THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
5 RIDDICK BOWE w dq 7ANDREW GOLOTA
July 11, 1996; Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
THE manner in which this escalated from intriguing heavyweight contest into a full blown riot via rule-breaking of the most flagrant kind – all in the space of 25 minutes – is off the scale, even when you’re using boxing history as the barometer. Golota, who had previous for biting and head-butting, bossed the favoured Bowe before hitting him in the knackers in round four. He continued to go low – even thought he was winning – before he
