What is Golota's best win?

Uh, yeah, that wasn't the Corrie Sanders that btfo Wlad, but a half blind black dude who moved slower than butterbean.

The Corrie Sanders he beat was no accomplishment for a top 20 heavy.

 

Like all the others have pointed out, you have to watch Golota's fights to understand what he brought to the table, you can't just look at his resume. At his best, he was a gifted boxer/puncher who could seriously sabotage his own advantage by making dumb decissions in the ring. To me, he always came across as an anxious person and I think his anxiety dogged him in the ring and it was his worst enemy. Even an anxious ridden Golota, would be a force to be reckoned with in today's HW division. At his best, he was exciting to watch. Just watch Bowe-Golota I and II and tell me a single top HW fight in the last 5 years that could match that. Look at the way he mopped the floor with a young Micheal Grant and tell me you're not impressed.

 

great post. he had talent, and he was one of the best modern era combination punching heavies. but his most famous combinations were to the balls.

let's be honest, he should've left no doubt in the ruiz and byrd fights. he didn't. they were close fights and for someone of his "talent" that alone is a loss

bowe was shot to **** and beyond past prime and yet golota ball shotted him to ****. then quit against tyson, and grant...and got knocked the **** out by lewis and brewster

golota had talent but who did he PROVE it against? i look like Sugar ray leonard against my 8 year old cousin. golota got knocked out against the best of his day (lewis, tyson), struggled against bottom tier titlests (byrd, ruiz) and ball punched bowe. awesome resume

 

Probably the two victories he threw away

 

Bowe. Golota had all the natural talent, but just did not have the mental strength and Yes, he beat Byrd, no doubt about it.

 

He had lost a lot from the Holyfield fights. Actually I think he had declined a little bit after just the first fight. But I don't know, I'm not the kind to make loads of excuses for Bowe. Also I agree, Golota looked outstanding before the low blows.

 

It was T-rex Sanders. Like I said, he doesnt have any great wins from technical standpoint. T-rex Sanders is a decent win, especially in a fight that was very action packed and showed Golota's skills. T-rex was nothing special but he did have some wins against decent competition, one notable against Maskaev.

 

The truth is also that Golota was a bad stylistic matchup for Bowe. Similar height and reach and fantastic jab. Any version of Bowe would struggle against that version of Golota.

 

Bowe x2

 

Golota got two moral victories over Bowe in my book.

Ok, Golota did get dq'd, I'll give you that, but he did kick his arse.

 

Beating the bottle of vodka.