But surely the greatest friend to every fighter he ever harangued into boxing better than that fighter thought possible at the moment Duva’s face was in […] Which you might as well because even an hour and a half after the fight Bowe was in no condition to answer. 8X10 PHOTO. Po'hua understandably lost his nerve and then the fight in five rounds. The greatest frustration was that it failed to reach the honourable conclusion its raw courage demanded. Golota struggled until he bit his rival on the neck during a clinch. As for Golota, he was so far ahead and so close to concluding a life-altering victory that what he did was like tearing up a lottery ticket with five winning numbers before the sixth ball could be drawn. His trainer, 74-year-old Lou Duva, leaves the ring on a stretcher and is taken to hospital.More than 20 others injured, 14 arrested. Even after his deductions he was between two and four points ahead in the official scoring and at the end of the eighth I noted: Only a disqualification can save Bowe now. It's hard to tell any boxer to quit but they should certainly give him a very thorough examination before even thinking of letting him fight again.' Golota was admitted overnight for X-rays of his jaw and stitches to his eye and mouth but Duva said: `Those things will heal but I'm not so sure about the damage from all those big shots taken by Riddick. He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
In the mayhem, the late Lou Duva, the Hall of Fame legendary trainer of Golota, was knocked to the ground and began to experience chest pains and shortness of breath. Lou Duva, the respected veteran trainer, is threatening to walk away from Golota unless he vows to box clean and clever in future. Mayor Rudy Giuliani sequestered for his own safety in Golota’s dressing room. Since he had already had two points deducted - one for previous below-the-belt work, the other for butting Bowe - referee Ed Cotton had little option but to rule that history had thereby repeated itself. The terrifying Andrew Golota was looking for all the world like the prospective first white heavyweight champion for more than 30 years when he succumbed yet again to the temptation to hit Riddick Bowe somewhere between the knee than the navel. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, This was a fight of such majestic brutality and wrenching intensity that it will be remembered as one of the epic slugfests of the modern era. Lou was the man."
Whether it came in time to save him from permanent harm is another matter. Not the greatest fighter, as he would be the first to admit. See our
This Polish emigre, who fights like a cross between a Mafia hit-man and a Sherman tank, was disqualified for the second time while in the process of giving Big Daddy Bowe such a beating that his own mother is begging him to forget Lennox Lewis and quit. Good advice, if you ask me. He was released today. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Only bewilderment that a 28-year-old man who had been through so much pain to reach the threshold of fame and fortune could commit professional suicide again. He’s a guy who gets up at 6 o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. Lou Duva, the respected veteran trainer, is threatening to walk away from Golota unless he vows to box clean and clever in future. However, with less than 10 seconds left in the round and despite repeated urgings from his trainer, Lou Duva, to finish Bowe off with jabs, he unleashed a right-left-right flurry to Bowe's groin, sending Bowe to the canvas in pain.
With Evander Holyfield confirming at ringside his intention of giving Mike Tyson a world title rematch in May or June, Britain's leading contender Lewis may be running out of future opponents because it is arguable whether either of the two candidates who left the ring in uproar here should be allowed back in. ANDREW GOLOTA. Then, pawing the air like a blind dog, he took such a belting from ropes to corner-post that his corner men reached for the white towel at the end of the seventh.
"Fighting for survival has been the story of his life." Bowe took so much punishment before being declared the winner while flat on his back that Frank Maloney, the manager of Lewis, held up contracts drawn up the night before, and which have been years in the making, and said: `We're not sure any longer that we want to sign these.' But Bowe mumbled to his trainer Thell Torrence through swollen lips: `If you stop it now I'll kick your butt.' Big Daddy was saved by the bell in the fifth. Not only did Golota lose a point but he succeeded in slitting his left eye open like a tomato soup can hit with a chisel. Lou Duva, Golota's 74-year-old trainer, was carried from the ring on a stretcher and hospitalized.
Several fans were injured or arrested, and Golota's manager, Lou Duva, was hospitalized for observation. Lou Duva (boxing trainer), discussing fighter Andrew Golota.
Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. About There was no melee in the hall this time. That it would have been better suited to a wild bar or a dark alley does not detract from the primitive gallantry of both men.
Lou Duva (1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager.
Golota continued to cruise in round nine and was leading on all three judges' cards. Privacy policy. But he is equally concerned that Bowe should not delay in following his man to hospital.