By John F. McKenna (McJack): When Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) fights Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 39 KO’s) in September does he have a real chance of beating him? That is the question boxing fans are asking after Adamek defeated the huge and lumbering Kevin McBride last weekend at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.
Adamek AKA “Goral”, who has a reputation for having a solid chin, has kept busy over the last couple of years in an effort to land a heavyweight title shot against either of the Klitschko brothers. Now that it has been established that Adamek will be fighting Vitali, we can begin to gauge his chances for victory.
On May 21, 2005 Adamek won the vacant Light Heavyweight Championship by defeating Paul “Firepower” Briggs by majority decision in what was described as the most brutal and bloodiest fight in memory. Briggs suffered a large cut over his left eye while Adamek bled profusely from a broken nose. Adamek put on a gutsy performance and won the fight because he was the more aggressive fighter. On October 15, 2005 Adamek defended his title against German boxer Thomas Uhlrich, knocking him out in the sixth round.
Adamek moved up to Cruiserweight after losing his first fight by decision to Chad Dawson. Adamek won the IBO Cruiserweight Championship with a decision over Andres Pineda in 2007. On December 29 Adamek defended his Cruiserweight Title by defeating Josip Jalusic in Germany. Next Goral defeated Jonathin Banks in a brutal eighth round KO.
On October 24, 2009 Adamek stopped Andrew Golota in Poland in the fifth round to win the IBF International Heavyweight Title. The fight was the largest broadcast in the history of the Polish Internet. Next Adamek took on 250 pound Chirs Arreola in a fight that many people thought he could not win. Weighing in at 217 pounds, Adamek put on another gutsy performance, pounding out a twelve round decision over Arreola.
In addition to Golota and Arreola, Adamek has defeated Michael Grant, Jason Estrada, Vinny Maddalone and of course Kevin McBride. It is clear that Tomasz is a fighter who has a lot of guts. He has been in many brutal fights and his heart cannot be questioned. He has repeatedly beat fighters who were thought to be too big and too strong.
Vitali Klitschko (44-2, 39 KO’s) would have liked to have had a tune up fight before his September fight with Adamek. Klitschko, who will turn 40 years old in July, is the consummate professional and wants to stay razor sharp. It would be an understatement to say that Vitali was disappointed in Odlanier Solis’s performance on March 19th. An overweight and apparently out of shape Solis crumbled in the first round after Klitschko’s right hand to the temple area. Klitschko will not have to worry about Adamek coming in out of shape. This authors feeling is that Adamek will give it his all and if he loses will have to be carried out on his shield. Vitali also is known for his mental toughness, as is the case for most Eastern European fighters.
Everyone acknowledges that “Dr Ironfist’s” fighting style is somewhat awkward. There have been numerous comments by detractors that he fights with a robotic monotony. One thing that even his detractors must admit however is that his style, while awkward, is extremely effective. He has won seven fights sine he returned to the ring in October 2008 and amazingly has not lost a round. Sorry, the first round with Solis does not count. Solis was KO’d. Klitschko was starting to get the range and Solis foolishly attempted to rush in, which is exactly what Vitali wanted him to do. As tough as Goral is, he has a monumental task in front of him. Once again I see Klitschko battering him into submission in the late rounds.
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