Tomasz Adamek - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Tomasz Adamek (ˈtɔmaʂ aˈdamɛk; born 1 December 1976 in Żywiec

Zywiec

Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 32,242 inhabitants . Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship....

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

) is a Polish professional heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

boxer. His record is 44-2 (28 Knockouts).
He is the former WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

world light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

champion and the former IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

, IBO

International Boxing Organization

The International Boxing Organization is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...

and The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

magazine cruiserweight champion. As of the end of 2009, Ring Magazine has ranked Adamek as the 30th best boxer in the world. Adamek is known for having an exceptionally "sturdy chin

Chin (boxing)

In combat sports such as boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, a fighter's chin is a figurative term that refers to a his/her ability to tolerate physical trauma to the head without being knocked unconscious...

Amateur career

Adamek began boxing at age 12 in boxing club Góral Żywiec with his trainers Stefan Gawron and Stanisław Orlicki.

Amateur highlights and lowlights

1995 and 1996 Poland Amateur Middleweight Champion.
1997 2nd Poland Amateur Light heavyweight Champion.
1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships
1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from October 18 to October 26. The ninth edition of this competition, a year after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA...

in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

(without success).
1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships
1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Minsk, Belarus from May 17 to May 24. The 32nd edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 180 fighters from 38 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.- Medal...

in Minsk
Minsk
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(Bronze medal).
During his amateur career won 108 out of 120 fights.
Adamek turned pro in 1999.

Professional career

Adamek made his professional boxing debut on 13 March 1999 in Manchester, England against Israel Khumalo. He won by TKO in first round.

Winning the light heavyweight title

Adamek won the vacant WBC light heavyweight title defeating Paul "Firepower" Briggs

Paul Briggs

Paul Briggs is an Australian boxer. He was a highly ranked contender in the light heavyweight division.-Kickboxing era:Paul "Hurricane" Briggs' career began with kick boxing at a young age, turning professional by the age of 15...

by majority decision on 21 May 2005. The fight was described by some as one of the most brutal in recent memory, as Briggs suffered a large cut above his left eye early in the fight and Adamek bled profusely from his nose for much of the fight as well. Adamek tended to be the aggressor and won the fight.

On 15 October 2005, he defended his title against German boxer Thomas Ulrich

Thomas Ulrich

Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...

by knockout in Round 6.

He then defended his title in a rematch with Paul Briggs

Paul Briggs

in 2006, again winning by majority decision.
After the fight Jim Lampley

Jim Lampley

James "Jim" Lampley is an American sportscaster, news anchor, movie producer, and restaurant owner. Lampley has anchored a record 14 Olympic Games U.S. television broadcasts, most recently the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China....

said that Adamek vs Briggs I and II was the best combined 24 rounds he has ever seen.

Maiden defeat: Adamek vs. Dawson

Undefeated Adamek with 31-0 (21 KO) lost his first fight by unanimous decision to "Bad" Chad Dawson

Chad Dawson

"Bad" Chad Dawson is an American boxer from Hartsville, South Carolina, USA, and the former WBC & IBF light heavyweight champion. Dawson is rated by The Ring Magazine as the number four Light Heavyweight boxer in the world.-Early life:...

on 3 February 2007. During that fight, Adamek was knocked down in the seventh round; this was only the second time in his career he has been knocked down (upon slow-motion replay, Adamek was shown to have tripped on Dawson's foot after the body shot). Adamek, well behind on points, provided some drama by suddenly dropping Dawson in the 10th round but Dawson fended off the onslaught that followed, and won a clear-cut points decision. Immediately following the loss to Dawson, Adamek decided to move up in the cruiserweight division.

Cruiserweight

After losing to Dawson, Adamek moved up to cruiserweight to beat Luis Andres Pineda by technical knockout in round 7 to become the IBO cruiserweight champion. He successfully defended his title against Josip Jalusic on 29 December 2007 in Germany.

Adamek vs. Bell

On April 19, 2008 in Poland, Adamek fought former undisputed cruiserweight champion O'Neil Bell

O'Neil Bell

O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...

in an IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

cruiserweight title eliminator. Adamek floored Bell in round one and had good success by outboxing Bell. Bell opted not to come out for round eight, citing that he felt dizzy and ill.

Winning the cruiserweight title

In December 2008 he fought the then reigning champion Steve Cunningham

Steve Cunningham

Steven Ormain Cunningham is an American professional boxer. Nicknamed USS Cunningham in reference to his 1994–1998 US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and .-Amateur career:...

at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Knocking a game Cunningham down three times, he won the IBF Cruiserwight championship and the vacant Ring Magazine

The Ring (magazine)

The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

Cruiserweight Championship in a bout many thought was the fight of the year.

Adamek successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks

Johnathon Banks

Johnathon Maurice Banks is a professional boxer. Prior to turning pro, Banks was a three time National Amateur Champion at 178 lbs.Banks started playing the piano in middle school, but boxing soon took over and dominated that desire...

on 27 February 2009, at the Prudential Center in Newark. He won with a brutal TKO in the 8th Round. He then went on to defeat Bobby Gunn before a large crowd at the Prudential Center on July 11, 2009, with the referee stopping the bout at the ring physician's advice between rounds four and five.

He vacated the IBF

International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

Cruiserwight championship on October 18, 2009. Choosing to move up to the Heavyweight division.

Heavyweight

On October 24, 2009 in Łódź, Poland, Adamek defeated Andrew Golota by TKO in the fifth round to win the IBF International Heavyweight Title. It was the biggest live broadcast in the history of Polish internet.

Then, on February 7, 2010 in Newark's Prudential Center he defeated Jason Estrada

Jason Estrada

Jason Moses Estrada is a boxer who represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. In 2003 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games....

by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Adamek vs. Arreola

Adamek (40-1; 27 KO) then took on heavyweight contender Chris Arreola

Chris Arreola

Cristobal Arreola is a Mexican-American professional Heavyweight boxer. Arreola is the former NABF, WBC Continental Americas, and current WBC FECOMBOX Heavyweight Champion. Chris is promoted by Goossen Tutor and trained by Henry Ramírez....

(28-1; 25 KO) on April 24, 2010, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California

Ontario, California

Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. The bout was televised as part of Boxing After Dark
Boxing After Dark
Boxing After Dark is an HBO boxing program, premiering in April 1996, that usually shows fights between well-known contenders, but usually not "championship" or "title" fights. Unlike its sister program, HBO World Championship Boxing, BAD features fighters who are usually moving up from ESPN's...

. The Polish fighter won a twelve-round majority decision, with the scores of 114-114, 115-113 and 117-111. A day before the bout, Arreola weighed 250½ pounds, while Adamek was 217.

Adamek vs. Grant

Adamek defeated the American boxer Michael Grant by unanimous decision on August 21, 2010.

Adamek vs. Maddalone

Adamek defeated American boxer Vincent Maddalone via TKO in the 5th round.

Adamek vs. McBride

Adamek defeated Kevin McBride

Kevin McBride

Kevin Martin McBride is an Irish boxer, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.McBride debuted in December 1992, with a victory against Gary Charlton...

by a wide unanimous decision in his first fight of 2011.

Adamek vs. Klitschko

Adamek fought against Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko

Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Klychko is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC heavyweight champion. He is a leader of the political party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe. He previously...

for WBC

World Boxing Council

Heavyweight Championship on 10 September 2011 in Poland

Poland

. Tomasz Adamek lost that fight in the 10th round

Professional boxing record

Vitali Klitschko

|TKO
|10(12)
|10/09/2011
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Kevin McBride

Kevin Martin McBride is an Irish boxer, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.McBride debuted in December 1992, with a victory against Gary Charlton...

|UD
|12
|09/04/2011
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Vincent Maddalone

Vincent Maddalone is an American boxer and is a fringe contender in the heavyweight division.Maddalone, a hard-hitting brawler, turned pro in 1999 and is a popular fighter who is often featured on ESPN...

|TKO
|5
|09/12/2010
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Michael Grant

Michael Grant (boxer)

Michael Anthony Grant is a professional heavyweight boxer. He is 6' 7" tall, with an 86' reach. A natural born athlete before boxing he blossomed into a three-sport star at Chicago's Harper High School...

|UD
|12
|21/08/2010
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Chris Arreola

|MD
|12
|24/04/2010
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Jason Estrada

Jason Moses Estrada is a boxer who represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in the super heavyweight division. In 2003 he won the gold medal at the Pan American Games....

|UD
|12
|06/02/2010
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Andrew Golota
|TKO
|5
|24/10/2009
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Bobby Gunn
|RTD
|4
|11/07/2009
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Johnathon Banks

|TKO
|8
|27/02/2009
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Steve Cunningham

Steven Ormain Cunningham is an American professional boxer. Nicknamed USS Cunningham in reference to his 1994–1998 US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and .-Amateur career:...

|SD
|12
|11/12/2008
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Gary Gomez
|RTD
|7
|11/07/2008
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O'Neil Bell

O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...

|TKO
|8
|19/04/2008
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Josip Jalusic
|UD
|8
|29/12/2007
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Luis Andres Pineda
|TKO
|7
|09/06/2007
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Chad Dawson

|UD
|12
|03/02/2007
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Paul Briggs

|MD
|12
|07/10/2006
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Thomas Ulrich

Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...

|KO
|6
|15/10/2005
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Paul Briggs

|MD
|12
|25/05/2005
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Ismail Abdoul
|UD
|8
|10/09/2004
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Dzhabrail Dzhabrailov
|KO
|5
|17/04/2004
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Olivier Beard
|TKO
|3
|20/12/2003
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Ed Dalton
|KO
|2
|04/10/2003
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Roberto Coelho
|UD
|8
|30/08/2003
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Zoltan Beres

Zoltán Béres

Zoltán Béres is a boxer from Hungary, who won a Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:...

|UD
|6
|06/04/2003
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Andrei Karsten
|TKO
|2
|15/02/2003
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Varuzhan Davtyan
|RTD
|4
|14/12/2002
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Laverne Clark
|TKO
|3
|18/10/2002
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Mihai Iftode
|UD
|8
|27/07/2002
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Siarhei Karanevich
|PTS
|10
|24/05/2002
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Willie McDonald

William McDonald was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a forward.Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, McDonald played for Coatbridge, Law Scotia, Dundee United, Broxburn United, Armadale, Airdrieonians, Tranmere Rovers and Manchester United.-External links:*...

|TKO
|3
|06/04/2002
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Dzianis Salomka
|TKO
|5
|23/02/2002
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Ruslan Hladkykh
|UD
|6
|29/12/2001
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