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Andrew Golota

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Andrzej Jan Gołota (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ɡɔˈwɔta]; born 5 January 1968), best known as Andrew Golota, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Golota is the 95th most popular boxer (down from 80th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from Poland (down from 949th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Andrew Golota ranks 95 out of 496. Before him are Carmelo Bossi, Herbert Runge, Tibor Csík, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Francisco Cabañas, and Alexis Argüello. After him are Paul Fritsch, Amado Azar, Oscar De La Hoya, Ulderico Sergo, Jerzy Kulej, and Aureliano Bolognesi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Andrew Golota ranks 180. Before him are Florence Devouard, Dorinel Munteanu, Chayanne, Boris Gelfand, Alex Zülle, and Bill Lawrence. After him are Kurt Angle, Ziggy Marley, Hwang Sun-hong, Frank Leboeuf, Jeri Ryan, and Shawn Levy.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrew Golota ranks 951 out of 1,694. Before him are Frederick Jagiellon (1468), O. E. Hasse (1903), Władysław Tatarkiewicz (1886), Paul Gordan (1837), Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz (1861), and Leszek Engelking (1955). After him are Moritz Pasch (1843), Otto Toeplitz (1881), Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884), Klausjürgen Wussow (1929), Helga Haase (1934), and Karol Olszewski (1846).

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Among BOXERS In Poland

Among boxers born in Poland, Andrew Golota ranks 1. After him are Jerzy Kulej (1940), Willy Kaiser (1912), Jan Szczepański (1939), Janusz Gortat (1948), Dariusz Michalczewski (1968), Hans Ziglarski (1905), and Tomasz Adamek (1976).

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