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The part of the first paragraph where someone claims that Golota is "best known" for certain negative events in his career seems a bit nasty. It also does not seem very encyclopedic. What's the source for making claims about how he is "best known"? I'm a boxing fan, and I remember Golota mostly for his awesome jab! I think the judgmental part of this paragraph should be removed.
Why the hell is this page here and not under his name ( Andrzej Golota)? Halibutt 22:17, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
As far as The Spice Girls, their real names became public fairly fast after tney became public figures. Trust me on this one, cause I was their #1 fan.
" Antonio Im in Strawberry Fields, the land of the....high lol Martin"
I altered the low blows sentence to correctly state that Bowe did not claim to be hit once in the groin, but rather that watching the fight clearly shows several low blows from Golota. I'm not sure the exact number of low blows, if that is known it should be added.
Changed "Golota's behavior did not bode well with the crowd who booed and threw objects at him as he walked off towards his dressing room."
to
Golota's behavior did not go over well with the crowd, who booed and threw objects at him as he walked off towards his dressing room.
"Bode" is not really appropriate in this sentence. I replaced it with "go over" so as to change the wording a little as possible, but the entire structure of the sentence could probably be improved.
bode 1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. 2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
The entire paragraph is poorly constructed, confusing, and badly worded, in my opinion, and should be re-written.
Perhaps this entire article should be rewritten!
Following User:Pjahr's February 2009 move based on this, this and this, I'm starting this section just for review. Essentially, the article was moved from Andrew Golota to Andrew Golota because, as Pjahr stated in November 2008, "he is Pole". I've reverted since it just seems odd to do it after this many months without any further discussion. However, the article itself uses only Gołota except for the lede. Does anyone else think it should all be switched to Golota to match the sources we are using? -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 05:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
I have added his nickname "Endrju", a polish pronounciation of his english name Andrew. Please discuss if it should be removed by any means. Arivald ( talk) 21:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I have done some clean up on this article. However I feel that it still needs a good deal of work.The article was riddled with things that ranged from inappropriate to untrue.Using terms like "floored" and "dropped" to refer to boxing knockdowns is not appropriate for Wikipedia. I have removed material about Golota "widely being considered the winner" of fights that he lost, as these claims are unsourced. Also, the claim about Golota fighting in the first ever boxing match in China is absolutely false. Boxing has taken place in China for decades and you can find verified, sanctioned bouts on boxrec.com. I can't help but feel that this article was not begun from a position of neutrality. Mk5384 ( talk) 09:16, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
At the beginning of the entry I read Golota has been nicknamed "Foul Pole", but in the short bio box on the right it says his nickname is "Powerful Pole." So what is his real nick? Did some,ahem, Middle-Eastern racist made it up Andrew's nick is "Foul Pole" or indeed "Powerful Pole"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.130.171 ( talk) 03:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I have heard of him being nicknamed "Foul Pole" and I think it should be added back. I feel bad because I like Golota but that is what they called him throughout the 90s. He would have beaten Bowe the first time if he could resist throwing so many low blows. I was watching Gatti v. Ruelas, which happened right before the Lewis v. Golota fight, and between rounds 1 and 2 they showed Golota's locker room with the referee pleading with him to keep his shots above the belt. Obviously, this was completely common knowledge and we should add it back because it is history, despite it being a negative nickname. dj_ansi ( talk) 07:31, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Near the start of the article it states that Golota left Poland and has never returned. Near the bottom of the article it states that he participated on Poland's version of Dancing with the Stars, and his professional fight record shows that he has had some Boxing matches in Poland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.135.162 ( talk) 12:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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The part of the first paragraph where someone claims that Golota is "best known" for certain negative events in his career seems a bit nasty. It also does not seem very encyclopedic. What's the source for making claims about how he is "best known"? I'm a boxing fan, and I remember Golota mostly for his awesome jab! I think the judgmental part of this paragraph should be removed.
Why the hell is this page here and not under his name ( Andrzej Golota)? Halibutt 22:17, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
As far as The Spice Girls, their real names became public fairly fast after tney became public figures. Trust me on this one, cause I was their #1 fan.
" Antonio Im in Strawberry Fields, the land of the....high lol Martin"
I altered the low blows sentence to correctly state that Bowe did not claim to be hit once in the groin, but rather that watching the fight clearly shows several low blows from Golota. I'm not sure the exact number of low blows, if that is known it should be added.
Changed "Golota's behavior did not bode well with the crowd who booed and threw objects at him as he walked off towards his dressing room."
to
Golota's behavior did not go over well with the crowd, who booed and threw objects at him as he walked off towards his dressing room.
"Bode" is not really appropriate in this sentence. I replaced it with "go over" so as to change the wording a little as possible, but the entire structure of the sentence could probably be improved.
bode 1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft. 2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
The entire paragraph is poorly constructed, confusing, and badly worded, in my opinion, and should be re-written.
Perhaps this entire article should be rewritten!
Following User:Pjahr's February 2009 move based on this, this and this, I'm starting this section just for review. Essentially, the article was moved from Andrew Golota to Andrew Golota because, as Pjahr stated in November 2008, "he is Pole". I've reverted since it just seems odd to do it after this many months without any further discussion. However, the article itself uses only Gołota except for the lede. Does anyone else think it should all be switched to Golota to match the sources we are using? -- Ricky81682 ( talk) 05:01, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
I have added his nickname "Endrju", a polish pronounciation of his english name Andrew. Please discuss if it should be removed by any means. Arivald ( talk) 21:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
I have done some clean up on this article. However I feel that it still needs a good deal of work.The article was riddled with things that ranged from inappropriate to untrue.Using terms like "floored" and "dropped" to refer to boxing knockdowns is not appropriate for Wikipedia. I have removed material about Golota "widely being considered the winner" of fights that he lost, as these claims are unsourced. Also, the claim about Golota fighting in the first ever boxing match in China is absolutely false. Boxing has taken place in China for decades and you can find verified, sanctioned bouts on boxrec.com. I can't help but feel that this article was not begun from a position of neutrality. Mk5384 ( talk) 09:16, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
At the beginning of the entry I read Golota has been nicknamed "Foul Pole", but in the short bio box on the right it says his nickname is "Powerful Pole." So what is his real nick? Did some,ahem, Middle-Eastern racist made it up Andrew's nick is "Foul Pole" or indeed "Powerful Pole"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.10.130.171 ( talk) 03:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I have heard of him being nicknamed "Foul Pole" and I think it should be added back. I feel bad because I like Golota but that is what they called him throughout the 90s. He would have beaten Bowe the first time if he could resist throwing so many low blows. I was watching Gatti v. Ruelas, which happened right before the Lewis v. Golota fight, and between rounds 1 and 2 they showed Golota's locker room with the referee pleading with him to keep his shots above the belt. Obviously, this was completely common knowledge and we should add it back because it is history, despite it being a negative nickname. dj_ansi ( talk) 07:31, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Near the start of the article it states that Golota left Poland and has never returned. Near the bottom of the article it states that he participated on Poland's version of Dancing with the Stars, and his professional fight record shows that he has had some Boxing matches in Poland — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.32.135.162 ( talk) 12:06, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
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