1996 Golota vs 2002 Wlad Klitschko. Who wins?

[duffgun]

The bowe that fought golta the first time was not in shape, and golta did look good, the second fight bowe had lost to much weight and tiered after the 5th round, if you watch the last fight, bowe would have put him away in 5-6 round if he was fit, golata at that point looked about ready to go.
I would go for wlad by mid fight KO unless he gas out then he would get fouled and win by a dq

[duffgun]

I dont think bowe was overated if he could have stayed fit he would have beat golata and i think in 1992-1993 he would have beat lewis. I feel that bowe was one of the biggest wasted heavyweight talent.

[OptimusWolf]

Bowe would have very little chance of beating Lewis.

Lewis had it over him big time. Watch the 88 olymipic final; Bowe is thoroughly dominated by Lewis. Even if you discount the well documented evidence that Bowe was **** scared of fighting Lewis, in the ring Lewis' speed and boxing brain dominates big daddy.

As for the Wlad-Golota fight. I think Golota has a chance, especially if his head is screwed on as you could feasibly argue in the 1996 version. But would he have much chance against the 2006 Wlad??

[duffgun]

Bowe would have very little chance of beating Lewis.

Lewis had it over him big time. Watch the 88 olymipic final; Bowe is thoroughly dominated by Lewis. Even if you discount the well documented evidence that Bowe was **** scared of fighting Lewis, in the ring Lewis' speed and boxing brain dominates big daddy.

As for the Wlad-Golota fight. I think Golota has a chance, especially if his head is screwed on as you could feasibly argue in the 1996 version. But would he have much chance against the 2006 Wlad??

I think he had the skill to beat lewis but he did clearly dodge him after he won the title, i heard that bowe signed to fight lewis before lewis lost to mccall. i dont know how true that was though.

[beez721]

Tall guys with enough size ROSS PURITY a big bum Mcline 10 rounds corrie sanders davaryll williamson knocked him down should of got a rematch or at least a draw.. ill see if i can find the link about golota but really idont care becuase its old information, it was after the kirk johnson fight

purrity was 6'3 and smaller than wlad,,,as was corrie sanders at 6'4 225...he's 3-0 3 kos against bigger men,,,period,,and that williamson knockdown was an off balance counter shot when wlad missed a big right hand. he got up clear eyed and dominated the rest of the round forcing wiliiamson to hold on. willamson did nothing but run most of the rest of the fight

[beez721]

I dont think bowe was overated if he could have stayed fit he would have beat golata and i think in 1992-1993 he would have beat lewis. I feel that bowe was one of the biggest wasted heavyweight talent.

I agree. he was a very talented big man. had an excellent jab,, big right hand,,,,,vicious upper cut,,,threw punches in combos to both the head and body. there was a big clamor for him and lewis to get it on as they were the best 2 heavyweights at one time and many did think he'd beat lewis but unfortunately he ducked him instead. would have been a great fight

[Hydro]

Wlad wins.

Golota always finds a way to not win the big fight.

[ejk22]

its hard to say wlad isnt good against big heavies.. but vitali ducked golota saying he wasnt ready

I also heard that story. After Golota's draw against Byrd, Golota wanted a rematch and Byrd was unwilling to give him one. Then Golota supposedly contacted Vitali after Vitali defeated Sanders for the WBC belt and Vitali supposedly said to Golota that he is not ready to fight Andrew yet. What Vitali meant by that is anyone's guess.

[ejk22]

Here is a quote taken from a recent interview with Buddy Mcgirt:


A couple of weeks ago, you told me that Andrew Golota asked you to be his trainer. What's going on with that?
I haven't heard anything yet. When Andrew came to my gym, he trained here for 2 weeks and asked if I would be his trainer - and he left. Then, he called me last week and said he still wanted me to train him. But nothing is definite yet.

I am surprised that Golota decided to leave Sam Colonna. Colonna is Polish just like Andrew is and Colonna lives in Chicago which is where Golota lives and prefers to train.
Personally, I think Colonna ****** as a trainer and was terrible at preparation on the day of a fight. If Golota wants to legitimately come back he should hire a good trainer. Buddy Mcgirt is not the right guy for Andrew. Mcgirt is very overrated as a trainer.