Mike Mollo

Check out these very entertaining vids of young Heavyweight, Mike Mollo. Very explosive puncher.

Mollo vs. McBride

Mollo vs. Binkowski

Just watched the Mollo-McBride fight there, first time I've seen Mollo. He's the real deal, best American heavyweight, I think, possible exception of Baby Joe.

Watched the Binkowski fight. Mollo looks like Rocky Marciano Junior.



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I read today on another boxing forum that Don King has been doing a poor job of promoting him - King held him to only two fights in 2008, although he wanted to fight more often. A good heavyweight prospect like Mollo, who often wins by early KO, should be fighting at least four times a year (Platov, Povetkin, Arreola, and Johnson will all have fought four times in 2008).

Mike Mollo will face Andrew Golota on the undercard of Jones vs. Trinidad, Jan 19/08, according to the fightnews.com schedule and doghouseboxing.com. Personally, I would sooner see both of them fight negro opponents.

Boxrec doesn't have anything on that. I hope it's not true. There are still bongonian heavyweights to beat up on.



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If it does happen, though, it could be a hell of a fight. Mollo even looked much better against McBride than did Golota, and when Mollo fought him, McBride had a nine fight winning streak, including Tyson. Much as I like wacky Andrew, I'd pick Mollo.




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JD074-Thanks for the links to the Mike Mollo videos. He`s very impressive and I really look for him to shine in 2008.

Andrew Golotabeat Mike Mollo by UD.Did anybody see the fight?


Where does Mollo go from here?

I seen bits and pieces of it from the Trinidad-Jones undercard. Golata's eye was shut but from what little I seen, Golata was pushing the action. It was the 7th and 8th rounds that I saw.

P.S. Here is what ESPN had to say.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=320503 2

NEW YORK -- Heavyweight Andrew Golota, his eye swollen shut from the fifth round on, won a unanimous decision against Mike Mollo in a grueling action-packed brawl Saturday night on the Roy Jones-Felix Trinidad undercard at Madison Square Garden.

Mollo had called out Golota, a fellow Chicago fighter, in October, and they battled it out from the opening bell.

In the end, with both men utterly exhausted, Golota claimed the decision on scores of 118-109, 116-112 and 116-110. ESPN.com also had it for Golota, 115-113.

"I couldn't see anything after Round 8," Golota said. "I had to box more by feel than by what I could see. He was much faster than I thought he would be. He hit me too many times."

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Just when you thought you had seen the last of him, here comes Andrew Golota again.

Mollo went right at Golota, attacking him with both hands from the opening bell, clearly trying to put doubts in fragile Golota's mind.

Mollo (19-2, 12 KOs) stunned Golota (41-6-1, 33 KOs) with a right hand early in the second, but Golota rebounded to stun Mollo. Golota continued to fire away, and he had Mollo hurt and trying to hold on as the round ended.

In the fourth round, Mollo rocked Golota with a right hand and had him reeling before Golota came back at the end of the exciting round.

Golota's left eye began to swell dramatically in the fifth round after Mollo landed a flush right hand.

Golota, 40, could have used a few more seconds in the eighth because he had an exhausted Mollo in some trouble, but the bell ended the round.

The ninth was action-filled, but Mollo, 27, took some heavy leather. He was hanging on for dear life in the closing seconds of the round and walked toward the wrong corner as the round ended. But Golota's eye was in terrible shape -- it was swollen completely shut.

As the pair went to the 12th, the crowd was on its feet and both fighters were dead tired but trying to finish each other. Mollo was holding again just to keep from falling down from exhaustion but was still punching, and Golota also was doing all he could to score a knockout as the final bell sounded.

"I hope nobody will call me a quitter again," said Golota, who has quit several times in tough spots.

Said Mollo: "I couldn't believe the number of combinations he threw for an old man. I fought the best I could."

Mollo's only previous loss had been a fourth-round TKO to big puncher DaVarryl Williamson in May 2006.

Golota's career has been filled with disappointments -- two disqualification losses to Riddick Bowe, including one that ignited a riot inside the Garden in 1996, and an 0-3-1 record in title fights. But this win probably kept alive his chances for another meaningful bout.

Sucks that Mollo can't beat an old shot fighter. What chance does he have in the division if he's spent while boxing a 40 yr. old???? Very disappointing.

I like Golota but he clearly doesn't want to fight except for the money. He's old and now with this win he's going to be a punching bag for some black fighter to help feed the myth that blacks are still dominant heavy weight fighters.

I saw the whole match, and Mike boxed good until round 5 or 6, after that, Andrew kicked his butt and Mike did nothing but clinch and literally go for takedowns. He was holding more than Matt Skelton, and by the last few rounds he was only staying up by holding Andy's waist and legs. It was not boxing, it was MMA.

He can still improve, but matches like this are one of the main reasons people criticize big boxing today. Mollo is no contender when he can't beat 40 year old Golota.

HAHA - one more title shot for Golota!?

I'm part Polish and wish him the best. But I wouldn't pick Andrew against any of the 4 champs right now. He has the best shot against Maskaev but Golota is not a big puncher. He is very strong but it has been years since he KO'd anyone of note. Please keep Andrew away from Klitschko. When he has doubts going into the ring that is when we see the fouls and the quitting. But it has been a while since that happened.

Mollo needs to move down to cruiserweight. The sheer size of Golota ovewhelmed him. I think the constant leaning and slight wrestling going on gassed him. It's too bad as he is fan friendly fighter. At cruiserweight he could have a strength advantage and power one over a normal contender. As for Golota when was the last time he showed heart and won...

white is right said:

Mollo needs to move down to cruiserweight. The sheer size of Golota ovewhelmed him. I think the constant leaning and slight wrestling going on gassed him. It's too bad as he is fan friendly fighter. At cruiserweight he could have a strength advantage and power one over a normal contender. As for Golota when was the last time he showed heart and won...

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Sounds like a reasonable assessment of the fight. The same thing happened to Chagaev when he fought Skelton; but Chagaev won regardless.

About Mollo, it sounds easy and it may be the best thing for him, but losing 15-25 lbs for some is very, very difficult.

Mollo is a useful fighter, interesting to watch. He's a bit of a punching bag, but he punches back also. He might pull off a couple surprising wins before he's done.

Mollo should try to avenge his loss to Davaryll Williamson. And get away from Don King, whose fighters only fight 1 or 2 times a year. Mollo needs fights every 3-4 months a he is still a bit green.

I just watched the fight (OK - I know I'm behind everyone else here) and was not impressed with Mollo. Great heart and determination but a limited Boxer IMHO. He needs to use his head more (and i means his brainpower not head butts) and his heart less. He did not fight intelligently. He burned himself out - and it was obvious he would do so after about 20 seconds of the first round. It is the first time I have seen him so maybe he had an off night or was just too pumped up. I agree with previous posters that a move down to cruiser may reinvigorate his career and he could do well against smaller opponents. I wish him well.