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You might say it’s preposterous to compare Ken Norton and Andrew Golota, but the two boxers shared a similar trait; they both broke down against punchers. Even though Golota’s propensity to break down was much more exasperated than Norton, they both met similar fates when they were confronted by punchers. In an interview a few years before his death, the legendary Trainer Eddie Futch commented, “I found out something about Norton, he tightened up in front of punchers. I had him in with one puncher who showed that to me, Jose Luis Garcia.” Futch also noted, “When he was with me, I never let him fight a Shavers. I never let him fight any guy who was a good puncher. The first fight after Norton and I split was the one against Foreman.”
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