By Scott Gilfoid: In one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen in my life, Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) pulled out an ugly, ugly 12 round split decision tonight over Steve Cunningham (25-5, 12 KO’s) in an IBF #2 heavyweight eliminator fight.
WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward was watching the fight, and he had it for Cunningham, saying on his twitter “Cunningham won the fight. Check those score cards.”
The scorecards that Ward was referring to were the ones that were given by two of the judges, who scored it 116-112 and 115-113 for Adamek.
I had Cunningham winning the fight by 9 rounds to 3. It was a pretty lopsided fight as far as I’m concerned. He totally dominated the slow moving, slow punching Adamek. I don’t know what happened with the judges, but no way did Adamek win this fight. He may have been given the by two people, but pretty much the rest of the boxing world saw it as a victory for Cunningham.
Cunningham, 203 lbs, was 20 pounds lighter than the 223 lb Adamek, but the thing is Cunningham was the stronger fighter in there tonight. His right hands were much better than anything that Adamek was throwing, and he was really tagging him with nice jabs that were catching Adamek right the puss. It was a pleasure to watch Cunningham fight. The guy is good, but the judging was just so sad on the part of the guys that gave Adamek the win.
I don’t see Adamek winning for much longer. The guy has really slowed down, and unless he’s getting controversial decisions, I think he’s losing now more than he’s winning. I had him losing to Eddie Chambers recently, and now tonight’s controversial decision.
Adamek wants to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. What a mismatch that’ll be. Not even bad judging will win that fight for Adamek.
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