe was all that good anyway.
Million dollar body and a 10 cent brain. Had all the tools and skills but a total headcase. A guy that looked the part but time and time again showed he couldn't play the part.
I think Andrew suffered from some sort of anxiety disorder. The expression on his face and the way he acted against Lewis showed someone having a full blown anxiety/panic attack. He could not coordinate his thoughts and was totally disconnected and frozen after the first knockdown. He had a tendency to seize up like this against big punchers or when he was not confident of beating his opponent. It's too bad his team didn't recognize this and try and get him some help. Sidenote: Al Certo not listening to his complaints of injury and pushing him out against Tyson when he had herniated discs in his neck from a Tyson punch was really bad. He could've been seriously injured in that fight and everyone was calling him a quitter. That's boxing sometimes. It eats its own.
I have an old Big Book of Boxing issue from 1979 and they said the same thing pretty much about Duane Bobick, as far as panic and anxiety. A guy with a ton of skills but froze on the big stage in his fights with Norton, Knoetze, and Tate.
And also, the type of guy who trains hard, looks good in sparring, does everything right, then comes the night of the big fight, he freezes and gets blown out.
Indeed, sometimes injury wise a boxer knows he can't carry on, can't win but he doesn't want to let himself or his corner down . But Probably Andrew knew it was only going to get a lot lot worse against Tyson, so he thought hack it. Can't blame the guy.
(dying) When I saw Golota beat Bowe twice I was mightily impressed (and a little afraid for Bowe). That all vanished after the LL and Tyson....uhhh fights. Though Bowe was outsmarted reach-wise (and not in best shape) during the first Golota fight, Bowe was looking pretty good to win the second...until the low blows started getting serious. I think Bowe would have won the second except for those low blows (admittedly losing Eddie in the corner had a LOT to do with it as well).