Tomasz Adamek

Tomasz Adamek
Adamek with the IBF title, 2008
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Góral ("Mountain Boy") Tomek
Rated at	Light heavyweight Cruiserweight Heavyweight
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Reach	191 cm (75 in)
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1976-12-01) 1 December 1976 Żywiec, Poland
Boxing record
Total fights	55
Wins	50
Wins by KO	30
Losses	5
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Poland European Championships 1998 Minsk Light heavyweight

Tomasz Adamek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ aˈdamɛk]; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007; the unified IBF, Ring magazine, and lineal cruiserweight titles from 2008 to 2009, and challenged for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011. Adamek is the first Polish winner of both the "Muhammad Ali Giant Athlete Award", and the first Polish boxer to win a Ring title.

Early life and amateur career

Adamek was born in Żywiec, Poland. He 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.

Adamek amateur boxing record is 120 fights, 112 wins and 8 losses

Professional career

Adamek made his professional boxing debut on 13 March 1999 in Manchester, England against Israel Khumalo. He won by TKO in the 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.^[1]

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. 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.^[2] In his first fight of 2011, Adamek defeated Irishman Kevin McBride by a wide unanimous decision.

On September 10, 2011 Adamek faced the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Poland, losing by TKO in the 10th round. The referee stopped the bout after Adamek received punishing blows and was ruled out, as he was no longer able to defend himself.

Adamek returned on March 24, 2012 after signing a contract with Main Events. Adamek defeated by unanimous decision "Dominican Dynamite" Nagy Aguilera.

He next fought on the date of June 16, 2012 against Eddie Chambers in Prudential Center and won by unanimous decision.

Adamek defeated Travis Walker on September 8, 2012 via fifth round technical knockout at 1:51 due to a stopage by the referee.

Adamek defeated Steve Cunningham in a very close and somewhat controversial split decision on December 22, 2012. Initially, the result was a draw, but after noticing a mathematical miscalculation in the judges scorecards, Adamek was declared the winner.

On March 15, 2014 Adamek was defeated by Vyacheslav Glazkov and lost his IBF North America Heavyweight title by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.

Adamek announced his retirement in December 2014.^[3]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
55	Loss	50–5	Éric Molina	KO	10 (12), 3:00	2 Apr 2016	Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland	For vacant IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title
54	Win	50–4	Przemysław Saleta	RTD	5 (10), 3:00	26 Sep 2015	Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland
53	Loss	49–4	Artur Szpilka	UD	10	8 Nov 2014	Tauron Arena, Kraków, Poland	For vacant IBF International and Republic of Poland heavyweight titles
52	Loss	49–3	Vyacheslav Glazkov	UD	12	15 Mar 2014	Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US	Lost IBF North American heavyweight title
51	Win	49–2	Dominick Guinn	UD	10	3 Aug 2013	Mohegan Sun Arena, Montville, Connecticut, US
50	Win	48–2	Steve Cunningham	SD	12	22 Dec 2012	Sands Casino Resort, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, US	Retained IBF North American heavyweight title
49	Win	47–2	Travis Walker	TKO	5 (12), 1:08	8 Sep 2012	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF North American heavyweight title
48	Win	46–2	Eddie Chambers	UD	12	16 Jun 2012	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Won vacant IBF North American heavyweight title
47	Win	45–2	Nagy Aguilera	UD	10	24 Mar 2012	Aviator Sports and Events Center, New York City, New York, US
46	Loss	44–2	Vitali Klitschko	TKO	10 (12), 2:20	10 Sep 2011	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland	For WBC heavyweight title
45	Win	44–1	Kevin McBride	UD	12	9 Apr 2011	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF International and WBO–NABO heavyweight titles
44	Win	43–1	Vinny Maddalone	TKO	5 (12), 2:17	9 Dec 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF International and WBO–NABO heavyweight titles
43	Win	42–1	Michael Grant	UD	12	21 Aug 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF International and WBO–NABO heavyweight titles
42	Win	41–1	Chris Arreola	MD	12	24 Apr 2010	Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, California, US	Retained IBF International heavyweight title; Won vacant WBO–NABO heavyweight title
41	Win	40–1	Jason Estrada	UD	12	6 Feb 2010	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF International heavyweight title
40	Win	39–1	Andrew Golota	TKO	5 (12), 1:20	24 Oct 2009	Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland	Won vacant IBF International heavyweight title
39	Win	38–1	Bobby Gunn	RTD	4 (12), 3:00	11 Jul 2009	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF, The Ring, and lineal cruiserweight titles
38	Win	37–1	Johnathon Banks	TKO	8 (12), 1:30	27 Feb 2009	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Retained IBF, The Ring, and lineal cruiserweight titles
37	Win	36–1	Steve Cunningham	SD	12	11 Dec 2008	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, US	Won IBF, vacant The Ring and lineal cruiserweight titles
36	Win	35–1	Gary Gomez	RTD	7 (10), 0:01	11 Jul 2008	Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, US
35	Win	34–1	O'Neil Bell	TKO	8 (12)	19 Apr 2008	Spodek, Katowice, Poland
34	Win	33–1	Josip Jalusic	UD	8	29 Dec 2007	Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld, Germany
33	Win	32–1	Luis Andres Pineda	TKO	7 (12)	9 Jun 2007	Spodek, Katowice, Poland	Won vacant IBO cruiserweight title
32	Loss	31–1	Chad Dawson	UD	12	3 Feb 2007	Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee, Florida, US	Lost WBC light heavyweight title
31	Win	31–0	Paul Briggs	MD	12	7 Oct 2006	Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, US	Retained WBC light heavyweight title
30	Win	30–0	Thomas Ulrich	KO	6 (12), 1:57	15 Oct 2005	Mehrzweckhalle Süd, Düsseldorf, Germany	Retained WBC light heavyweight title
29	Win	29–0	Paul Briggs	MD	12	21 May 2005	United Center, Chicago, Illinois, US	Won vacant WBC light heavyweight title
28	Win	28–0	Ismail Abdoul	UD	8	10 Sep 2004	Blue City, Warsaw, Poland
27	Win	27–0	Dzhabrail Dzhabrailov	KO	5 (12), 0:43	17 Apr 2004	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
26	Win	26–0	Olivier Beard	TKO	3 (10)	20 Dec 2003	BBTS Wlokniarz Hall, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
25	Win	25–0	Ed Dalton	KO	2 (12), 2:14	4 Oct 2003	Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland	Won vacant IBF Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
24	Win	24–0	Roberto Coelho	UD	8	30 Aug 2003	Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
23	Win	23–0	Zoltán Béres	UD	6	6 Apr 2003	Palacio de Deportes, Benidorm, Spain
22	Win	22–0	Andrei Karsten	TKO	2 (6)	15 Feb 2003	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
21	Win	21–0	Varuzhan Davtyan	RTD	4 (6), 3:00	14 Dec 2002	Telewest Arena, Newcastle, England
20	Win	20–0	Laverne Clark	TKO	3 (12)	18 Oct 2002	Sport Hall, Kozienice, Poland	Won vacant Polish International light heavyweight title
19	Win	19–0	Mihai Iftode	UD	8	27 Jul 2002	Hala Milenium, Kołobrzeg, Poland
18	Win	18–0	Siarhei Karanevich	UD	10	24 May 2002	Płońsk, Poland	Won vacant WBC–CISBB light heavyweight titles
17	Win	17–0	Willie McDonald	TKO	3 (6)	6 Apr 2002	Łódź, Poland
16	Win	16–0	Dzianis Salomka	TKO	5 (6)	23 Feb 2002	OSiR, Włocławek, Poland
15	Win	15–0	Ruslan Hladkykh	UD	6	29 Dec 2001	Sport Hall, Konin, Poland
14	Win	14–0	Zdravko Kostic	UD	10	10 Nov 2001	Sport Hall, Włocławek, Poland
13	Win	13–0	Timofey Maklakov	TKO	3 (10)	11 Aug 2001	Sport Hall, Jaworzno, Poland
12	Win	12–0	Ion Voica	KO	1 (6)	18 May 2001	Sport Hall, Warsaw, Poland
11	Win	11–0	Rudi Lupo	UD	10	2 Mar 2001	Sport Hall, Warsaw, Poland	Won IBC Inter-Continental light heavyweight title
10	Win	10–0	Nino Cirilo	TKO	3 (8)	3 Nov 2000	Sport Hall, Nowy Dwór, Poland
9	Win	9–0	Stanislav Schreiber	TKO	3 (10)	14 Oct 2000	Sport Hall, Dębica, Poland
8	Win	8–0	Glenn Odem	TKO	4 (6)	10 Jun 2000	Sport Hall, Elbląg, Poland
7	Win	7–0	Terry Ford	TKO	3 (6)	25 Mar 2000	Białystok, Poland
6	Win	6–0	Mark Lee Dawson	TKO	3 (6)	21 Feb 2000	Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Melvin Wynn	TKO	3 (6)	10 Dec 1999	Warsaw, Poland
4	Win	4–0	Kevin Whaley-El	TKO	4 (6)	22 Oct 1999	Legia na Bemowie Hall, Warsaw, Poland
3	Win	3–0	Milko Stoikov	TKO	3 (6)	26 Jun 1999	Hala Ludowa, Wrocław, Poland
2	Win	2–0	Smokey Enison	TKO	2 (4), 2:50	29 Apr 1999	York Hall, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Israel Khumalo	TKO	1 (4), 2:15	13 Mar 1999	Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

References

External links

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