Tomasz Adamek

A busy Spring for the Heavyweight Division: Adamek-Glazkov, Wilder-Scott, More!

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deontay73872By MikeS: Right on the heels of a heavyweight packed card featuring Derek Chisora, Tyson, and Hughie Fury, the division is just heating up for Spring. There are five great match-ups in the books with another couple on the way soon. There are crossroads match ups, classic boxer vs. puncher, as well as young fighters coming up and trying to make their mark on the division. Lets take a look at these match-ups.

Saturday, March 15th will give us a look at 2 exciting possibilities. The first pairing is former World Title Challenger Tomasz Adamek 49(29)-2 vs. young Vyacheslav ‘Czar’ Glazkov 16(11)-0-1 on NBCSN. The pair were supposed to face in November, but the fight was delayed because of an illness suffered by Adamek, and while Glazkov stayed busy and scored a workman-like but unimpressive win over former cruiserweight Garrett Wilson 13-6-1, Adamek has been inactive since his unanimous decsion win over game but faded Dominick Guinn 34-9-1 last August.

Glazkov faces cruiserweight Garrett Wilson, Adamek sick

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By Allan Fox: In what has to be a huge disappointment for Main Events, heavyweight Tomasz Adamek has pulled out of Saturday’s fight against Vyacheslav Glazkov (15-0-1, 11 KO’s) due to Adamek being sick with a stomach illness. This was supposed to have been the top of the bill fight on the card at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

Glazkov to fight Garrett Wilson, Adamek sick

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VERONA, NY – A press conference was held today at the Turning Stone Resort Casino to announce the reconfigured card for Saturday afternoon’s NBC Fight Night in the Afternoon boxing show.
Vyascheslav “Czar” Glazkov will take on last minute sub Garrett Wilson of Philadelphia in the ten-round main event. Meanwhile, somebody’s “0” has to go when Long Island’s Mike Brooks faces Karl “Dynamite” Dargan in a battle of unbeaten lightweights which has been changed from an 8-rounder to a 10-round co-main event. That fight has now been sanctioned for the vacant USBA Atlantic Coast Regional Lightweight Championship.

Karl Dargan vs. Michael Books on Adamek-Glazkov card on November 16th

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A pair of unbeaten lightweight prospects are scheduled to clash in the 8-round co-feature on the next edition of Fight Night on NBC, on November 16th. Philadelphian Karl Dargan, 13-0-0, 7 KOs, faces Long Island, NY southpaw Michael Brooks, 10-0-1, 2 KOs, at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino, in Verona, NY. The bout will be nationally televised just before the main event, a 12-round heavyweight contest between Tomasz Adamek, 49-2, 29 KOs, and Vyacheslav “Czar” Glazkov, 15-0-1, 11 KOs. The fight will be broadcast as the co-feature during an afternoon presentation the popular NBC boxing series beginning 2:30 PM ET.

Tomasz Adamek vs. Bryant Jennings a possibility

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adamek1By Allan Fox: A fight between former two time world champion Tomasz Adamek (49-2, 29 KO’s) and unbeaten #13 WBO, heavyweight contender Bryant Jennings (17-0, 9 KO’s) is possible for later on this year in a fight could be televised by HBO, according to Dan Rafael. HBO hasn’t said whether they’ll agree to televise the fight or not at this point.

Adamek, 36, is currently ranked #9 WBC, #12 IBF, and he needs at least 1 or 2 wins over actual top 15 contenders for him to get ranked high enough to get a title shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Stevens KOs Roman; Adamek schools Guinn; Mchunu tops Chambers

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roman2By Jim Dower: Middleweight contender #6 IBF, #10 WBC, Curtis Stevens (25-3, 18 KO’s) may have set himself up with a title shot against WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin by destroying the hard hitting Saul Roman (37-10, 31 KO’s) in a 1st round knockout in a night full of mismatches on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Stevens dropped Roman twice with big left hooks to the head. After the 2nd knockdown, which left Roman flat on his back on the canvas and badly hurt, the fight was then halted at 2:26. In winning the fight, Stevens captured the vacant NABF middleweight title.

Tomasz Adamek faces Dominick Guinn tonight in Uncasville, Connecticut

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adamek45By Eric Thomas: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) will be facing 38-year-old Dominick Guinn (34-9-1, 23 KO’s) in a fight that promises to be an ugly mismatch at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

This unfortunately is kind of par for the course for the 36-year-old Adamek, as he’s put his career in the slow lane since his 10th round stoppage loss to WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko two years ago in September 2011.

Adamek wants to get another title shot, but he’s turned down the important fights against Kubrat Pulev and Tyson Fury that would have put him in position to fight for another world title.

Adamek to fight Grano on August 3rd

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adamek45By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (48-2, 29 KO’s) will be facing Tony Grano (20-3-1, 16 KO’s) on August 3rd in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Adamek, #10 WBC, #11 IBF, saw his heavyweight ranking drop recently after he chose not to fight unbeaten Kubrat Pulev in an IBF heavyweight eliminator bout for a shot against IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.

Adamek didn’t see the Pulev fight as a good financial move for him, as he felt he had bigger money fights to take. However, it’s very difficult to see a fight between Adamek and Grano as being a big money fight.