Golota Blows It Again: He’s Disqualified Against Bowe

The Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota rematch Saturday night was a back-alley brawl, and once again Golota was disqualified for a low blow.

This time, however, there was no riot, as there was when Golota was disqualified for low blows in the seventh round on July 11 at Madison Square Garden.

Golota had knocked down Bowe twice and appeared headed for victory when he landed a left far below the belt that put Bowe down in the ninth round and led referee Eddie Cotton to disqualify Golota.

“I took away one point for a head butt earlier and one point for a low blow and this was a blatant low blow,” Cotton said. “That’s a disqualification.”

“I expect a clean, fair fight,” Golota had said before the match.

It was a brawl, not a fight, and it had a crowd of 12,013 at the Convention Center screaming throughout.

Earlier, Ray Mercer, who has lost some big fights, won one when he outpointed Tim Witherspoon and put himself into the heavyweight picture.

Also, Terrance Cauthen of Philadelphia, an Olympic bronze medalist as a lightweight in Atlanta, and Joel Casamayor, a 1992 Olympic bantamweight champion for Cuba, scored victories.

Cauthen, 135-3/4, making his pro debut, was much too fast for Victor Miller, 135, of New York, and scored a unanimous four-round decision.

Casamayor, 132, who defected earlier this year and now lives in Miami, knocked out Roberto Sierra, 134, of New York, at 1:48 of the first round.

Heavyweight Courage Tshabalala of South Africa, however, was upset when he was stopped in the second round by Brian Scott of Chicago.