Lewis's finest masterclass?

[Guest]

Hmmmmm... not so good then.

[Bozo_no no]

Lewis taking advantage like he did was all that really could be asked of him. Golata was viewed as the favorite, but only because of Lewis' loss to McCall.

Lewis went after Golata very agressivly and set things up with a piston like jab.

Its unfortunate for Lewis that Golata came in the way he did, but he had some bad luck that way not really finding his time
to shine. Tyson paid him 4 Million not to fight him in 96, and before that Rid**** Bowe gave up his title rather than fight him.

Regardless of what was going on with Golata, it was a big win for Lewis, and was really the begining of his stock starting to elevate in the division at the time.

[ejk22]

There were tons of rumours around Golota's poor performance - he was sick, he was doped up on muscle relaxants or anti-depressants, he had a training injury, he had an anxiety attack right before the bout, blah blah blah. (BTW, not unlike the Tyson broken neck alibi )

Well, whatever, because say what you will, LL looked awesome that night - an overwhelming display of speed, skills and power. It was probably the peak of his career in terms of combined athletic ability and skills (earlier in his career the skills were lacking, and later in his career the athletic ability had eroded). I personally think he would've had his way with any heavyweight of any era that night (or at least given them a lot of trouble). My 2c.

Then explain to me why there was an out of court settlement with the ******* DR. who wrongly shot Golota up with the muscle relaxer. **** like that does not happen if it were not true. Golota had no business entering the ring that night and when he was attacked by Lewis he was overwhelmed and he was destroyed. I also blame Golota's corner because their job is to look out for their boxer and they did not do anything, that's why Lou Duva and Roger Bloodworth are nothing but a couple of slimey scumbags.

[AintGottaClue]

know i cant say golota woulda beat lweis if he wanst drugged up, but there pretty much even, both have soem fo the best heavyweight jabs ive seen. lewis had big power but golota has great chin, golota had very nice power with some quick hands that could ko lewis, lewis has 1 inch height and like i think 5-6 inch reach plus wiehgt advantage, golota was quicker footspeed wise. i guess it woulda come down to weather golota would DQ himself or give up when lewis hit him, or would lewis have a hard time setting up golota cause of his jab and golota moving in and getting a shot at lewis's chin. this fight also happened after golota 2 dq loses to bowe so i dont know how much that took outta him. and did the car accident happen before or after this fight?

[paul750]

guys you have to remember that lewis was only beating the boxers that were put in front of him, it wasn't his fault if golota was ****** enough to take drugs before a fight, the record shows that lewis beat him in a round, and when people 30 years from now look up the history of fights, all they will see is a very easy lennox lewis win.

[AintGottaClue]

guys you have to remember that lewis was only beating the boxers that were put in front of him, it wasn't his fault if golota was ****** enough to take drugs before a fight, the record shows that lewis beat him in a round, and when people 30 years from now look up the history of fights, all they will see is a very easy lennox lewis win.

casual boxing fans will liek u maybe

[ejk22]

know i cant say golota woulda beat lweis if he wanst drugged up, but there pretty much even, both have soem fo the best heavyweight jabs ive seen. lewis had big power but golota has great chin, golota had very nice power with some quick hands that could ko lewis, lewis has 1 inch height and like i think 5-6 inch reach plus wiehgt advantage, golota was quicker footspeed wise. i guess it woulda come down to weather golota would DQ himself or give up when lewis hit him, or would lewis have a hard time setting up golota cause of his jab and golota moving in and getting a shot at lewis's chin. this fight also happened after golota 2 dq loses to bowe so i dont know how much that took outta him. and did the car accident happen before or after this fight?

If Golota was in the right frame of mind and he fought Lewis the way he fought Bowe and hit Lewis with the same shots that he hit Bowe with, Lewis would have been knocked the **** out because his glass jaw would have been ****ing SHATTERED!!! Bowe had one hell of a chin and would not stay down that's why eventually Golota snapped and was disqualified. If the circumstances were as I described them above in the Lewis fight the fight would not have gone on long enough for Golota to get disqualified. Golota would have been WBC champ.

[Guest]

I've heard Tyson paying Lewis not to fight him... why?

[GasPed]

Then explain to me why there was an out of court settlement with the ******* DR. who wrongly shot Golota up with the muscle relaxer. **** like that does not happen if it were not true. Golota had no business entering the ring that night and when he was attacked by Lewis he was overwhelmed and he was destroyed. I also blame Golota's corner because their job is to look out for their boxer and they did not do anything, that's why Lou Duva and Roger Bloodworth are nothing but a couple of slimey scumbags.

Buddy - sounds like you got a 7 year old grudge, and the naivete of 7 year old to boot.

Here's the deal - Golota asked for a painkiller for his knee before the fight (why exactly we'll never know, but this is Andrew Golota we're talking about here ). Katzman (the physician in question) gives him an injection of lidocaine. Now lidocaine is injected hundreds of times a day to all sorts of athletes and ordinary people without incident. But it is true that if you hit a vein (intravascular injection) in can result in drowsiness.

So Golota goes out there, gets tagged by a big right hand, and KTFO'd. He sues the doctor for $25M on the grounds that the doctor hit a vein with the injection and it made him drowsy. Well, there's no way of proving it one way of the other, so they finally settle out of court for $900k, with the stipulation that the doctor in no way admits to any error/wrongdoing.

So you tell me - who do you believe - a boxer with a history for erratic behavior and meltdowns, or a distinguished sports physician who has probably injected lidocaine 1000 times without ever hitting a vein? I even think my 7 year old would know the answer to that one...

[Bozo_no no]

If Golota was in the right frame of mind and he fought Lewis the way he fought Bowe and hit Lewis with the same shots that he hit Bowe with, Lewis would have been

If if if if if if would have should have could have.

Do you have any idea how ****** that sounds?