heavyweight Tourney: Rd 1: Andrew Golota .Vs. Jess Willard

Why ten rounds?

 

Willard d by DQ

Obviously.

 

Why 10 rounds? I think Golota would win a decision in 10 rounds.

 

10 rounds would be good for Golota. If it went longer, I believe Golota would foul himself out after finding Willard still there after landing his best shots.

The Willard who fought Jack Johnson was much different from the Willard who fought Dempsey and Firpo.

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For whatever reason Willard reminds me a bit of a giant James J. Corbett in these last couple of rounds.

I'll remain undecided on this based on Golota's unpredictability.

 

Willard will have to respect Golota's power and keep his ****ing hands up. His mobility might be weird for Golota, and the clinching might invoke the mighty cockpunch. Otherwise, Golota UD.

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Why would keeping his hands up be a good thing against Golota?

This is an interesting fight. IMO, even though people talk about Golota ruining Bowe, Bowe actually ruined Golota. Golota was very, very good against Bowe and never the same afterwards. The problem is that he couldnt beat Bowe, and when he never really did beat a world class opponent. Plus when the going got tough, he never really got going. One thing we know for sure is that Willard will stick it out as much as possible and will continue to come back. And at some stage he will land some big shots on Golota. If Golota wins, he will know he is in a fight.

Judging by the film that GreatA put up, Prime Willard was not a bad fighter. He certainly seemed to have better lateral movement and better punching technique than Golotal who arm punches a lot. Given his size, i am fairly sure he hits harder than Golota. His workrate though is not in the same league as Golotas. I wonder though how much of this might be down to him fighting more than 2 X the distance of this scheduled fight before this film begins. Also, i got the feeling from this video, that Prime Willard likes to assert himself with an on rushing opponent (not too dissimilar to Vitali) and Jack Johnson's patient counterpunching style did not make for a high work rate in the later rounds. I also wonder whether he did have a deal of respect for JOhnson's power by this stage.

I think that the most likely scenario is a Golota self destruct. I know a lot are going with the shot to the balls finish, but i think it might be as simple as Golota quitting at the start of the 10th after having knocked down Willard and lead on points. But with Willard landing some big shots in the 10th.

 

Golota was another flakey guy he had excellent skills and dominated Bowe, at first I thought this kid can be real good but then he blew it, when he did the same in the rematch, I said something is wrong with this guy and the behavior continued. Still Andrew had more talent than he knew but Willard was not bad at all. Willard SD

 

What Golota showed against Bowe, particularly the first fight but also the second, is something you rarely see with a 6'4, 230lbs in shape heavyweight. Great combinations, upper bodymovement, punch variety (sometimes with the wrong punches), fast jab.... technically, he pretty much was a complete boxer. But also a complete nutcase.

I think he outclassed Willard for most part and wins a decision if it's only 10 rounds. Willard would stand a better chance in a longer fight, but if Golota could go 7 and 9 rounds against Bowe, then i don't doubt he'd complete 10 against the far inferior Willard. In fact, a stoppage based on Golota constantly hitting Jess wouldn't surprise me. He never proved his chin against a big man like Golota - or any puncher at all - either.

 

But who did Golota KO to prove that he had power to rock a world class big man like Willard?

 

Golota wins every round

 

Nearly Bowe who has a far more proven chin than Willard. Golota isnt a massive puncher but he is heavy puncher and a sharper 1 than Willard

Golota UD anyway, better skills, technically better, better workrate, more dynamic, better jab and combinations. Willard has a shot of a KO win though