Andrew Golota: A Tribute To The Powerful Pole-The Dirty Meat Tenderizer Of Warszawa.

Appreciation Thread
Andrzej Golota is a 6'4 Retired Heavyweight Boxer with a 41-9-1 33 KO's 9 KO Losses. Born 1968-01-05 in Warsaw, Poland and Chicago, Illinois, USA. The 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist at Heavyweight. When this Cold Wind Blew In From The East the outcome was a decidedly mixed bag Andrew started out with a real bang he had a 28-0 25 KO's record barreling through many a bum in impressive highlight reel fashion on his way to his legendary foul filled wars with Riddick Bowe. He was beast and a very entertaining one at the that he'd work behind his jab for a few minutes and the moment he got you vaguely hurt he'd go in for the kill and unleash his combinations and pound his opponents into submission. Then came Bowe-Golota I & II two of the best Heavyweight matches of the 1990's a fact which is sadly overlooked because of the controversial nutshot that ended the first in a DQ and the brilliant nutshot 3 punch combination that ended the second the same way. The first match was followed by a massive riot in which Golota was attacked and Lou Duva was knocked out cold and was being kicked and stomped. The most maddening thing about the matches was that Golota was winning both of them clearly at the times of the DQ's the lowblows were completely unnecessary he was beating the hell out of Bowe in both matches but he just couldn't help himself. Then in the ultimate form of karmic justice Golota in his following match got KO1 by Lennox Lewis and his career never fully recovered but he had ups and downs.

Golota mounted somewhat of a comeback racking up UD's over Corey Sanders and Tim Witherspoon and he got a shot against the undefeated Michael Grant who he dropped in the first round and was leading on points up until the 10th in which he was dropped and he told the ref he didn't want to continue. His bad luck continued when Tyson KO'd him in 3, but he managed to get a draw against Byrd and a razor close UD loss to Ruiz a match in which he put John down twice. But then his career went into freefall after that with KO losses to Austin, Brewster, and the saddest of all a tubby Golota being KO'd in front of a Polish audience by Poland's next big hope in Adamek and finally he ended his career after a KO loss to another Pole in Saleta. Granted Andrew was a bit of a weak minded and weak willed crackpot who had a pretty glassy chin and a hell of a self destructive streak in the ring but he could have been great if he didn't have these glaring flaws. So Enjoy this retrospective of the very entertaining and underrated but dirty at times (he bit someone too) Polish Prince Of Chicago The Warsaw Warrior Andrew Golota.:toney:toney:toney:toney




Educate Yourselves:smoke:smoke:smoke:smoke
Golota Vs. Bowe II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nha3JQOFjDo
Golota Vs. Bowe I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szp9wO10F4Q
Golota Vs. Sanders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6jgW7nmMFY
Golota Vs. Ruiz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDRXn03LTM
Golota Vs. Po'uha The one he bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCa7JOTNCGw
Golota Vs. Byrd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6WeGJqcxk
Golota Vs. Tyson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMWs9AXM9V4
Golota Vs. Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeTSxzAM6M
Golota Vs. McBride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMihvh7LmTI
Golota Vs. Lewis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGXffv4eXy8
Golota Vs. Austin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_v6aQylwzE
Golota Vs. Bates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY9hvBwk35A
Golota Vs. Norris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_oBWn9mn7w
Golota Vs. Mollo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZTg1tWGSk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvTYuW_Dzw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmvYAe4AMp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oovCNVWi8t0

 

Not a huge fan of Adamek, I grew up watching Golota so I'm a little more fond of him than Tomasz, but I'll give it some consideration.:think

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-VUWC_q34k