Andrew Golota
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Golota in 2008
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| Nickname(s) | Powerful Pole | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rated at | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 201 cm (79 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Andrzej Gołota 5 January 1968 Warsaw, Poland |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Andrew Golota (born Andrzej Gołota; AHN-dzey go-WO-ta; January 1968) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2013. He challenged four times for a heavyweight world title (by all four major sanctioning bodies), and as an amateur won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Olympics. Despite his accomplishments and more than 40 professional wins, Golota is best known for twice being disqualified against Riddick Bowe for low blows in fights that he appeared to be winning.
The Warsaw-born Golota had 111 wins in an amateur career that culminated in his winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Golota won other international amateur tournaments as well.
In 1990, he got into a fight with Piotr Białostocki in a bar in Poland. Facing charges of assault and battery, he fled rather than risk five years in prison. Later that year, he married an American citizen of Polish descent and settled in Chicago. Gołota's Olympic results were as follows:
In 1992, he turned professional, knocking out Roosevelt Shuler in three rounds. He had three more knockouts and then went the distance for the first time, defeating Robert Smith in six rounds. He won his next 16 fights by knockout. His wins included Bobby Crabtree and Jeff Lampkin. Following his KO of Crabtree he was featured in Ring Magazine's new faces section. Soon after, he faced a respected contender, Maron Wilson. Golota won a ten-round decision. He won his next five bouts by knockout. His opponents included Samson Po'hua and Darnell Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time. The win over Po'hua was memorable for the moment in which Gołota bit Po'hua on the shoulder, two years before the infamous bite-filled rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.
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