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DOWN AND DIRTY

NEAR Detroit one night in 2000, fans went to the boxing hoping for a dirty fight.

It is pointless being polite about Mike Tyson vs Andrew Golota – people expected the unexpected; they wanted to see a vicious circus. It seemed written in the boxing stars. Instead, they got a dose of shocking madness and two great rounds of boxing.

At about 10pm on that Friday night in October, Golota quit after two rounds and ran screaming and ranting to his dressing room. He looked like a maniac. It was the latest and craziest

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