Andrew Golota vs. Anthony Joshua after Andy Ruiz Jr. fight.

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Let's say that Joshua is still a better fighter than Golota ever was, better power, more varied punches, etc., how would a fight between a mentally weak Golota and an overly cautious Joshua take place? I think Joshua would win...
     
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  2. Charles White

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    Which Golota are we referring to? Physical prime young but unstable Golota of the Bowe fights or past physical prime but focused Golota in the Ruiz and Byrd fights?
     
  3. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I honestly didn't think Prime Golota existed..
     
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  4. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Pulev would’ve done a lot better if Joshua were capable of losing to Golota.
     
  5. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How old was Pulev ?
     
  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Young enough to not really be much worse than a peak Golota.
     
  7. Philosopher

    Philosopher Active Member Full Member

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    AJ sparks any version of Andy G for me. The cautious AJ just takes a little longer.
     
  8. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The rare mentally stable version of Golata showed up against Byrd, he would beat joshua
     
  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    He wouldn’t be mentally stable after getting hit by Joshua.
     
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  10. McCallumsJab

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    AJ by KO. Golota did very poorly against fast explosive punchers and AJ was this if nothing else

    It's much easier to be mentally stable against none punchers like Byrd and Ruiz than in a life and death war against Bowe. Golota beat Bowe into retirement too even if he took the L's he came off better in both fights and ruined Bowe.

    There's actually a good chance Golota was more durable before the Bowe wars. He might not have been and there's no way to know, but taking those kind of wars damages a fighter. Golota was at his pugilistic best against Bowe too. Great performances and some of those low blows were borderline
     
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  11. Charles White

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    He existed in two forms lol. Physical prime Golota and mentally prime Golota. Unfortunately we never got to see their powers combined, that would have been some Captain Planet type sh*t haha.
     
  12. zadfrak

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    Golata does not have the defense for the type of punches AJ throws. And everyone hits Golata in his fights.
     
  13. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Possibly by DQ while having his cup ruptured and incurring sex-ending injuries to his genitalia.