I don't see where all the Vitali KO2 are coming from....? I don't see Vitali as the fighter to blast out Golota in one. He generally give sustained beatings to his opposition before they fold. Most likely scenario...is similar to the Grant-Golota fight without the early Grant knockdowns. i.e. I can see Golota outboxing Vitali until the meltdown after Golota goes down or is hurt. If Golota mentally holds it together, he wins. Pre Vitali-Byrd fight, Golota wins by TKO.
I don't discount Golota's jab or power but his chin & defense were always a bit questionable. Obviously his best showings were against Bowe but I think Riddick was waaaaaaay over rated & AG just had his number. Now only if AG had sanity...................
Who are the 13 idiots who voted for Golota? Dammit Golota is a league below Klitschko. dont judge Golota on beating a completely shot Bowe who beat a over the hill Holyfield.
Is Prime Golata the one who got knocked out in one round by Lennox? In that case Vitali wins inside of six rounds.
except Golota folded in his big fights. Youre basing too much on potential versus what he actually did
Vitali would knock Golotha out. Gigantic TKO, think Lewis Golotha. Golotha always was a bum from the streets of a Polish ghetto and his good showing agaisnt Bowe only exposed how terribly bad and unfocused Bowe was, not how great Golotha was.
Wrong. Bowe had a big mouth but froze in the ring once he faced any opposition whatsoever. That's why Bowe cherry picked his opposition like many of the "great" fighters of the 90s they were really building paper records. Bowe was unfocussed, didn't throw enough punches and at times appeared to fall asleep in the ring. Obviously suffering from an acute "lazy dumbass who doesn't wanna work" syndrome. If Bowe hadn't become a boxer he most certainly would have become first unemployment and then a homeless. Sheer laziness.
Golota had all of the physical tools to be a very good fighter, but his mental make up was terrible and Klitschko would capitalise on this in my opnion.
Golota's chin isn't the problem but his "sanity" is/was. Saying Bowe is over rated is like saying Klitschkos are over rated. I don't believe VK would have put a beating on Bowe like Andrew did.
Putting psychology aside, I see this as being an awesome fight. I'd favor Vitali but it would be great.