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The Fight Of The Night....!
By Mike Indri
In the night's co-feature bout heavyweight contender Andrew Golota made like Arturo Gatti and fought twelve rounds of no holds barred, old school, back in the alley-type fighting.
With his left eye bruised and grotesquely closed shut since the sixth round, Andrew Golota sucked it up and took control of a fight against a confident, up and coming Mike Mollo; twelve years his junior. Practically an even fight after eight rounds, Golota withstood a heavy-handed pounding from the twenty-eight year fighter nicknamed "Merciless" and hurt his fellow Chicago neighbor with several big right hands in round nine, which had Mollo holding on to survive. Continuing the assault in the tenth, Golota landed a left hook, and how Mollo was able to wobble back to his corner amazed the exhilarated crowd. How Mollo ever finished the bout on his feet is truly a testament to the heart and fortitude of this young hopeful, who definitely gained more than he lost in defeat tonight. Golota, unable to see out of his left eye, smartly turned southpaw at times late, so as to continue the battle - there surely was no quit in Mr. Golota tonight, and the boxing fans appreciated the effort from a fighter who always had the tools and talent to be a champion. At forty years old, Golota fought one of his best fights and will get another chance to prove his merit. With the spectacular win Golota improved to 41-6-1 (33 KO's), Mollo, who put up a valiant fight, now is 19-2 (12 KO's). Nothing but great things can be said about both these giant-hearted fighters, who both left it all in the Madison Square Garden ring tonight.
Golota tops Mollo by decision
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
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."
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.

Andrew Golota Decisions Mollo in a Brawl
By Mark Vester
On the undercard to Felix Trinidad-Roy Jones Jr. at New York's Madison Square Garden, a battle of Chicago heavyweight rivals saw 40-year-old Andrew Golota (43-6-1, 34KOs) win a unanimous twelve-round decision over 27-year-old Mike Mollo (19-1, 12KO). The scores were 116-110, 116-112 and 118-109.
The first round was seesaw contest between Golota and Mollo, with Mollo starting fast and Golota finishing strong with accurate punches. For the next two rounds, Golota used a left jab to set up hard rights to knock Mollo around. The younger Mollo came back in rounds four and five, landing hard right hands to the head and closed Golota's left eye in the process.
Around the sixth, Golota began to come back with bodyshots to slow Mollo down. The next two rounds saw Golota continue his assault with bodyshots and rights to push an incoming Mollo away. In the ninth, Molla was badly hurt by a combination, but was able to last to the end with pure heart as he appeared to be out on his feet.
Mollo was still exhausted in the final three rounds, using his heart to continue forward in the fight. The physical status led to tenth and eleventh rounds being close. He would start the rounds well and tired midway, which allowed Golota to end them strong with combinations to the head and body. The final round saw Mollo hurt early and hang on for the full three minutes with Golota trying his best to finish him off.
The fight received a standing ovation from the crowd.
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September 14, 2007
BY ROMAN MODROWSKI [email protected]
There are moments, whether it was something we saw or heard, that for various reasons -- some we can't understand -- are burned into our memory. For heavyweight boxer Mike Mollo, that moment followed his first amateur bout nearly 11 years ago.
After the fight, which Mollo won, his brother Orlando said: ''That's the start of a good career.''
Orlando was right. Mollo (18-1, 11 knockouts) is ranked sixth in the world by the World Boxing Association and will try to take another step toward a title shot when he takes on Art Binkowski (16-1, 11 KOs) on Oct. 13 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.
There will be an Orlando Mollo in the audience, but it won't be Mike's brother. A drug overdose took the life of Mike's elder sibling on Oct. 7, 2000.
Nine months later, Mike and his wife, Carrie, gave birth to their only child, Orlando.
''When I lost my brother, it almost killed me,'' Mollo said. ''It broke my heart. He was my best friend, my idol.
''And then God gave us our son.''
The 6-year-old will see his dad fight live for the first time. And what he'll see is an inspired boxer.
''My brother, pretty much, is all I'm thinking about when I fight,'' Mollo said. ''I have a huge drive from it. I fight with a lot of emotion, and that has a lot to do with it. You could see a difference in how I fought before and after he passed away. I just fight with more passion, like it's personal.
''And now with my son in the crowd, it's going to be a good thing. It will definitely give me an added push not to lose.''
Mollo's claim to fame was knocking out Kevin McBride in the second round on Oct. 7, 2006, at Allstate Arena. While the mauling was impressive, Mollo also remembered what was said after the fight.
''He told me I hit harder than [Mike] Tyson,'' Mollo said. ''I was thankful he told me that. I knew I hit hard, but it was kind of reassuring.''
Critics will argue, and not without some validity, that when McBride scored a sixth-round technical knockout over Tyson on July 11, 2005, it was well past Tyson's prime. That's not an indictment of Mollo, whose only responsibility is to beat the other person in the ring.
''When I beat McBride, people were treating it like it was a fluke instead of an accomplishment,'' Mollo said. ''It's not like I dragged it out six or seven rounds. He was fresh.''
He was also 6 inches taller and about 50 pounds heavier than the 6-1, 227-pound Mollo.
''Mike's kind of short for a heavyweight, but Tyson was short, too,'' said Mike Garcia, one of Mollo's trainers. ''If I can get him to get inside with the big guys, with his speed and power, he can be successful.''
Mollo's attacking style is one of the reasons the Oak Lawn native has gained a large local following. The fan base on Oct. 13 will include one young man who will be cheering louder than most.

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