Friday, May 20, 2005

Brewster vs Golota

Lamon Brewster defends his WBO heavyweight belt against Andrew Golota this Saturday night in Chicago. Brewster is 31-2-0, with 27 KO's; Golota is 38-5-1 with 31 KO's. It's worth mentioning that two of Golota's five losses were due to disqualifications for low blows, both times against Riddick Bowe. There was also that loss against Michael Grant in 1999, where Golota just up and quit in the tenth round. Unfortunately for Golota, these losses seem to continue to haunt him and color his reputation in a very bad way. In the world of boxing, he's still seen as a wild card, a potential head case who is more likely to sabotage himself rather than allow someone else to bring him down. Still, I'm going to put my money (theoretically, not actual money money) on the proposition that he's put these self-destructive tendencies behind him, and will emerge victorious Saturday night.

Despite Brewster's impressive record, at least by the numbers, his most noteworthy win was against Wladimir Klitschko. Klitschko's rep has declined like a lead balloon over the last few years, so I'm not putting much stock in that win. On the other hand, Golota's ring experience against talented heavyweights far exceeds Brewster's. Most recently, Golota lost a somewhat controversial decision against John Ruiz. Before that, he fought Chris Byrd to a draw. He's beaten Corey Sanders, and faced Lennox Lewis, and Riddick Bowe (twice). Although he lost to Lewis and Bowe, those are still examples of the quality of opponent Golota is used to facing. You just can't say the same for Lamon Brewster, whose losses were to Cliff Etienne and Charles Shufford.

I don't see this fight going the distance. This is Andrew Golota's last chance for a belt, and I think he'll make the most of it by knocking Brewster out at some point during the middle rounds.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Golota finyally will be champ!

11:23 AM  

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