96 Golota vs 76 Foreman

Spot on. If I'd fought Bowe on those two nights I'd have looked ok.

How did he do against elite opposition (if you can call Tyson elite in 2000)? Lost by KO in 1 and 2rds respectively. Those points wins you mention, and doing well against the shell of Bowe, don't erase those stains on his record.

 

Similar to the Tyson fight when sun glass wearing Golata packed it in at the pre fight stare down he would loose his cool the moment he would see Foreman in front of him. Same outcome , a quick KO or a quit job, the mental midget is not capable to beat ANY top shelf fighters , period.

 

Golata quits as soon as he tastes Foremans power. Fight ends within three rounds.

 

In 2000, that was a past-prime version of Tyson fighting Golota. Also, Golota was competing with a permanently injured left shoulder at that time and was not far from being past his prime as well. Just saying.

 

Actually, Golota likes wearing sunglasses. Fear has nothing to do with it. He wore sunglasses when he accepted his bronze medal on the podium at the 1988 Olympic Games as well. In his autobiography Undisputed Truth, Tyson admits to being scared of Golota. Fear is not in Andrew's DNA. He never backed down from fighting anyone. He always signed to face every opponent ever brought before him. But nobody talks about this. One has to give credit where it's due and I will end this posting by underscoring that the Polish boxing icon never lost to "the world's most dangerous man" known as Mike Tyson. The match ended in a No Contest. Big difference.

 

Golota was a big hitter. Not a one-punch KO hitter like other famous names, but still had juice.

Bowe wasn't shot. It was "Big Daddy's" fault that he didn't watch his weight going into the fight with Golota. Bowe was in his late twenties at the time. How many elite fighters are shot at that point? Athletically, a boxer is past his prime usually early-mid thirties.

Golota's best win is Tim Witherspoon. Andrew went home (Poland) and won a big fight where he kept his composure and did not succumb to the pressure of fighting in front of thousands of his fans in a sold-out venue. The live television broadcast of Golota-Witherspoon garnered 12.5 million viewers, setting a record for the most-watched professional boxing event on TV in Poland – a record which still stand. Witherspoon – who in his career fought the likes of Holmes, Mercer, Pinklon Thomas, and "Bonecrusher" Smith – later said that Golota was the hardest hitter and strongest fighter that he has ever faced.

Chris Byrd would be a difficult match-up for any heavyweight in boxing history.

 

I do not like Golata's defense against the hitters. He walks into punches and he sure does not seem to possess much of a boxing radar for those incoming punches. Much better if he did not walk in, but he does constantly. Guys like Lewis & Brewster & Tyson come right over those hands of Golata's and so will George Foreman.

And his chin is nowhere near good enough to absorb clean shots from a George Foreman.

 

The pre-Lennox Lewis version of Golota has a very capable chin to absorb not only Foreman's shots.

 

Lewis-Golota should have never happened on October 4, 1997, following back-to-back losses to Riddick Bowe. Golota was rather poorly managed in his prime. His promoters only wanted money and getting him to fight Lewis after two disappointing losses against Bowe is a classic example of this. Prior to facing Lennox, Andrew had been injected with a powerful painkiller (lidocaine) for his knee pain; this made him light-headed and dizzy (adverse side effects of lidocaine include blurred vision, dizziness, and seizures). In the dressing room shortly after the fight ended, Golota suffered a seizure and had to be rushed to the hospital. This injury is the ONLY reason Lewis was able to stop Golota in the first round.

 

You are completely wrong, sir. Andrew Golota is a Polish-born idol of millions. You cannot even stand next to Golota. You never could, and you never will be able to.

 

"Powerful Pole" stops "Big George" late.

 

What is your claim to fame in life? What are you worth?

 

The minute foul pole see big george leaving the dresser room hes gonna call immgration to deport his sorry ass. If he had the balls to fight big George (no pun intended) foreman murders him in the first round.

 

Frazier is my favourite heavy ever, I know not the best! Golota had a period in his career where he definitely would've posed serious problems for Joe. He had size and strength with good boxing ability....Peak v peak is no easy task...