Golota actually had some pretty serious injuries when he quit against Mike Tyson

[elfag]

Was just rewatching this fight on youtube. I remember watching it back in the day and remembered golota as an underachiever who sometimes folded, like when he bit that other boxer and for quitting against Tyson.

Googled some and never remember reading the articles from the hospital doctors after the fact.


https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...154-story.html

"Andrew Golota sustained a concussion, a fractured left cheekbone and a slipped-disc neck injury in his heavyweight bout Friday night against Mike Tyson, according to a neurosurgeon treating him at a Chicago hospital."

While Yapor said the ringside physician at the Palace of Auburn Hills, scene of Friday night's fight, could not be blamed for failing to see the symptoms that preceded Golota's quitting after the second round, Yapor said Golota did the right thing.

"There was extreme danger of sustaining another severe blow to the head," the doctor said, and that posed a "threat of paralysis."


I didnt know he had a serious neck injury, that combined with a concussion and dizziness and vomiting. If he had continued fighting could have been even worse with his neck.

[Anthony342]

Yep and didn't Vitali pretty much have a broken or separated shoulder in his first loss, yet people give him all kinds of crap for that fight, even though he later had to get that shoulder surgically repaired? So I don't question his heart. Especially, when in his only other loss, by TKO, he wanted to continue fighting and it was a stoppage by the referee for that huge gash over his eye.

[Nash out]

Yep and didn't Vitali pretty much have a broken or separated shoulder in his first loss, yet people give him all kinds of crap for that fight, even though he later had to get that shoulder surgically repaired? So I don't question his heart. Especially, when in his only other loss, by TKO, he wanted to continue fighting and it was a stoppage by the referee for that huge gash over his eye.

I think if Vitali had given it a round to try and show some courage through the injury before pulling out he would have got more respect. In my view, same scenario, same injury, Tyson Fury continues, and others would too. Vitali was well up, and fighting a much smaller man who wasn't a puncher at all, there was a chance he could have saw those 9 minutes out imo. And yes, he did fight through a horrific cut vs Lewis, but I think that was in part to the stick he got for pulling out vs Bryd. If Lewis happened before Bryd, he would have pulled himself out, I fully believe. Nash out.

[billeau2]

Was just rewatching this fight on youtube. I remember watching it back in the day and remembered golota as an underachiever who sometimes folded, like when he bit that other boxer and for quitting against Tyson.

Googled some and never remember reading the articles from the hospital doctors after the fact.


https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...154-story.html

"Andrew Golota sustained a concussion, a fractured left cheekbone and a slipped-disc neck injury in his heavyweight bout Friday night against Mike Tyson, according to a neurosurgeon treating him at a Chicago hospital."

While Yapor said the ringside physician at the Palace of Auburn Hills, scene of Friday night's fight, could not be blamed for failing to see the symptoms that preceded Golota's quitting after the second round, Yapor said Golota did the right thing.

"There was extreme danger of sustaining another severe blow to the head," the doctor said, and that posed a "threat of paralysis."


I didnt know he had a serious neck injury, that combined with a concussion and dizziness and vomiting. If he had continued fighting could have been even worse with his neck.

He also got beat up pretty bad against Lewis.

[billeau2]

Yep and didn't Vitali pretty much have a broken or separated shoulder in his first loss, yet people give him all kinds of crap for that fight, even though he later had to get that shoulder surgically repaired? So I don't question his heart. Especially, when in his only other loss, by TKO, he wanted to continue fighting and it was a stoppage by the referee for that huge gash over his eye.

Its a fair point... I feel based on the level most endure Vitali should have been able to continue, but none of us can really know what his levels were... And he did show heart in the Lewis fight for sure.

[markusmod]

Golota usually checked out when the going got tough. I remember when he was so far ahead against Grant that all he needed to do is coast. He got and told the ref NO MAS

[QueensburyRules]

Its a fair point... I feel based on the level most endure Vitali should have been able to continue, but none of us can really know what his levels were... And he did show heart in the Lewis fight for sure.

- - Vit and Wlad came up the pro ranks with their Soviet ama coach.

No American could ever get so far as they did with his ama coach. That's why they dominated the latter half of their careers after they learned how to deal with American officiating and American punk and stink styles.

[BKM-]

I wonder what he's up to nowadays. He didn't really like fighting, he said he wanted to be a construction worker originally. Maybe he is now and he's actually at peace.