Lennox Lewis Vs Andrew Golota, Brutal Heavyweight Boxing Title Bout, Lewis Shows Unbelievable Power
Lennox Lewis Faced Andrew Golota on October 4th 1997, for the WBC Heavyweight Belt. Lewis was only a narrow 6/5 favourite coming into the fight, but nobody including many boxing experts could have predicted what was about to happen.
After just seconds into the fight Lennox Lewis charged at Golota, backing Golota into the ropes before unleashing a barrage of devastating punches from all angles that saw Golota collapsing onto the canvas.
Golota staggered to his feet and looked completely dazed, though the referee Joe Cortez decided to let Golota fight on. Lewis again pounced on Golota, not giving Golota any chance to fully recover.
Lewis drove Golota towards the ropes with another huge barrage of punches that again saw Golota completely overwhelmed, resulting in the Polish fighter hitting the canvas for a second time, but this time the ref had seen enough, and decided to save Golota from any further punishment.
Lennox Lewis, The pride of Great Britain, had retained his WBC Heavy