Tomasz Adamek

Tomasz Adamek
Tomasz Adamek posing with his belt.
Statistics
Real name	Tomasz Adamek
Nickname(s)	"Góral" (eng. Highlander) "Tomek"
Rated at	Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light Heavyweight
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1.5 in)
Reach	1.91 m (75 in)
Nationality	Polish
Born	1 December 1976 (1976-12-01) Żywiec, Poland
Boxing record
Total fights	46
Wins	44
Wins by KO	28
Losses	2

Medal record
Competitor for Poland
Men's Boxing
European Amateur Championships
Bronze	1998 Minsk	Light Heavyweight

Tomasz Adamek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ aˈdamɛk]; born 1 December 1976 in Żywiec, Poland) is a Polish professional heavyweight boxer. He is the former WBC light heavyweight champion and the former IBF & The Ring cruiserweight champion.

Amateur career

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

Amateur highlights

• 1995 and 1996 Poland Amateur Middleweight Champion.
• 1997 2nd Poland Amateur Light heavyweight Champion.
• 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest (without success).
• 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk (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.

Light heavyweight

Light heavyweight champion

Adamek won the vacant WBC light heavyweight title defeating Paul "Firepower" Briggs 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 by knockout in Round 6.

He then defended his title in a rematch with Paul Briggs in 2006, again winning by majority decision. After the fight Jim Lampley said that Adamek vs Briggs I and II was the best combined 24 rounds he has ever seen.

Adamek vs Dawson

Undefeated Adamek with 31-0 (21 KO) lost his first fight by unanimous decision to "Bad" Chad Dawson 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 seven. He defeated 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 in an IBF 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 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Knocking a game Cunningham down three times, he won the IBF & vacant Ring Magazine cruiserweight titles in a bout many thought was the fight of the year.

Adamek successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks 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 title 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.^{[citation needed]} Then, on February 7, 2010 in Newark's Prudential Center he defeated Jason Estrada by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Adamek (40-1; 27 KO) then took on fellow heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (28-1; 25 KO) on April 24, 2010, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California California. The bout was televised as part of Boxing After Dark. 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.

Klitschko and Adamek, during signing for the fight in 2011

Adamek defeated veteran American Michael Grant by unanimous decision on August 21, 2010. In his first fight of 2011, Adamek defeated Irishman Kevin McBride by a wide unanimous decision.

He will return on March 24 2012 after sign contract with Main Events. His opponent is "Dominican Dynamite" Nagy Aguilera.

Klitschko vs Adamek

Adamek challenged Vitali Klitschko for WBC heavyweight title on 10 September 2011 in Poland. Tomasz Adamek lost that fight in the 10th round

See also: Tomasz Adamek vs. Vitali Klitschko

Professional boxing record

44 Wins (28 knockouts, 16 decisions), 2 Losses (1 knockouts, 1 decision), 0 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
		Nagy Aguilera		10	24/03/2012	New York, USA
Loss	44–2	Vitali Klitschko	TKO	10(12)	10/09/2011	Municipal Stadium, Wrocław, Poland	For WBC heavyweight title.
Win	44–1	Kevin McBride	UD	12	09/04/2011	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained NABO & IBF International heavyweight titles.
Win	43–1	Vincent Maddalone	TKO	5 (12)	09/12/2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained NABO & IBF International heavyweight titles.
Win	42–1	Michael Grant	UD	12	21/08/2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained NABO & IBF International heavyweight titles.
Win	41–1	Chris Arreola	MD	12	24/04/2010	Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, United States	Retained IBF International heavyweight title. Won vacant NABO heavyweight title.
Win	40–1	Jason Estrada	UD	12	06/02/2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained IBF International heavyweight title.
Win	39–1	Andrew Golota	TKO	5 (12)	24/10/2009	Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland	Won vacant IBF International heavyweight title.
Win	38–1	Bobby Gunn	RTD	4 (12)	11/07/2009	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained IBF & The Ring cruiserweight titles.
Win	37–1	Johnathon Banks	TKO	8 (12)	27/02/2009	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Retained IBF & The Ring cruiserweight titles.
Win	36–1	Steve Cunningham	SD	12	11/12/2008	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Won IBF & vacant The Ring cruiserweight titles.
Win	35–1	Gary Gomez	RTD	7 (10)	11/07/2008	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win	34–1	O'Neil Bell	TKO	8 (12)	19/04/2008	Spodek, Katowice, Poland	IBF cruiserweight title eliminator.
Win	33–1	Josip Jalusic	UD	8	29/12/2007	Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Win	32–1	Luis Andres Pineda	TKO	7 (12)	09/06/2007	Spodek, Katowice, Poland	Won vacant IBO Cruiserweight title.
Loss	31–1	Chad Dawson	UD	12	03/02/2007	Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida, United States	Lost WBC light heavyweight title.
Win	31–0	Paul Briggs	MD	12	07/10/2006	Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, United States	Retained WBC light heavyweight title.
Win	30–0	Thomas Ulrich	KO	6 (12)	15/10/2005	Mehrzweckhalle Sued, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	Retained WBC light heavyweight title.
Win	29–0	Paul Briggs	MD	12	25/05/2005	United Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Won vacant WBC light heavyweight title.
Win	28–0	Ismail Abdoul	UD	8	10/09/2004	Blue City, Warsaw, Poland
Win	27–0	Dzhabrail Dzhabrailov	KO	5 (12)	17/04/2004	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title.
Win	26–0	Olivier Beard	TKO	3 (10)	20/12/2003	BBTS Wlokniarz Hall, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Win	25–0	Ed Dalton	KO	2 (12)	04/10/2003	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title.
Win	24–0	Roberto Coelho	UD	8	30/08/2003	Olympiahalle, Munich, Bayern, Germany
Win	23–0	Zoltan Beres	UD	6	06/04/2003	Benidorm, Valencian Community, Spain
Win	22–0	Andrei Karsten	TKO	2 (6)	15/02/2003	Kisahalli, Helsinki, Finland
Win	21–0	Varuzhan Davtyan	RTD	4 (6)	14/12/2002	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Win	20–0	Laverne Clark	TKO	3 (12)	18/10/2002	Kozienice, Poland	Won Polish International light heavyweight title.
Win	19–0	Mihai Iftode	UD	8	27/07/2002	Hala Milenium, Kolobrzeg, Poland
Win	18–0	Siarhei Karanevich	PTS	10	24/05/2002	Plonsk, Poland	Won vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) light heavyweight titles.
Win	17–0	Willie McDonald	TKO	3 (6)	06/04/2002	Lodz, Poland
Win	16–0	Dzianis Salomka	TKO	5 (6)	23/02/2002	OSiR, Wloclawek, Poland
Win	15–0	Ruslan Hladkykh	UD	6	29/12/2001	Konin, Poland
Win	14–0	Zdravko Kostic	UD	10	10/11/2001	Wloclawek, Poland
Win	13–0	Timofey Maklakov	TKO	3 (10)	11/08/2001	Jaworzno, Poland
Win	12–0	Ion Voica	KO	1 (6)	18/05/2001	Warsaw, Poland
Win	11–0	Rudi Lupo	UD	10	02/03/2001	Warsaw, Poland
Win	10–0	Nino Cirilo	TKO	3 (8)	03/11/2000	Nowy Dwor, Poland
Win	9–0	Stanislav Schreiber	TKO	3 (10)	14/10/2000	Debica, Poland
Win	8–0	Glenn Odem	TKO	4 (6)	10/06/2000	Elblag, Poland
Win	7–0	Terry Ford	TKO	3 (6)	25/03/2000	Bialystok, Poland
Win	6–0	Mark Lee Dawson	TKO	3 (6)	21/02/2000	Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	5–0	Melvin Wynn	TKO	3 (6)	10/12/1999	Warsaw, Poland
Win	4–0	Kevin Whaley-El	TKO	4 (6)	22/10/1999	Legia na Bemowie Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Win	3–0	Milko Stoikov	TKO	3 (6)	26/06/1999	Hala Ludowa, Wroclaw, Poland
Win	2–0	Smokey Enison	TKO	2 (4)	29/04/1999	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England, United Kingdom
Win	1–0	Israel Khumalo	TKO	1 (4)	13/03/1999	Bowler's Arena, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

External links

• Official website
• Professional boxing record for Tomasz Adamek from BoxRec
• Bio -- file interview with Tomasz Adamek at Boxinginsider.com

Achievements
Vacant Title last held by Antonio Tarver	WBC Light Heavyweight Champion May 21, 2005 – February 3, 2007	Succeeded by Chad Dawson
Preceded by Steve Cunningham	IBF Cruiserweight Champion December 11, 2008 – October 18, 2009 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Steve Cunningham
Preceded by David Haye Vacated	The Ring Cruiserweight Champion December 11, 2008 – February 23, 2010 Vacated	Vacant