Adamek vs. Arreola winner could face Wladimir Klitschko next
April 18th, 2010
By Jim Dower: The winner of this Saturday night’s fight between top heavyweight contenders Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO’s) and Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27 KO’s) could be facing International Boxing Federation/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko next, according to news from the Los Angeles Times. Arreola and Adamek will be facing off at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. Klitschko, 34, likes what he sees in the big punching Arreola, saying “I was in my brother’s [WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko] corner when he beat Arreola in Staples. I can see Arreola has potential. Also, he’s rough around the edges. I’ll be watching Adamek-Arreola and the winner will be deserving of a shot at my belts.”
While Adamek was a slugger in both the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions, he’s not carried his power up to the heavyweight division and looks more like a finesse fighter now. In his last fight against Jason Estrada in February, Adamek spent most of the fight moving around the ring in big circles trying to avoid the punches from Estrada. It wasn’t an impressive performance from Adamek, because he treated Estrada like he was a grenade about to go off rather than a light puncher.
This Saturday night, Adamek will be facing a huge puncher in Arreola. This fight should really give Adamek something to worry about. Hopefully, Adamek doesn’t disappoint by running the entire fight. Arreola recently took out Brian Minto in the 4th round last December. Minto, a small heavyweight with the exact size of Adamek, was simply too small to compete with Arreola and ended up getting chopped down in the 4th.
Minto tried to trade with the bigger Arreola but he didn’t have the size to compete with him. If Arreola can catch Adamek or lure him into exchanges, we could find the same thing happening in this fight with Arreola chopping down the 220 pound Adamek. In terms of skills, Adamek is probably the more gifted fighter but he’s giving up too much size and strength in this fight for him to be able to do much more than run.
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Leaving the other guys out of this I think it will be an interesting fight’ This I think will be great entertainment, two guys totally different and really good in they’re own way. Arreola is such a cool guy and a funny character, I am going to be pulling for him..
@Ben…..where are you?….I need some directions.
I love how people critisise Haye for taking the Valuev and Ruiz fights.
You do know the first was neccessary to attain the title and Ruiz was a MANDATORY challenger, i.e he was not ‘hand picked’ by Haye & Booth but rather Haye was obliged to fight him.
Haye Fat??? I Mr chicken has got a Fat mouth and knows nothing about boxing in that right Scott!!!
Lots of passion on this forum : “Haye is a con” – “No, Haye is a star”… Haye blablablablabla and Haye bla bla bla
I would like to remember you that this fight is opposing ARREOLA to ADAMEK !!!! So stop arguing about Haye ! Is it becoming an obsession or what ?
To me, no matter who wins (Arreola by KO or Adamek on decision), the winner has no chance whatsoever against Wlad K.
Arreola showed already that he has a great heart and amazing power but he is defintely too static, slow, and his lack of precision and defense skill will never make him a world champion.
On the other side, Adamek showed taht he had the guts moving to the Heavyweight division and try his luck against a Klitschko (he he will almost get his shott at the title if he wins this fight – that’s already amazing !), but I cannot see him becoming a world champion either in this division. He is too slow and does not have the power of a heavyweight nor the size. His workout is really good but I could well see him being blown up by a bomb from Arreola or someone else…
It is gonna be a nice fight to watch (because both fighters are reallly different) and I havee respect for Adamek taking this fight but the winner is going to be the champion of one night only.
Audley Harrison shot himself in the foot many times.
I pray that Arriola wins; I dont think I can stand to see that big vat of refritos cry like Shirley Temple again.
God, why cant we train some ppl from the back streets of Kosovo, or the slums of Brazil, maybe the shanti towns in Africa or the Villages in Asia?
Lets train them at a young age..
AND LETS FIND SOMEONE TO SHAKE UP THIS DAMN HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION!!!
Its sad, i havent cared for the HW division since Lennox left, and even then, from 2000 onwards the division has been lackluster.
Napolean, that belt will soon be around Haye’s waste fool.
Punk, you big fanny! Wlad’s Ring belt s all over Haye’s crappy paper title…LOL
Haye has made bold statements such as ‘ I want to clean up the heavyweight divsion’. If Haye wants to clean up the divsion, he should fight more often and he should fight top fighters who can also punch: Solis, Briggs, Arreola, Boytsov, Tua, Peter etc. There are a few other fighters that would be ideal opponents for Haye.
Haye criticizes the K’s for hand picking their opponents. Haye should look at himself. Who the heck has he fought? Bonin – a nobody, Barrett was 38 and way past it, Valuev was 36 and he was never a big puncher, Ruiz was 38 and he was also past it by many years.
I am not racist as someone had implied. I am a believer in fairness and truth, respect etc. Haye had shown the K’s no respect whatsoever. I truly hope that someone teaches Haye a lesson in the ring.
@ JJ walker
You are obviously a jealous yank, Haye would not be a challenger in a Haye/Wladimir K fight, it would be a unification bout…so why take the smaller purse? As Wladimir holds the lesser belts (WBO and IBO barely count in the HW division) and the IBF may be a true belt, but its still not as worthy as the WBA which Haye holds. On top of that Haye will do about 80% of the hype and selling of the fight, probablt giving Wladimir his biggest pusre to date, even if it is 50/50. As for Haye being nothing special, get a grip and stop knocking a two weight world champion.
Theres only 1 fighter face Vladimir right now and it aint one of these 2.
Not that id refuse to watch a fight with either of these, Arreola is still one of the best of the rest behind the Klitchkos even if Vitali gave him a bit of a spanking and his brother will do the same.
Im not sure about Adamek as a world title challenging heavyweight yet though. Is he big enough?
Absolutely hilarious how people are bigging these 2 fat wasters up. Absolutely hilarious
Cant see Adamek losing to Arreola he’s just too tuff, If it was only physical toughness he had then fair enough but he has mental toughness too and stacks of it, He will take heavy fire for the first few rounds working Arreolla out and once he Arreolla slows down he will just be Adameks punchbag. People are judging Adamek on his last fight Estrada which will pay off if Arreolla is doing the same,if anyone has followed Adameks career they will know that Adamek was just experimenting with Estrada, his corner didn’t let him brawl or trade as they did not want to risk him getting cut. So all Adamek was able to do was out box Estrada, who was one of the fastest heavyweights, and Adamek did it with ease.
Why does he deserve a shot before Haye??? because his reputation has not been earned by his mouth its been earned by fighting the best that was available. Who has Haye got on his CV that is as good as any of the fighters Adamek has? Dont say Ruiz who is ancient or Valuev who is just pants because everyone who supports boxing knows they would get whooped by just about anybody who is under the age of 35 and doesn’t have a wheelchair. And I’m sure Ali could still beat them even in his wheelchair.
Calm down Andre – The fight is a forgone conclusion? I dont think so – it probably wont go the distance and either man could be knocked out. It is going to be an exciting fight and it should be shown in the UK.
Blablablabla Haye so deserving blablabbla Haye warrior ! blablablabla Haye the greatest ATG ever blablablabla.
You know what ? F*ck David Haye, and leave him to fight 47 y/o Ruiz, Holyfield, Bowe, Ruddock and whomever he digs out of the graveyard. Arreola or Adamek would be 10 times more deserving than the playgirl model, who already capitalized on old, worn or inept fighters at cruiser to build a fake “legacy”.
Its true. I remember the interview where Haye said” Its not about the money, Im fighting for legacy” Well, its time to put up or shut up Haye!
Take the normal split for a challenger.
Your nothing special, your just another challenger with a good chance as any other challenger must be. No boxer stays on their throne for ever. Their is always some one out there that will be the first to stop the champ. And when vlad is stopped, the articles will revert to saying – he finally got old, and has held the belts for X many years, etc.
rick – when Haye speaks if his legacy and how he only wants to fight the best that does not then exclude him from getting paid fairly.
All he means by legacy is that it would be better to fight a K brother than Chagaev because that fight would do nothing for his legacy and just because this is his outlook does not mean he will fight virtually for free. 50/50 best soloution for both camps.Wlad is the one calling Haye out, so therefore Haye holds the cards at the negotiating table.
In my mind the better option is Adamek’s fight against Haye. It would be a great fight because both of them are very fast.
Haye and the K brothers are playing mind games and at the same tine thay are selling the fight generating more intrest
The fact that Haye us mentioned in every comment really just goes to serve
the point that it is he who should fight not some out of shape bum from the states.
Why Adamek is more deserving of a shot against Wlad but not Haye is beyond me.
In response to one poster, This fight will not be on Uk TV. Why would it be, the fight is a foregone conclusion. Durable Arreola maybe, he will not beat Wlad and lacks the unpredicatability that Haye brings to be a threat to any major opposition.
So wlad offers an insulting cut of the revenues and now says adamek and arreola deserve a shot. There seems to be only one guy doing the ducking here and he ain’t British.
Fletch
It is Haye who is not stepping up to fight Wladimir. Wladimir did not issue the challenge for nothing. Wladimir has a controlled rage against Hsye and he wants to hurt him.
Haye contradicts himself. Haye said that he is fighting for a legacy and that he is not concerned about money. Yet it is Booth and Haye who are asking for 50/50. Does that make any sense? I wonder why Haye and Booth are so quiet? We should have heard something by now.
Is this on any channel in the UK?
He dosnt want to face Haye it seems to me
Arreola could beat Haye will probably beat Adamek but will be beaten by Wladimir.
Don’t even mention Povetkin in the same sentence as Wladimir he will go earlier than Eddie.
The article does not mention Haye yet every comment does, ha.
Arreola (like all punchers) has a chance against Wladimir but Adamek is out of his depth.
This is the mark of a true champion. Wladimir is not going to wait around for Haye. Wladimir could choose lesser opponents but he chooses not to. Arreola is a big puncher and he has a good chin also.
I think the winner will be Arreola over Adamak. Since Haye’s challenges are bogus and Povetkin is gun shy it would make sense that Arreola will be next in line. He is probably the best of all the mentioned and even though Vitali roughed him up pretty bad he is way more durable than the rest of the contenders. Wlad will beat him worse, due to his better punching power and laser jab.
Wladimir needs to fight either Povetkin or Haye next nobody would care if he fights either Areola or Adamek. It seems like a safe opponent.