If Golota fought fair?

[Clegg]

Sorry, didn't realize that.

Then, let's say the Bowe-Golota fights WERE for the world title.

To the guy who said Holyfield-Golota would have been close, that would've been a clash of the titans. Low blows vs. Headbutts.

Also, it's not like Bowe had great heart either.

Bowe showed incredible heart in the Golota fights, and throughout his career really.

[#1Assassin]

lol at bowe not having heart, bowe was all heart ffs. there was no quit in him, one of the toughest warriors the HW division ever seen.

who else didnt have heart? holyfield? frazier? ali?.. gtfo..

[The Smash]

"I had to bite the motherfucker."

[NChristo]

The only reason Bowe won the Golota fights is because he was such a tough guy, Golota couldn't get him out of there after throwing everything at him while Bowe still came at him so he looked for a way out. If Bowe didn't have a great heart he would of folded.

[greynotsoold]

Watch the first Bowe/Golota fight again, and pay attention to Bowe's corner between rounds. Bowe was crying like a baby to the referee and looking for a way out. Futch had to tell him to shut about and pay attention to the guy that was kicking his ass. And I think those are just about his exact words.

[jabsRstiff]

Golota was a huge dude with great skills and ring intelligence (to an extent, of course!). But, he may have been the worst finisher I have ever seen and that inability lead him many times into mental breakdowns- and he was a freakin' nut.

[TheGreatA]

Bowe dragged him into a war by absorbing everything Golota was throwing at him. Those sloppy overhand rights that Bowe was throwing may not have looked like much to the viewer but they were still enough to intimidate Golota into fouling out of the fight.

In a more recent interview, Golota was asked why he hit Bowe low. According to him, it was because "the son of a ***** would not go down".

It was never going to be a fair fight on either side but Golota went overboard. If he had more sense he could have probably stood back and outpointed Bowe, but either way he would be blown out by Lennox Lewis soon afterwards.

There's just too many things you would have to change about Golota to change him into a dominant world champion.

History also shows that very few champions ever fought "fair".

[joseph5620]

We all know Golota was DQ'd twice against one Rid**** Bowe, but what if he decided to fight fair in the first fight and became the heavyweight champion of the world? How many times would he have defended it? Who, if anyone, would he have lost it to?

Boxing is mental as much as it is physical. And Golota lacked mental toughness. The fouls were just a manifestation of that. But they were not a factor in his meltdowns against Tyson and Grant or his crushing loss to Lewis.

Golota definitively had skills and he was a big and strong heavyweight. But it takes more than that. He's not the only one with that problem. I see the same type of thing in Victor Ortiz and Zab Judah.

[joseph5620]

Another fact that people often overlook about Golota is that he never beat a top ten contender. He basically made a name for himself for his performance in the two Bowe fights. Other than that he failed to win against every top fighter that he faced. His best win is probably the one over a very over the hill Witherspoon. For that reason I don't see how he ever could have been great.

[Cardinal Buck]

To his credit though, he learned how to fight sanely by the end of his career. He could've a belt from Ruiz or Byrd if the cards fell a little differently. He's going down with Tua as one of the guys who should've had a title at one point but never pulled it off.