BOWE-GOLOTA II, DEJA VU, AS POLE IS DQED AGAIN.

Byline: Ed Schuyler Jr. Daily News Staff Writer

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. It was also what critics of the fight game detest.

Golota knocked Bowe down with a right and left hook to the head at 1:03 of the second round. Bowe got up at four and then took a barrage of blows but fought back and somehow Golota was cut over the left eye. Shortly thereafter, Golota was penalized a point for head-butting Bowe.

Bowe rallied in the third round and then in the fourth knocked Golota down with four overhand rights 55 seconds into the round. Golota got up and the two went toe to toe before Golota was penalized a point for a low blow with 35 seconds left in the round.

In the fifth round, three left jabs and a right sent Bowe backward, and he went down from a left-right to the head at 1:49. He got up at seven and took a battering while trapped along the ropes.

From then until the disqualification, Golota, a native of Poland who resides in Chicago, had Bowe reeling but he appeared too tired to put Bowe down.

In the ninth round, with Bowe staggering around, Golota landed the low blow that ended the fight with two seconds left in the round.

``I'm not fighting him anymore, Newman,'' Bowe told manager Rock Newman while still on the canvas after the fight-ending foul.

``Golota gave a good account of himself, but I'm still not finished,'' said Bowe, who weighed 235 pounds, four less than Golota.

But it will be interesting to see what kind of fighter Bowe will be after the battering he took Saturday night.

As for Golota, there's no question that he has to clean up his act if he is to become a serious championship contender.

Besides his two disqualifications against Bowe, Golota also bit an opponent during a fight and deliberately butted another.

His record is 28-2 with 25 knockouts. Bowe is 40-1 with 35 knockouts.

After eight rounds, all three officials had Golota ahead. Steve Weisfeld had it 75-71, Shafeeq Rashada 75-73 and Al Devito 74-72.

The Associated Press favored Golota 75-71.

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

Mercer, 35, scoring with stiff left jabs and sharp rights to the head, gained a unanimous decision over the former two-time heavyweight champion who will be 39 on Dec. 27.

It was an important victory for Mercer, who lost 10-round decisions in tough fights against Evander Holyfield in 1995 and against Lenox Lewis last May 10.

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Photo: Riddick Bowe reacts to a shot from Andrew Golota, who eventually was disqualified again for repeated low blows.

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