If not for the mental lapses, just how good could Golota have been?

I will never forget watching the first Golota/Bowe fight on HBO live and having never really heard of Golota at the time. After about round 6 my dad turned to me and said "this guy looks like Jack Dempsey in there" he was just pummeling Bowe the fight was not even close.

Then the low blows came and we were both like "what is this idiot doing?"

Then after the fight my dad was like "Well he is Polish". :roflatsch

 

Maybe being mental was what made him want to fight,

maybe he would of been worse if he wasn't mental.

 

You just described Tyson

1. Golota had good power
2. Golota had good hand speed.
3. Golota had an average chin.

As for Bowe, he never had the discipline as an elite fighter.

 

Why? He made twice one of the best HW of the 90's looking like an amateur. Bowe was under 30 and Golota send him into retirement:nono

 

I will always remeber Golota -Lewis Golota- Tyson Golota- Brewster.

Only Lewis was a real deal, Tyson was past prime and Brewster never was an atg, but that time ha had his prime

 

Golota definately on his day was a formidable heavyweight, decent hand speed for a big guy and nice punch tecchnique and combinations. He would have definately held a belt and would have only lost to the best and even then would have not been easy to beat. Shame his mental game was not as good has his physical ability, I was always a fan and always hoped he could somehow put it together and reach his full potential.

 

You don't have to like Golota but these clowns are just pure haters.

 

So you're saying all Polish people are mental?

 

Bowe was getting dirty but Golota is one guy you do not want to get dirty with.

 

Wow it's refreshing to see a hw who can actually throw a punch properly.

 

He needed a lot more work defensively. Easy to hit heavies always manage to lose sooner or later. He held those hands low. He brought his hands back low after punching. Open for counters. Falls for feints.

When he got rattled or stung, he sure did lose his composure in there. I never thought he was all that big of a puncher. A combination type guy that had to string together a ton of shots to get a guy out of there. Hardly an opportunist type guy with a single shot he'd set up as a fight ender. Just more of the same with combos til the ref jumped in & some more skills with how to finish a guy might have seen a few more wins. Those things just add up to more than Lou Duva could do at that time.