Andrew Golota
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| Born | Andrzej Gołota 5 January 1968 Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 201 cm (79 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrzej Jan Gołota (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ɡɔˈwɔta]; born 5 January 1968), best known as Andrew Golara, 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 perhaps best known for twice being disqualified against Riddick Bowe for repeated low blows in fights that Golota was winning. On October 4, 1997, he became the first Pole to challenge for a heavyweight boxing crown when he fought WBC champion Lennox Lewis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He had a bout with Mike Tyson in 2000, which he first withdrew from, but afterward was ruled no-contest. In November 2016, Golota was inducted into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame.