1960s Midcentury Holland Mold Signed Busts – Set of 2

Details Details Close Description 1 Charming Sporting Gilt Bronze Form Of Polish Fighting Boxer Andrew Golota Sculpture Signed. Subject known fighter boxer Andrew Golota in his prime standing in his boxing position stance wearing his boxing gloves and trunks and boxing boots. Made from cast bronze with a fabulous gilt finish, the casting is superb to his muscle shape and the creased to his trunks which creates an impression of flowing movement. It has the inscription Golota on his belt area and signed by the sculptor on the base. Highly collectible due to the sporting subject matter. Mounted on a built in rectangle base. Circa late end of 20th century 1990’s. Nice relative small size standing 35 cm high and quite heavy being around 6kg in weight. Visual beauty such fine craftsmanship, exceptional modelled design which is totally magnificent. 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. On October 4, 1997, he became the first Pole to challenge for a heavyweight boxing crown when he fought WBC champion Lennox Lewis at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. In November 2016, Golota was inducted into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame. The Warsaw-born, Golota had 111 wins and 10 losses in an amateur career that culminated in his winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Golota won other international amateur tournaments as well. In 1990, he got into a fight with a machinist “about half a foot and 50 pounds smaller” in a bar in Poland. Facing charges of assault and battery, he fled rather than risk five years in prison. Later that year, he married an American citizen of Polish descent and settled in Chicago.Gołota’s Olympic results were as follows: 1st round bye Defeated Svilen Rusinov (Bulgaria) 5-0 Defeated Harold Obunga (Kenya) 5-0, Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (South Korea) RSC 2. In 1992, Golota turned professional, knocking out Roosevelt Shuler in three rounds. He had three more knockouts and then went the distance for the first time, defeating Robert Smith in six rounds. He won his next 16 fights by knockout. His wins included Bobby Crabtree and Jeff Lampkin. Following his KO of Crabtree he was featured in Ring Magazine’s new faces section. Soon after, he faced a respected contender, Maron Wilson. Golota won a ten-round decision. He won his next five bouts by knockout. His opponents included Samson Po’uha and Darnell Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time. The win over Po’uha was memorable for the moment in which Gołota bit Po’uha on the side of the neck, two years before the bite-including rematch between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. Golota’s first high-profile fight came against former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe. Bowe had not fought in nearly a year since his third and final fight with Evander Holyfield, which he won by technical knockout in the eighth round, and had said regarding his opponent, “how do you train for a bum?”, paying no attention to his opponent’s win–loss record. The fight was held at Madison Square Garden on 11 July 1996, and was televised by HBO as part of its World Championship Boxing series. Despite two losses in a row, Gołota became the WBC number one contender. On 4 October 1997, he received a shot at the world’s Heavyweight championship against Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Gołota was knocked out in the first round. Gołota subsequently claimed that an injection of lidocaine for tendonitis in his right knee given to him by his physician shortly before the fight made him woozy and impaired his vision. The adverse effects of lidocaine include dizziness, blurred vision, seizures. As a result, he filed a medical malpractice suit against his physician, claiming that the injection had cost him the fight and a deal with HBO for $21 million to broadcast his next four to five fights. Gołota’s boxing career continued with his beating former 2-time world champion Tim Witherspoon by decision.In 2000, Gołota fought in China beating Marcus Rhodes with a third-round knockout. Later in 2000, he faced former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Tyson knocked Golota down in the first round, and in between rounds Golota told his corner to stop the fight but his corner talked him into continuing. In the third round, as he had done in the Grant match, Gołota told the referee he did not want to continue, despite his team desperately urging him on. He later claimed a headbutt impaired him during the fight, which was one of his main reasons for deciding not to continue. The result of the fight was later changed to no contest when Tyson failed a post fight drug test, On 13 November 2004, Gołota received his second world title shot in a row. Despite knocking down WBA champion John Ruiz twice within the bout, he lost by unanimous decision. Golota received his third world title try in a row on 21 May 2005 against WBO champion Lamon Brewster. Though heavily favored to win, Gołota lost when Brewster knocked him down three times inside the first round, prompting the referee to stop the bout. On 9 June 2007, he beat Jeremy Bates in the 2nd round by technical knockout. Gołota fought Kevin McBride on October 6, 2007 in Madison Square Garden and won by TKO in the 6th round, winning the inaugural IBF North American Heavyweight championship. On 19 January 2008, Gołota defeated Mike Mollo by unanimous decision in 12 rounds to win the World Boxing Association Fedelatin heavyweight championship belt. In January, 2009, Gołota lost by first-round TKO to Ray Austin. On 24 October 2009 in Łódź, Gołota fought Tomasz Adamek and lost by TKO in the 5th round. The event was hosted on Polsat TV. Professional boxing record 52 fights, 41 wins, 9 losses, 1 draw and 1 no contest.So collectible & highly sought after by collectors. Condition report. Offered in fine used patina wear condition. With wear scratches and some minor gilt losses in areas commensurate with usage & age. We offer our clients exceptional professional customer service. . Browse our other exciting Fine Art, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery. Dimensions in centimetres Height (35 cm) Width of base (12 cm) Depth of base (13 cm) less DIMENSIONS 4.72ʺW × 5.11ʺD × 13.77ʺH STYLES Traditional ART SUBJECTS Figure PERIOD 1990s COUNTRY OF ORIGIN France ITEM TYPE Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned MATERIALS Bronze CONDITION Original Condition Unaltered, Needs Restoration COLOR Bronze TEAR SHEET CONDITION NOTES Condition report. Offered in fine used patina wear condition. With wear scratches and some minor gilt losses in areas commensurate … more See less