Tomasz Adamek is a beast. For those of you who have not seen him fight yet, try searching his bout against Steve Cunningham last year in New Jersey. A lot of people have called that the "Fight of the Year" for 2008.
Adamek successfully defended his IBF cruiserweight belt last night against challenger Bobby Gunn in front of legions of his Polish-American fans chanting "Polska, Polska, Polska!" The fight was stopped by the referee after the fourth round after watching Gunn took a beating from Adamek and not being able to fight back.
Adamek dominated the fight all throughout, using his left jab so efficiently and scoring at will. He threw everything at Gunn but the kitchen sink and some Polish sausages and relish and at one point in the fourth round threw seventeen unanswered punches.
Adamek said after the fight,
"It wasn't my decision. I always believe in going into the ring healthy and leaving healthy. That should work for both of us. Obviously, the fans wanted to see more."
Sure they did. Adamek is a hard-hitting, crowd-pleasing fighter that comes at his opponents reminiscent of the sport’s best fighter Manny Pacquiao. I spoke to Adamek a few months back and he truly reminded me of the Pac Man, not only because of his style inside the ring, but his demeanor and how he is adored by his fans as well. He never fails to mention his country Poland and how he intends to bring glory to his people every time he steps inside the ring. He is soft-spoken and does not do any trash-talking. Well, perhaps having a translator kind of aided that too, but kidding aside, Adamek is definitely one of the most exciting and fan-friendly fighters in the business.
With the win, Adamek improved to 38-1 with his lone loss coming from Chad Dawson which Adamek attributes to weight as he is more of a natural cruiserweight than a light heavyweight when he fought Dawson. That was Adamek's last campaign at 175 and has been fighting at cruiserweight, 20 pounds higher, ever since.
With Steve Cunningham winning his fight last night in Florida at the undercard of Darchinyan-Agbeko, a rematch with Adamek and hopefully a repeat of their epic battle last year seems more likely to happen next.
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