BOXER

Andrew Golota

1968 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Golota has received more than 1,961,950 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Andrew Golota is the 80th most popular boxer (up from 93rd in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from Poland (down from 939th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Boxer.

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  • 55.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Andrew Golota ranks 80 out of 496. Before him are Thomas Hearns, Ernie Terrell, Oscar De La Hoya, Santiago Lovell, Piero Toscani, and Rafael Iglesias. After him are José Torres, Herbert Runge, James J. Jeffries, George Chuvalo, Carmelo Robledo, and Issake Dabore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Andrew Golota ranks 174. Before him are Hedi Slimane, David MacMillan, Alex Zülle, Klas Ingesson, Catherine Bell, and Dorinel Munteanu. After him are Christopher McQuarrie, Leticia Calderón, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Kurt Angle, Sandra Roelofs, and Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Andrew Golota ranks 949 out of 1,694. Before him are Heinrich Göppert (1800), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), Łukasz Górnicki (1527), Adam Asnyk (1838), Mordecai Ardon (1896), and Wacław of Szamotuły (1520). After him are Wojciech Fibak (1952), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (1959), Alfred Stock (1876), Gustav Neumann (1838), Ursula Happe (1926), and Jakub Wujek (1541).

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Among BOXERS In Poland

Among boxers born in Poland, Andrew Golota ranks 2. Before him are Janusz Gortat (1948). After him are Willy Kaiser (1912), Jerzy Kulej (1940), Dariusz Michalczewski (1968), Jan Szczepański (1939), Hans Ziglarski (1905), and Tomasz Adamek (1976).

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