***The Official Golota Express! Bowe-Golota II - 19 years ago today***

That's it! After all the failure, after all the disappointments we Golota fans have endured, after all the hope he inspired only to fail and fall short....we finally have closure!

If Golota never fights again, it doesn't matter. Even winning a championship isn't as important as it once was.

He finally gave him and his fans a moment to be proud!

And for me, that's enough. Sure, it was not against world class opposition, but at the same time, he overcame the odds and outworked and out-hustled a younger foe with a great punch. It's too bad Golota never had this mental capacity back when he had the tools to compete at the top level, but better late than never.

Golota's career is a strange study, for if you combined his younger self (with all the physical tools in the world) with his current self (who has finally gotten his mental faculties together), you have one hell of a formidable fighter.

Seriously, is there any better way for him to hang'em up? Winning a championship would be great, but I doubt Golota could do much better than he did, and I fear he is too slow to compete against anyone at the top level (except Maskaev).

I never thought the day would come where I'd say this, but I wish Golota would call it quits. At 40, he proved all he needs to prove to overcome the Tyson debacle, and that in itself made his comeback worthwhile.

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Actually, it was Ruiz who lost a point in that fight, not Golota.

 

Well, if he fights on, I will obviously continue to pull for him.

His best chance at winning a belt would be Maskaev, but he is going to lose to Peter, and Peter poses a lot of problems for this version of Golota. Ibragimov is going to lose against Wlad, and right now, Wlad would crush Golota....prime for prime is a different story, but this Golota cannot compete against Wlad.

That leaves Chagaev, whom I believe Golota could be competitive against. The 2004 version of Golota would beat Chagaev, and of course, the 1999 and 1996 versions of Golota would probably obliterate him. Even still, this version could probably remain competitive and squeak out a decision, but again...

This fight acted as a moment of closure as far as I'm concerned. It made the whole crazy journey worthwhile.

:good

 

Well, believe me, seeing Golota win a title would be great.

But I think you guys are too quick to dismiss his gross lack of speed. A quick boxer who doesn't stand in punching range is going to beat Golota to the punch everytime.

Maskaev is already fighting Peter. If Maskaev beats Peter, somehow (which I don't think will happen) then Maskaev would be the PERFECT match-up for Golota at this stage.

A bout against Chagaev, I am confident Golota would have won just a few short years ago, but his rapid delcine in speed would make things very difficult against a fast fighter with skills.

Either way, Golota probably isn't hanging them up anytime soon, and I'm not about to abandon this express.

 

Jets, just keep things in perspective....Mollo was a dangerous style match-up for Golota, but he's hardly a world beater. I'm not trying to rain on any parades, for that was Golota's bravest performance ever, and we should all be proud of him.

I'm just saying....Mike Mollo is what he is. He did, after all, lose to Touch of ****.

As far as the Giants go, I hope they destroy the Pats!

GO BIG BLUE!!

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