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Brewster takes care of business in 53 ticks
Associated Press
CHICAGO -- WBO heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster made quick work of Andrew Golota on Saturday night, scoring a technical knockout 53 seconds into their scheduled 12-round bout at the United Center.
Brewster knocked down Golota three times with thunderous left hooks, the first coming 13 seconds into the bout. After Golota got up, Brewster continued to attack and knocked the challenger between the second and third ropes.
Then, Brewster (32-2, 28 knockouts) landed a series of punches and ended the fight with another left hook that dropped Golota.
It was a quick end to the fight, and, possibly, Golota's career. The 37-year-old Golota (38-6-1, 31 KOs) said he would retire if he didn't win.
The Golota-Brewster fight was the first heavyweight championship bout in the Chicago area since Mike Weaver won the WBA title in a 15-round decision over James "Quick" Tillis at the Rosemont Horizon in October 1981.
Golota was fighting in his fourth title bout. The first was in 1997, when Lennox Lewis scored a first-round technical knockout. Golota got that title shot after consecutive disqualifications for low blows while leading Riddick Bowe.
Most recently, Golota was coming off a controversial decision loss to WBA champion John Ruiz in November and a draw against IBF champ Chris Byrd seven months earlier. The loss to Ruiz especially grated on Golota, who knocked his opponent down twice in the second round that night. Ruiz also had a point deducted for hitting on the break in the fourth.
Still, the title eluded Golota that night, just as it did Saturday.
Golota simply showed nothing fighting in his adopted hometown. He received mostly cheers, with a few boos, from the crowd of 20,126 in the pre-fight introductions.
