What? What?! WHAT?! This content is protected I like Golota and all but he'd be vastly unprepared for fighting at this level again, and there are several available guys higher ranked than him...wow, this would be shocking.
we really should have seen this coming. 2--7 was supposed to be a very good year in boxing. but then most big fights got cancelled, now this? cmon
Don't forget it's Maskaev who quit, not Golota. Golota is doing a favor to all this. It's a reward for saving their all asses.
Golota must be quite confident if he agreed to make this fight happen. I hope the decission was trully his and not King's or Ziggy's. Talk about diving head first. If you consider it, that's exactly what he did with Bowe. Going from Pu'ha to Big Daddy was a large step upwards, and Golota made his name then and there.Golota can rise to the occasion(eg., BOWE, GRANT, BYRD, RUIZ)but he must be weary of the clubbing canons, telegraphed from Peter. Peter is a hungry, determined fighter that has made something out of nothing (classic overachiever) and Golota is in his twilight, finally trying to put those talents consistently to good use against a premier fighter (classic underachiever). If this fight happens, I predict a bloody bout ala Golota vs. Corey Sanders. Peter - Golota will be a hell of a clash, worthy of primetime and regardless of the outcome, will end up surprising many.
Even in this crazy world of boxing, who would have guessed Golota could become the (interim) WBC HW champion this year? Imagine if he pulls off a miracle win.. haha. This situation sucks and McCall obviously deserves it more and would give a better fight, but oh well. Let's get ready for the foul pole vs the rabbit puncher!
I still hope that Golota will not get the shot, rather somebody more worthy. But I'm glad that a fight will happen either way.
Me, either, but in retrospect we probably should have. Golota is a name, he's well connected, and he has gotten shots that he probably didn't deserve in the past. I think this matchup is pretty weak, but yeah, I should have at least considered the possibility.