Golota quits after second round

AUBURN HILLS (MICHIGAN), OCT. 21. Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson defeated Andrew Golota when the Polish fighter inexplicably quit after the second round of their scheduled ten- round bout. Golota refused to allow his trainer, Al Certo, to put his mouthpiece in for the third round and walked over to the referee and pushed him away. Certa followed Golota hollering, ``What are you doing? What are you doing?''

Tyson was then declared the winner.

Golota was knocked down in the first round by a short right cross to the head but got up immediately and did not appear to be seriously injured. Golota looked slow against the fast Tyson but the Pole appeared to be weathering Tyson's attack in the second round as they slugged it out toe to toe.

Tyson, who said after Thursday's weigh-in that he planned to retire after this fight, landed the hardest punches as Golota was mostly swatting at Tyson.

Tyson, 34, improved to 49-3. Golota, 32, dropped to 36-5. As Golota left the ring, fans booed and threw containers of popcorn and beer at him.

- Reuters

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