Brewster kos Golota in 1

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Lamon Brewster, a 'bum' in the warped minds of curmudgeon boxing 'experts', just flattened Andrew Golota in less than one minute. Brewster (who also kod Wlad Klitschko in 5 rounds for his "WBO" title) is now among the legitimate top-5 heavys in the world. The entire heavyweight landscaped has been shaken...Ruiz and Byrd look awful for winning suspect decisions over Golota, Golota was a top contender a couple of hours ago and is now finished, and Brewster has made his name huge. The only other person to handle Golota like this was Lennox Lewis.

 

---this is the quickie story from fightnews.com---

Brewster annihilates Golota!

By Robert Hoffman & Jacob Chavez at ringside

WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster needed just 53 seconds to annihilate Andrew Golota Saturday night at the United Center in Chicago. Brewster (32-2, 28 KOs) almost immediately knocked down Golota (38-6-1, 31 KOs) with a left hook. Golota got up, but another left hook blasted him through the ropes. Golota got himself untangled with some difficulty, but a Brewster barrage punctuated by another left hook dropped Golota again. At this point, referee Geno Rodriguez stopped the carnage. In his unprecedented third consecutive title shot, Golota disappointed a huge throng of hometown Polish-Americans among the 20,126 in attendance, not to mention boxing bettors who made him a 2.5 to 1 favorite. Conversly, Brewster's stock in the heavyweight division has gone up considerably with this impressive win.

[UZI Suicide 0]

 

He'll take care of this Brewster character.

[Guest Redhawk]

Tyson also got Golota outta there pretty quickly. I think Golota walked out after Round 2 with Mike.

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He'll take care of this Brewster character.

Iron Mike got kod by Danny Williams, who is about 100 notches below Golota and Wlad...

 

Brewster vs. Tyson would be a hell of a fight, but Mike's time is way past....Brewster wins inside 6 rounds.

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Tyson also got Golota outta there pretty quickly. I think Golota walked out after Round 2 with Mike.

Technically that fight is a no-contest due to Tyson testing positive for drugs afterwards (though, iirc, it was marijuana which is definitly not enhancing anybody's boxing performance).

 

Also, that was during a time when Golota looked horrible. In his last two fights Golota has lost razorclose (and imo won both) decisions to beltholders Ruiz and Byrd. Golota was a 2.5-1 favorite tonight. None of the 'experts' were giving Brewster any credit at all...and now he deserves it. He smoked Golota.

[Guest Brian]

 

He'll take care of this Brewster character's ear.

Edited for accuracy.

[Guest Brian]

 

Golota after finding out he's coming in at his heaviest weight, 248.

[NoCalMike 0]

Brewster had a very good plan of attack for the fight. Golota just stood there in front of Brewster and took punch after punch, hoping to find an opening to hit back before getting KO'd. Brewster said it himself after the fight that Golota's plan or lack thereof sucked.

 

Before people go licking Brewster's ass, look up and down at his record at some of the bums he has lost to.

 

Vitali vs. Brewster would be intriguing, since Vitali likes to get revenge on fighters who KO his brother, but Vitali is kind of wrapped up for the year since he has a mandatory against the winner of Rahman/Barret, however after that, if Brewster is still around, I see Vitali/Brewster being a money-maker.

[Jericholic82 0]

WOW. Maybe Brewster is legit. But cmon Golata gets beat by everybody. He hasn't done anything of note since inciting a riot at MSG in 96 (I have that on tape, crazy stuff).

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WOW. Maybe Brewster is legit. But cmon Golata gets beat by everybody. He hasn't done anything of note since inciting a riot at MSG in 96 (I have that on tape, crazy stuff).

He barely lost controversial decisions to 'champions' Byrd and Ruiz. The Byrd fight was a draw and he dropped Ruiz twice. Those were his two most recent fights before Brewster...and I scored Golota winning both of them.

 

The Golota of last Saturday looked to be far more emotionally stable and prepared than during his previous loss to no-contest to Lewis and Tyson.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

John Ruiz's claim as "champion" is as legitimate as my own. He has now lost his ABC title three times, yet he is still there.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I think this whole scenario just shows how bad the heavyweights are right now. Sure, there's some parity, but it's just going to be clowns like Brewster getting mandatory shots only to be eaten by Vitaly.

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Man, this fight got more attention than Corrales/Castillo?

 

- Anyways, Brewster looked better than he has a in a while, but the fact is Golota has never beaten a puncher, came in quite out of shape, and recently couldn't even finish off a hurt Ruiz even with the help of some of the worst reffering I've seen in a while (2 knockdowns? Suuuure...).

 

Meanwhile, Brewster is still the guy that was arguably defeated by Kali Meehan last year, just a bit more motivated for one fight thus far. As much as I hate the guy, Vitali would probably starch Brewster inside the distance, and that's assuming Brewster doesn't lose his motivation once more between now and then.

 

- Ruiz's claim to a title is legit because... well, he keeps beating ranked heavies (Holyfield, Johnson, Rahman, Oquendo & Golota thus far). The Toney incident may prove some theory to him having a horseshoe up his ass, but in terms of resume, he's right near the top of the divison.

[Jericholic82 0]

Vitali vs Brewster sounds like a lock to me, they can hype the hell out of it.

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Vitali vs Brewster sounds like a lock to me, they can hype the hell out of it.

Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali.

[NoCalMike 0]

Man, this fight got more attention than Corrales/Castillo?

Yep, that is all about HBO vs. Showtime. HBO has the stars, Showtime has the workrate. At least 75% of the time.

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Its always funny how Lampley and Merchant will jabber on about how the ABC organizations in boxing are terrible with their horrible mandatory contenders...then they always air the fights anyway.

 

Like Roy Jones vs. Ricky Frazier back in the day

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

Did you miss that punch he caught Lennox with in South Africa?

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

Did you miss that punch he caught Lennox with in South Africa?

I think he means besides the "Fluke factor"

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

Did you miss that punch he caught Lennox with in South Africa?

I think he means besides the "Fluke factor"

It's not simply about Rahman being that good of a fighter (he isn't), but rather of Vitali not being one either. An old, sloppy, out-of-shape Corrie Sanders hurt Vitali early in their fight (but couldn't put him down), and even as Sanders plodded around the ring throwing the occasional wild punch, Klitschko couldn't put him away until the more than midway through the fight.

 

Rahman has exceptional power (amongst the best in the HW division), and though not a decent mover, has a good enough jab to not get consistently blasted at range like Danny Williams did. That alone is enough to give Vitali a shitload of problems. And though people like to talk about about Vitali's seemingly proven chin, he's been heavily rocked by out-of-shape, over-the-hill punchers before.

 

However, none of that matters if Rahman is as lackluster as he normally has been over the past few years.

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Brewster had a very good plan of attack for the fight. Golota just stood there in front of Brewster and took punch after punch, hoping to find an opening to hit back before getting KO'd. Brewster said it himself after the fight that Golota's plan or lack thereof sucked.

I've just seen the fight. It looked like Golota was way too slow, and seemingly unprepared for how fast Brewster was going to be. I got the impression that Golota was almost literally stunned by how fast Brewster was punching at him.

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

Did you miss that punch he caught Lennox with in South Africa?

I think he means besides the "Fluke factor"

It's not simply about Rahman being that good of a fighter (he isn't), but rather of Vitali not being one either. An old, sloppy, out-of-shape Corrie Sanders hurt Vitali early in their fight (but couldn't put him down), and even as Sanders plodded around the ring throwing the occasional wild punch, Klitschko couldn't put him away until the more than midway through the fight.

 

Rahman has exceptional power (amongst the best in the HW division), and though not a decent mover, has a good enough jab to not get consistently blasted at range like Danny Williams did. That alone is enough to give Vitali a shitload of problems. And though people like to talk about about Vitali's seemingly proven chin, he's been heavily rocked by out-of-shape, over-the-hill punchers before.

 

However, none of that matters if Rahman is as lackluster as he normally has been over the past few years.

Umm, Sanders never hurt Vitali, you need to rewatch the fight. When Vitali gets hit, he does the smart thing and gets out of trouble, unlike his brother who freaks out and doesn't know what to do.

 

Vitali never drops people early because he actually tries to box, and work the ring smartly. In other words, he fights CORRECTLY for being a big tall oager of a man. He won't just punch for the sake of punching, and he paces himself and looks for openings. Not saying he is the greatest fighter or anything, but to me right now he is the cream of the crop of the sad heavyweight division until someone beats him.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

A good point was brought up there with Rahman not being very mobile. That's death against someone Klitschko's size, who fools people into thinking he's slow.

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Well, there's an outside (and by that I mean VERY small) chance that Rahman will figh to his potential and defeat Barret & Vitali

 

I have never seen anything from Rahman that would suggest that he could take Vitali.

Did you miss that punch he caught Lennox with in South Africa?

I think he means besides the "Fluke factor"

It's not simply about Rahman being that good of a fighter (he isn't), but rather of Vitali not being one either. An old, sloppy, out-of-shape Corrie Sanders hurt Vitali early in their fight (but couldn't put him down), and even as Sanders plodded around the ring throwing the occasional wild punch, Klitschko couldn't put him away until the more than midway through the fight.

 

Rahman has exceptional power (amongst the best in the HW division), and though not a decent mover, has a good enough jab to not get consistently blasted at range like Danny Williams did. That alone is enough to give Vitali a shitload of problems. And though people like to talk about about Vitali's seemingly proven chin, he's been heavily rocked by out-of-shape, over-the-hill punchers before.

 

However, none of that matters if Rahman is as lackluster as he normally has been over the past few years.

Umm, Sanders never hurt Vitali, you need to rewatch the fight. When Vitali gets hit, he does the smart thing and gets out of trouble, unlike his brother who freaks out and doesn't know what to do.

 

Vitali never drops people early because he actually tries to box, and work the ring smartly. In other words, he fights CORRECTLY for being a big tall oager of a man. He won't just punch for the sake of punching, and he paces himself and looks for openings. Not saying he is the greatest fighter or anything, but to me right now he is the cream of the crop of the sad heavyweight division until someone beats him.

When somebody gets hit and stumbles a bit, that's hurt. How someone reacts to getting hurt is a different story, but to act as though that Sander's left had no effect is recockulous. Besides, Rahman has enough one-punch power to concievably put nearly anybody at HW away with a single shot.

 

And whether or not Vitali tries to box or fight smartly is not is not the issue here. He uses his size well, and his awkwardness often helps him as well. However, he was hitting a dead tired Sanders for 5 rounds before finally putting him away. The only time in recent memory Vitali has bombed someone out when they've given him reason to is Kirk Johnson. Overall, Vitali can hit with some decent power, but it's not comparable to the divsion's heaviest hitters, and he's shown a lack of killer instinct at times (in spite of his KO ratio).

 

Rahman is often a plodder to be sure, but as I said before, he has a good jab when he uses to it help close the distance, and has experience fighting taller (and often mobile) HW's.

 

I still think Vitali is a big favorite if the fight happens, but if Rahman shows up prepared, I give him a 50/50 shot at least.