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  • Chicago boxer Andrew Golota may face deportation

    06/25/2012 5:47:48 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 8 replies
    Chicago Tribune ^ | June 25, 2012 | Steve Schmadeke
    Andrew Golota, one of Chicago's best-known boxers, was once within a few low blows of winning a world heavyweight title. Now his family says he's facing his biggest fight in years — deportation. Golota, 44, a Northbrook resident and national hero in Poland, learned two years ago that he was in deportation proceedings, court records show.
  • THIS ONE MIGHT GET UGLY

    11/13/2004 12:16:30 PM PST · by Lukasz · 6 replies · 302+ views
    TheWesterlySun ^ | 13 Oct 2004 | AP
    NEW YORK (AP) - When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That's the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight title against Golota as part of a heavyweight extravaganza at Madison Square Garden that features more than a ton of boxing's biggest fighters. Ruiz owns a piece of the heavyweight title despite a clinching, hugging style that draws more boos than cheers from the fans he hasn't already put to sleep. Still, it has been effective enough for Ruiz to...