Andrew Golota vs. Evander Holyfield

Golota eats his whole Ear And gets DQd

 

THis is very true. I can tell you first hand because I saw a lot of those sparring sessions before Golota fought Bowe. Golota looked excellent in the gym, thats why they moved him along quicker than Tua, who was his stablemate at the time.
That being said, he would never beat Holyfield.

 

I recently watched Golota-Po'hua from sometime in the mid 90's and I have to say Golota looked very impressive.

Technically he was very correct,his jab was superb, he mixed his attack from body to head better than any 230 pound + fighter that I can remember.He got rocked badly in the 3rd I think (and resorted to biting) but he survived to score a definitive win.

In hindsight I'm not at all surprised he did so well against Bowe as Riddick had fallen into some terrible habits (sloppy defense,telegraphed rights,crap conditioning) that a fit,powerful,skilled fighter like mid 90's Golota could badly exploit.

If Golota,with his size and tools,had the composure and iron will of a Holyfield then he would have been a threat to anyone campaigning in the 90's-early 00's but he didn't and never could have beaten someone like Evander who did.

 

You are very harsh on Golota. Did you saw fight against Mollo? It was way past prime Golota with only one hand fully healthy. He was winning this fight thanks to his skills but Mollo caught gim with a big right that puffed Golota's eye. In later rounds it looked grotesque, completly shut down. I remember that the ref and doctor were checkin thats eye between rounds and Golota looked at them with his healthy eye with...fear. His sight was like screaming "please don't stop the fight, let me finish!". It was like a redemption for his old sins.

It's sad that when Andrew's Golota matured and hardened mentally, his speed and power were gone.

Both Holyfield and Golota are adept in dirty fighting, but I think that Holy does it better and in more effective way. I can't see Golota holding his nerves after multiple headbutts and elbows. Till the time of DQ I have Golota winning on points.

 

Right thats just it. As you said, when Golota faced any type of adversity in the ring, he resorted to dirty tactics, like biting Pouhua on the shoulder or neck whatever it was. I remember that fight as well, just havent seen it in a while. Its a little different in the gym with gear on and bigger gloves, but thats just part of boxing. Being mentally weak is as bad or worse than not having the skills at all, you cant really fix it.

 

What you mean is Golota was penalized when he fought dirty whereas Evander would be rewarded...

 

Holyfield didnt bite people and blatantly punch people in the balls. There is no penalty for leading with your head if your throwing punches, but Holyfield was very good at hiding his dirty tactics, whereas Golota was not, and he did it more as a means to get out of a tough situation.

 

Thankyou for agreeing with me that Holyfield wasnt penalized for being a dirty fighter, ever!

 

He was warned in the Tyson fights but that's it. I don't recall Holyfield ever penalized. Maybe somewhere in the Ruiz fights? I dunno.

 

Holyfield became a very dirty fighter, but there was no way to prove he was doing it intentionally by the way he did it. he would aim for his opponents orbital bone with his head, and throw a punch above their shoulder at the same time. He was looking to cut his opponents. What he did to Rahman was disgusting.

 

lefthook explained well what I meant.

 

Sounds like Tyson too -

He low-blowed Douglas loads,
he bit Holyfield 3 times in teh rematch,
He tried to break McBide's arm, head-butted him And bit both his nipples.

 

He toke a butt whopping but didn't quit in the Douglas or Lewis fights I'll give him that. Even Foreman was being dirty to Young lol.

 

He did mentally quit vs Douglas And Lewis cos both times he could have got up - But he chose not too cos he has lack of heart/warrior-spirit. Foreman did get up vs Young And on my Scorecards Foreman won by 1 point.

 

Did you see the Ruddock fights and Tyson was shot by the time he fought Lewis but to take the punishment he did too toke heart alone I mean Lewis was dishing bombs I can't blame Tyson for him not getting up in that fight. What people do forget is that Tyson got dropped by Holyfield in the 5th round I think(?) of the first fight and got up. The only times Tyson did quit was when he was the shell of even the guy Holy fought but before that he fought on even when taking a beating(Holyfield 1 & Douglas). I believe Foreman had more heart though(Lyle fight).