Prime 1973 George Foreman vs Andrew Golota, prime.

If this is the Golota from the Bowe fights then he goes in confident as he can be. Idk, is he good enough to survive the early blasting from George?
I'll say he wins the first couple of rounds by the skin of his teeth, only to get smashed down in the third.

 

Someone finally uploaded Golota's fight with Corey Sanders from 1998!!!

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Not at Ringside lol. The middle about? It's been years. Again I have no ideal what really happen outside of the riot. He just goes low both times on fights I felt he was winning. The fight really made no sense. The Riot made less sense.

 

I respectfully disagree. I think folks tend to overrate Golota because of those two Bowe fights. Bowe was clearly shot in those two fights and was probably suffering from CTE at that time which he is very clearly suffering from right now. Aside from some brutal fights as a pro, Bowe had a lot of fights as an amateur and was without question not the same guy against Golota. Outside of that, Golota was so damn inconsistent throughout his entire career unlike George who was consistently dangerous every fight due to his very underated skill and of course his bone crushing power. Foreman has an ugly looking style but he was solid defensively and had a very punishing jab even as a young fighter and of course a ton of heart.

 

Yeah Bowe-Golota in 1996 was The Riot and all (crazy times) but I was asking if you were at Ruiz-Golota in 2004? That was equally chaotic for arena atmosphere. Polish fans even attacked the U.S. Marines in the arena during Ruiz-Golota. Did you see that happen?

 

Nobody's fault Bowe was shot and didn't take care of himself! And there's no denying the Pole's talent!

 

I was not at the Ruiz Golota. I miss read the question or just zoom past it.

 

Foreman of course.

 

Golota was a slow starter look for Foreman to come out blasting and stop him in the first.

 

Pat M is the biggest Foreman hater on this forum, don't expect anything else from him.

 

I'll never understand how anyone cannot love Foreman. He is one of the most likeable champions ever. The guy was a physical force as a young man and developed into a cerebral fighter in his 40's. Golota is the exact opposite of him. No character or likability. Both the young and old versions of Foreman destroy him.

 

Yeah he bangs in about Foreman being 6’3 217 in his first career and Golota being 6’4 240. Never mind that Foreman usually weighed 220-229 for the majority of his first career nor that Golota is listed as 193cm to George’s 192cm, a centimetre in height difference not an inch.
Anyway 6’2 224 Brewster obliterated Golota in about 30 seconds flat, Lewis embarrassed him in a round and washed up Tyson dropped and forced Golota to literally flee from the ring in two rounds. That’s Golotas record against notable punchers (I don’t consider Bowe really a power puncher though he hit solid).
To think he would even take a search and destroy killer like prime Foreman beyond a round or two to rely on him gassing like a master like Ali did, when Golotas proven track record is to either be smashed or mentally fold quickly against a power puncher, is fanciful. Old Foreman probably kicks Golotas arse too.

 

Foreman would knock him down and Andrew would probably freak out eventually. George was crazy in there. A terror in the ring.

 

I was just rewatching highlights of that yesterday. Norman Stone is hilarious. Golota and Ruiz fight after the bell to end round 1, not uncommon in boxing to see that, but Stoney decides to run up to Golota’s trainer and threaten him with a fist. Then yells to the ref “you want to control HIM? Want to control him??!!”

Then his epic rant to the ref “you fukking azzhole! What a fukking piece of sh1t you turned to be! You got no balls you cokksucker!”

All he did was make them tape up Ruiz’s glove, which you’re supposed to do when it’s loose.

Then get kicked out a couple of rounds later for telling the ref to tape up Ruiz’s glove and calls him a fukkin jerkoff.

Finally at the end they show him watching the fight in the locker room and the first thing he says is “motherfukker!!!” and Roy Jones cracks up. Then he says “I didn’t say nothing to the ref!”

Larry Merchant just cracks up.