What was Golota’s obsession with fouling?

[Mintcar923]

I’m no expert in psychology but I often wonder why the man has had soo many fouls in his career.. I even predicted he would do the same thing in Bowe II as in Bowe I.. It’s a little strange, isn’t it?

[Willie Pep 229]

You don't need to be an expert in psychology to spot mental illness. IMO Andrew Golota was at some level EH (Emotionally Handicapped).

This nonsense that we are not allowed to pass psychological judgment on each other unless you're a trained/educated psychologist is a current phenomenon necessitated by the supporters of the current President whose irradiate behavior is embarrassing.

Whenever I hear one of them say, as a lay person you can't spot mental illness, I always think, I wish I could take them on the New York subway on a Saturday night, and I get to pick who they sit next to. After all, according to them, I can't possibly pick out the crazy guy anyway.

It doesn't take a plumber to spot a leaky faucet only to repair none.

[Rusty Tromboni]

Probably because he grew up in the Amateur/European system which triumphs sportsmanship over winning at every cost.

He simply didn't know how to fight dirty smart, so he was grotesque in his application of it.

On the one hand, he was breaking the rules. On the other hand, he was just trying to fit in.

Look at what happened to Loma against Salido.

I'm torn on the matter: sure, you can say "if your're not cheating, you're not trying," or "it's fighting, not playing the piano". But on the other hand most fighters over the past few generations were thugs who fouled to compensate for a lack of heart and talent.


If Golota's transition weren't so rough, he might have made more subtle application ofthe rule bending.

[Zonkmeister]

Eh, I don't think it was an obsession, he just resorted to dirty fighting whenever the going got tough. Probably an instinctive "wait, how do I get this guy out of here ASAP? Oh, right, a succession of quick uppercuts to the balls!"/"Bite him in the neck!" and such.

He'd also sometimes do that when he was looking for an out. A glitch in his fighting matrix, definitely. He did manage to gain some more control over it with age, but that was when he was waaay out of his prime. Too bad!

[ron davis]

It's the referee, giving instructions to the fighter's, "you can't win the fight on a foul." Giving the great Henry Armstrong, carte blanche to do whatever he wants (hit in the balls every round) to win the fight, when he meets a fighter that is too tough.

[The Old LefHook]

The man was always trying to start a fight.

[Rusty Tromboni]

It's the referee, giving instructions to the fighter's, "you can't win the fight on a foul." Giving the great Henry Armstrong, carte blanche to do whatever he wants (hit in the balls every round) to win the fight, when he meets a fighter that is too tough.

Yeah, there are more egregious perpetrators. But it's how blatant Golota was.

[BKM-]

It's a myth that Golota was nothing but fouls and dirty tactics. WHat he did to Bowe wasn't a disgrace as much as a favor to humanity, making sure a prick like Bowe can no longer reproduce is hardly the crime of the century. Bowe was 10x as dirty as a fighter anyway.

Golota btw, at one point in time was one of of the most talented HW's of all time when it came to offense. It's tragic how his career turned out. Bad timing. First the car accident that ruined his Godly left arm and then being drugged up in his biggest fights, Lewis and Tython.