Adamek defeats Grant, but looks horrible
August 21st, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (42-1, 27 KO’s) moved one step closer to getting a nice payday against one of the Klitschko brothers by defeating Michael Grant (46-4, 34 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. This was a home fight for Adamek, and you could tell by the inflated scores that the judges gave him. Despite the fight looking very close with maybe a couple of rounds separating the two fighters, the judges scored it 117-111, 118-110 and 118-111. The scoring was pretty pathetic because Adamek didn’t dominate the fight like the scores would have you believe.
Adamek took punishment in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th rounds. Adamek fought well in the 11th, but his shots had no effect on the 6’7” Grant, who is used to being hit by bigger opponents than Adamek. In the 12th, Grant shook up Adamek with a solid right hand to the head. Grant tried to finish him off but didn’t have enough left in the tank to put him away.
If this was supposed to be a fight where Adamek was proving himself worthy for a title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers, I think he failed miserably. Adamek does not look ready to face the Klitschkos. For that matter, Adamek doesn’t look ready to face a number of quality heavyweights in the division. It’s good that Adamek hasn’t faced them yet, because I think he would lose badly. Since moving up to heavyweight, Adamek has faced Andrew Golota, Jason Estrada, Chris Arreola and now Michael Grant. Those are decent heavyweights, but there’s a lot better fighters in the division than them, and if Adamek is going life and death with a fighter like 38-year-old Grant, then it doesn’t bode well for the future.
Adamek will still likely get his big payday against one of the Klitschkos in the near future, but that’s all he’s going to get. He’s not going to win and will be soundly beaten and driven back into the pack. After Adamek gets beaten by one of the Klitschkos, he needs to seriously consider moving back down in weight to the cruiserweight division. Adamek doesn’t have the size or power to compete with the bigger heavyweights. He found that out on Saturday night. But it gets a lot tougher than this once Adamek starts facing better heavyweights like the Klitschkos. He doesn’t look ready, and doesn’t ever be ready.
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Respect To Poland alot of good fighters
alot of jealous people here man if adamek is that bad why is he winning? POLSKA
@IHATECLOWNS-Could’nt of put it better myself!
who are you??? the best body??? what is?? choise to miss boxing?
Kliczko brothers the best now !!!!!!!!!!!
I actually think haye is the best heavy since lennox lewis….and im from poland…and the reasons are as follows…
1.has the hardest punch in the division
2.is the fastest in the division
3.has the best body in the sport
4.is the best looking
@
boxing fan.
your a jerk!im from poland,and adamek was garbage…if he struggled with a china chinned guy like grant…who was 15 years past his best….then he has no chance against the k.bro’s…and david haye would wipe the floor with his ass also.
STOP HATING!
time comes well see who is who
adamek will not get ny respect as a heavyweight until he lays a beating on Haye, Povetkin or Solis. He scored one on Arreola, but did get clipped good by him and Grant. Estrada fought a close one. I think it is a very ethnocentric remark praising Wlodarczyk. He is nothing. Cunningham got a decision stolen away from him. Fragomini was an old man when he lost to him. Nothing against the Polish my Aunt Josie was Polish.
cose kiss me white ass
I`m not from Poland, but if you know what is box, 42 w & 1 L mean alot i`m a boxer and i know what i am talking about, shut up losers, be honest.
haye-bonin,haye- fragomeni? who it is? watch fragomeli -Diablo Włodarczyk polish figter champion WBC!! haye vs waiters
.. Adamek-haye I want see this fight
He looked horrible vs Arreola too. So whats diffrent?
adameks Puhnching power is in Question in the large division,his skills are not,but he is no Evander hollyfield.He is not built for this division but niether was Floyd patterson,or tunder and lightning,but they won the title,when there was only one title.Now with the big heavys ,unless they dont train properly they should beat adamek silly.adamek aint no Lennoz lewis who kOd grant fairly quickly.
bros uncle your right it is childish but so what take that stick out of your a*s and relax you big raging ring muncher
jack if thats what you think then your a t**t and you need to stop riding your dads c**k ok
to Andrew Meg…
Bonin – club bouncer – he is a nobody!
Barret- he was on the floor before the fight started- complete idiot!!!
Ruiz – completely finished old guy -and still got Haye with some punches!
Rest of your guys well …cruiserweight from which your dramma quin run away to avoid fight with Cunningan and… surprise…surprise … ADAMEK!!!
So dramma queen is a dramma queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Boxing Fan: true, Adamek may be a ‘hungry Pole’, as you say, but you sound like one who’s simply hungry FOR pole…
Thaibox – watch Haye v Maccarinelli/Bonin/Barrett/Ruiz/Mormeck/Fragomeni and you’ll see who the drama queen is
It’s simlpe Adamek is not ready for brothers but now they are on the very top of heavy…untouchable for the rest of punchers. They will retire with all of their belts – like that or not but it is true!
About Grant vs Adamek…well… it still was better then Valuev vs Haye…it was a portion of a proper boxing…from which some of you guys should take a lesson…if you didn’t i will help – always happy to do so
1.Valuev and Grant are similar but only if you look at the size of them (big boys).Boxing skills – another story- valuev has no tech and his punch means nothing (paper champion – don king’s puppy!)
2.Yesterday Grant landed some teryfying shots on Adamek’s chin and he still stands up! Now try to think about Haye’s chin in the same situation.
3.Adamek landed punches in the bunches out there…and now try to put Haye in the same sutuation… i can see running around and 10 punches per round!
So please dont compare warrior like Adamek with dramma queen like Haye!!!
Ps. Grant still got it- good fight from him.
If, after all this, it’s not Haye v Adamek/Chagaev/Povetkin I will be very disappointed and Haye will drop considerably in my estimation. This, coming from someone who’s always defended him. Fighting Audley Harrison proves nothing to anyone, so I hope you don’t let us down Hayemaker!!
haye is a puss hes scared of the bros cos he knows he will get kod wots he waiting for till the bros are on a zimber frame they offered haye 50-50 split to the bros r dying to shut him up hayes been really quite about the k bros
Come on, Adamek is your heroe.
ahha boxing fan ruiz got smashed.
haye likes to talk only Adamek is warrior champion
adamek struggles with grant the chinless one so that blows that contender out of the” maybe he will be the one to finish the klit sisters hold on the belts” there is only one fighter out there who stands a chance at the moment to do it and that is DAVID HAYE he has the speed and power to k/o wlad early and vitali is getting older and slower ,it sure aint going to be shannon briggs or the fat one who do it so hope they [that is all 3 of them i dont believe that its all down to haye why it aint been signed sealed and delivered] sort it out after the klit sisters joke fights and is haye to fight “audrey” harrison or adamek next who cares get the klit fights on !
@Big Lo
Did you read the article about the sparring partner who knocked Vitale down twice in training while sparring? Once from a body shot, and once from a right hand that buckled, twisted, and sent Vitale down.
This was back in 2005, and the sparring partners were Travis Butler Walker and Raphael Butler.
Anyhow, I think anyone can get caught by the perfect shot in HW, if not totally on their game. Wlad (who is 34, not 33, sorry boxing fan
), I think had conditioning issues, meaning he didn’t train as hard as he ought to have, and he wasn’t in the best condition.
I haven’t seen that same problem in his recent fights, so I still favor him.
Adamek vs. Haye it is, then! We can agree to agree that this will be a great test for both.
…ryan
Adamek has a heart for the fight is hard and determined.Adamek has a plan in the ring,thinking.
I guess he did shag your boyfriend without your permission, and you after him.
mark, adam c, bhb, joe – Looks like you are the ONE boy under dif. names
The Klitschkos are the overated ones. All Wlad does is Left Jab and occassional right hand and hold, thats it.
Haye would smash Adamek to pieces and then the K brothers, top much speed, power and punching accuracy
david haye will knock out everyone you w*****s
@ boxing fan
are u joking ? did u watch the fight ? adamek has no power lost all of his speed !! his only plus is his chin
obviously u luv david haye … did he shag ur girl
this fight totally highlighted that adamek has lost all punching power since moveing fom light heavyweight, to cruiserweight to heavyweight
his speed wasnt exactly devastating in cruiserweight but now is even less impressive at heavyweight
what makes me worry is he isnt exactly as ripped out as david haye or the klits which shows alot of the weight he has added is weight he cannot do anything with
David Haye Vs Adamek – adamek is not ready, based on that performance haye wins by stoppage by 6th or 7th
Adamek Vs Klits – Wlad kills him, Vitali … 12 rounds unanimous decision
He said he’d fight in November so maybe D Haye quality opponent is him. Would be a good fight and test for Haye
SO WHAT IF GRANT OUTWEIGHED ADAMEK BY 44 POUNDS, VALUEV OUTWEIGHED HAYE BY OVER100 POUNDS, AND VALUEV HAS AN IRON CHIN( YET HAYE HURT HIM), NOT ONCE DID ADAMEK HURT GRANT LAST NIGHT(WHO HAS THE WEAKEST CHIN IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION) GRANT WAS ALSO SEMI-RETIRED, VALUEV WAS AN ACTIVE FIGHTER AND CHAMPION. I DO BELIEVE THAT HAYE IS AFRAID OF FIGHTING THE KLITSKH´S, BUT HE WILL DEFINITELY JUMP AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT ADAMEK, WHO CAN´T PUNCH HIS WAY OUT OF A PAPER BAG, HAYE WITH HIS SPEED AND POWER PLUS NO NEED TO FEAR ADAMEKS POWER, WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR ADAMEK. THE TYPE OF PUNCHES THAT FLOORED RUIZ AND ROCKED VALUEV WOULD DESTROY ADAMEK. HAVING SAID THAT HAYE IS DEFINITELY AFRAID OF THE KLITSKSHOS AND BOYSTOV, NOT THAT HE IS CHANCELESS, BUT I THINK HE SAW VLADIMIR´S POWER LATE IN THE FIGHT WITH CHAMBERS(HAYE´S STAMINA IS NOT THE BEST) AND CATCH COLD FEET. THE ADAMEK THAT WAS HURT SO MANY TIMES AGAINST GRANT WOULD´NT LAST 4 ROUNDS WITH HAYE THOUGH.
boxing fan: great comments through out your posts. i think that vladimir’s chin is under-rated. he used to have exhaustion issues and admitted he seldom sparred. now he spars often. he has only been frankly ko’d once. the flaw there was he used to lean forward over his gloves, leaving his chin exposed. over-confidence and a poor stance and not getting properly warmed up caused his only knock out loss, though he kept getting up against someone rahman said hit harder than anybody he ever faced, including tua and lewis. that poor stance also accounted for the balance issues that resulted in too many knock downs. i think these issues have been corrected. but we shall see, if anybody ever taps him on the chin. chageav did manage to land his big right hand right after the bell and it didnt faze vlad. i think he chin is more durable than many assume.
Well what we can agree on I think is that eastern europeans are destroying. i’m glad i got russian blood in me!
Adamek took a pounding in that fight. His boxed well though. But, I think Adamek would do well to stay away from the Klits. He would not go 5 rounds eating that many jabs and right hands, against either of those guys. Grant had him hurt badly at times, and controlled him with his jab, for a good portion of the fight. He was just WAY too slow to get Adamek out of there, when he had the chance, and to stay way from Adamek’s flurries. Adamek fought the right kind of fight, against a guy with that type of size advantage, though. He is a talented fighter, with a lot of heart…a warrior in there. But, his time is limited at HW, IMO. Adamek would matchup well against Haye though.
@Ryan,
The commentators were ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!
Both Klitchsko’s are going to be tough to beat for anybody. The primary reason I’m choosing Vitali over Vlad is because I really haven’t seen Vitali hurt in a fight or down, but I’ve seen both from Vlad (I admit I’ve only seen the fights aired on US tv).
They both have good strong jabs, they both fight off of their back feet (which makes it hard to reach them), they both throw good rights, and they’re both intelligent. But I know Vlad can be wobbled and KO’d (by non-punchers, really), I’m not sure that Vitali can.
@Boxing Fan,
I’ll have to take a look at those fights.
Ryan Dunn, Vlad is already 34, veteran huh?
@Big Lo
Well Adamek was wobbled just before the halfway mark, and cut. I think that had a lot to do with the change in his performance. The commentators were whack, and didn’t talk about how hurt he actually was when the bell rung at the end of that round.
Also, you think Vitali is better than Wlad? I don’t know about that. I know Wlad has been KO’d one more time, but I still count him as more gifted than his older brother (who is 39 btw, to Wlad’s 33).
Adamek vs. V/W. Klitschko = A good fight.
Adamek vs. Haye = A good fight.
V/W. Klitschko vs. Haye = A good fight.
Let’s hope we see one of them soon!
…ryan
Having been ringside, I disagree with the title of this story..Adamek fought valiantly against a bigger stronger man and outboxed him for 8-10 rds. He was tired early and was hurt in the last 2 rds, but ran
a bit and shook it off. Probably a closer fight than 118-110, but if u look at adameks face after the fight, he was lucky this wasn’t a 15 rd fight or he would have been in trouble
So Big Lo, in reality those talking about proposed “glass chin” or “paper temple” are all almost a fantasy of its author. There are no people on the planet earth which can stand on their feet after torpedo-like punch straight to the temple. Check this out by yourself if you want to
All you guys saying blah blah on Haye are stupid if Adamek cant knock out Grant well he dont have any heavyweight power Grants chin is probably the worst in the division I dont think Adamek is a contender for the title anytime soon his heavyweight fights have all been sloppy against weak opponents and Haye would KO Adamek within 2-3 rounds. People only mention Adameks name with Haye for the reason they both moved up from cruiserweight round about same time.
Haye is way underated by you guys he may not be able to beat the K’s but he is the biggest threat they have in the weight division and Haye is legitatly the best ever cruiser where he undoubtbly fought the best opponents and beat them.
So to say Adamek would beat Haye is daft and in my oppinion will do the same in heavy’s too soon for K’s maybe but they recognize him as the main threat in the weight class hense all the contracts rubbished
I remember Chagaev’s INTERVIEW, where he TOLD – “MY PLAN WAS TO LAND A SINGLE PUNCH ON HIS (VLADIMIR) CHIN AND FINISH HIM AFTER THAT, BUT NOW I SEE THAT THAT STRATEGY WAS ALL WRONG. IT DOESN’T WORK IN REALITY”.
Big Lo, And Chambers with Adamek is quite EQUAL in my opinion.
@Ryan,
I meant I disagree with the “commentators” giving too many rounds to Grant.
@Ryan,
I was fairly impressed with Adamek, but he did what I expected. What I didn’t expect was for him to have such a hard time in the 2nd half of the fight.
I disagree with the judges giving too many rounds to Grant, I thought Grant deserved 3, maybe even 4 rounds.
As stated earlier, I think the size was a bit too much for Adamek to overcome and his punches weren’t as effective because of it.
@Klitchsko fan and boxing fan
I like the idea of Adamek against Vlad Klitchsko, because some of those punches he landed on Grant may have put Vlad down. I’m not so sure he’s ready for Vitali, but he is the type of heavyweight who could give Vlad serious trouble (smaller, moves on his feet, darts in and out, and throws crisp combos)
I’ve sen the fight as I wrote earlier, but there was NO Adamek’s dominance. That was actually pretty even. Take a look at Klichkos’ fights – THERE IS THE DOMINANCE. And Adamek’s face can tell us also that he had a tough fight with that unskilled giant. Yes Adamek is skilled little heavyweight, BUT in my opinion – he is not better than Chagaev, Po’vodka’in, Boytsov, Chambers. Once again imo.
Adamek is a tough and mean, little heavyweight. Size difference took him alot of juice, and he had a few hard rounds in the 2nd half when his good chin saved him a couple times. He gave enough work, and showed enough resistance, to clearly dominate.
Hi, I am a Polish fan. I agree that Adamek was not impressive, it is too soon to go for Klitschkos, I agree that the scorecards were not right (2 points win at best, most probably a draw), but all you say is…if this…. if that… then Grant would do that … and so on. The truth is that Adamek did not allow Grand to realise grant’s plan and …you can moan as long as you want… but Grant is an experienced boxer and he had 12 rounds to show what he’s got ., He did …. and if was not so much
I agree that Adamek doesn’t stand a chance with Klitschko brothers but he wouldn’t do as bad with them as Haye would. I’m hoping though that somehow Adamek will fight David Haye and show that even though he’s too weak for REAL champions, Haye is no match for him.
Good fight. It was entertaining. Adamek did well to move and create openings in the 1st half of the fight. Grant came on as Adamek slowed. Adamek was staggered by some of Grant’s shots. Adamek has a lot heart. Adamek may need more power in future fights. Grant was better than I thought, he still has some fight left. Adamek has skill. He jabbed, bobbed, and weaved to generate openings. Takes energy to do that. Took some good shots. He was satisfied to jab then use his left hook. He didn’t initiate after that. There were interesting parts in the fight where the outcome was not known. As the state of HW’s go, I’d say at least he is in shape. Like to see what is next.
Adamek has won deservedly. Grant was much heavier (20 kg/40 pounds), much taller (14 cm/5”) and had much longer reach (27 cm/11” !!!!) and yet he couldn’t knock Adamek down. If I were to compare this fight with Haye’s fight with Valuyew Adamek did a much better job (he wasn’t only running but exchanged hits). In the end both fighters were exhausted but Adamek was the one that hit more accurately and more often.
The truth is that Grant is big/tall but not a Kiltschko in skill level. Adamek can’t handle one of the bros. But Ademek would take a fight with either of them, unlike that cowardly Brit HW “champion” whose name need not be mentioned.
I agree that Adamek didn’t look as bad as the writer would believe. He actually did good slipping and dodging most of Grants huge shots all night while getting in his solid licks. That one announcer had Grant winning rounds when all he was doing was being aggressive but not landing any significant blows, which is why his scorecard differed very much from the real judges who got the rounds right. But, having said all that, I’m afraid that Adamek will not stand a chance against either Klitscho brother. They have tons more skill than Michael Grant
Both Klichko bros are MUCH MORE skilled than Adamek. And WILL DESTROY him inside the fight by TKO,KO.
I’ve seen the fight…What can I say on it? Excuse me, Adamek is skilled little heavyweight offcourse, and Grant is unskilled giant. BUT even Grant made Adamek looks bad! This fight has been dull, and without real mastership.
fANTASTIC FIGHT Adamek Is the best Boxrer in 2010 !!!!!!!!!
Tomas was chopping at a giant oak tree in there and landed a helluva lot of solid punches. It was not an easy night in the small ring, but these guys duked it out and put on a great show.
I disagree on the comment that Adamek looked horrible. He had an awkward match-up and did what he could. He was stunned twice, and so was Grant. The commentators gave too many rounds to Mike, and I think the judges actually had it right for a change.
Anyone else see the fight? What’d they think of Adamek’s performance?
…ryan