Vitali vs. Adamek Saturday fight thread

An Afternoon fight here on HBO in North America, beginning @ 4:45 PM EST, and 5-6 hours later across the pond.;D
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September 10
At Wroclaw, Poland (HBO): Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.

Adamek will come to fight, but Vitali will just be too big and/or too much for him, plus how the fuck is Adamek going to "outbox" Vitali? (his only chance)

Klitschko vs Adamek: Polish Support Giving Adamek Home Field Confidence - Bad Left Hook

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And later the same evening on HBO:


At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon, 12 rounds, featherweights.

After putting up a gallant effort in the first few rounds, Ponce will likely get obliterated by Gamboa soon after, don't go to the 'fridge when the fight starts. ;)

Adamek has literally no chance here.

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Originally Posted by CFH

Adamek has literally no chance here.

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Adamek shows cojones for taking this fight, but I agree, his chances of winning are slim and none. Since Adamek is a "surviver", with a good chin, my guess is this will go 12 boring rounds with Vitali winning almost every round. (I hope I wrong and we see an entertaining fight)

Vitali will win by TKO. Remember Arreola rocked Adamek, Vitali will only do a better more efficient job. Adamek is a gutsy fighter, but his corner will stop the fight.

Quite looking forward to this fight, and think it'll be pretty exciting while it lasts. While vitali is surely the favorite I don't think an adamek win is completely out of the question with a bit of help from father time. I like both guys so really just hoping for a decent fight.

Hope Adamek wins this.

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Originally Posted by El Kabong

Vitali will win by TKO. Remember Arreola rocked Adamek, Vitali will only do a better more efficient job. Adamek is a gutsy fighter, but his corner will stop the fight.

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This has about 90% chance of occuring. The only thing I can see is that Adamek is in the best shape of his life even coming in a little thinner than expected whereas Vitali finally shows some age. Then Adamek waits patiently making Vitali move around a lot during the first five or six rounds and then pushes the action a bit more the last 6 or 7 rounds. How big is the ring?

If Michael spinks could do it to Larry Holmes, then heres hoping Tomasz Adamek can do it to Vitali Klitschko!

I can't see how anyone can give Adamek a chance here.

Adamek is undersized and is really a cruiserweight.

He lacks power at heavyweight, he's not faster than Vitali and he isn't a skilled enough boxer overall to compete with what Vitali brings to the ring like size, power (faded but still good), work rate and overall skills.

Adamek is tough and will make it to the late rounds but i see Vitali beating him up from the opening bell.

Adamek's face won't be a pretty sight at the end.

Vitali by late TKO.

Adamek is by far one of my favorite boxers at the moment but I don't think he has the size to match the granite Ukrainian. However, I think that an Adamek-Haye fight would be entertaining as hell, I should start to harrass Goldenboy and Main Event to convince them to make it happen.

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Originally Posted by Pugilistic

I can't see how anyone can give Adamek a chance here.

Adamek is undersized and is really a cruiserweight.

He lacks power at heavyweight, he's not faster than Vitali and he isn't a skilled enough boxer overall to compete with what Vitali brings to the ring like size, power (faded but still good), work rate and overall skills.

Adamek is tough and will make it to the late rounds but i see Vitali beating him up from the opening bell.

Adamek's face won't be a pretty sight at the end.

Vitali by late TKO.

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What Adamek has is speed. He is faster than Vitali in foot speed and punch speed. Otherwise, you are right, he is at a big deficit.

Borderline pointless fight. Adamek couldn't put a dent in Grant or Kevin McBride. Maybe he whips in some good punches early but they're gonna do nothing. His only shot is if Vitali gets injured during the fight.

Vitali TKO (8/13) is a lump on job.

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Originally Posted by Fenster

Borderline pointless fight. Adamek couldn't put a dent in Grant or Kevin McBride. Maybe he whips in some good punches early but they're gonna do nothing. His only shot is if Vitali gets injured during the fight.

Vitali TKO (8/13) is a lump on job.

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Why are you so confident? Vitalis last 4 fights, Kevin Johnson and Shannon Briggs went the 12 rounds (Briggs questionable letting it go on but go the distance it did). Neither of those are exactly world beaters. He only got Sosnowski out of there at the end of the 10th. Solis was a non fight. Vitali is definitely slowing down. He'll win but a UD would not surprise me one bit.

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Originally Posted by J_C

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Originally Posted by Fenster

Borderline pointless fight. Adamek couldn't put a dent in Grant or Kevin McBride. Maybe he whips in some good punches early but they're gonna do nothing. His only shot is if Vitali gets injured during the fight.

Vitali TKO (8/13) is a lump on job.

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Why are you so confident? Vitalis last 4 fights, Kevin Johnson and Shannon Briggs went the 12 rounds (Briggs questionable letting it go on but go the distance it did). Neither of those are exactly world beaters. He only got Sosnowski out of there at the end of the 10th. Solis was a non fight. Vitali is definitely slowing down. He'll win but a UD would not surprise me one bit.

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Good point.

However, Briggs and Johnson are much bigger than Adamek. Briggs hadn't been stopped for 100 years - and that was against Lewis - and Johnson is so negative he makes Haye look like prime Tyson.

With Adamek's style I can't see anything other than a gradual beating. To go the distance he would have to be negative, imo, which he is not. He is gonna be right in Vitali's range, has a huge size disadvantage and has no chance of a KO.

(trust me, anything I say is a cert is nothing of the sort. Vitali getting KO'd is not out of the question with my boc money on him :))

Far too small. Has no chance. Late stoppage for Vitali then an annoucement of a fight with David Haye no doubt...

This is boxing & anything can happen but I see Adamek taking a beating here

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

This is boxing & anything can happen but I see Adamek taking a beating here

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Yea bro.. I can't see it any other way.. At best, Adamek fights to a 12 rounds decision..

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Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

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Originally Posted by Pugilistic

I can't see how anyone can give Adamek a chance here.

Adamek is undersized and is really a cruiserweight.

He lacks power at heavyweight, he's not faster than Vitali and he isn't a skilled enough boxer overall to compete with what Vitali brings to the ring like size, power (faded but still good), work rate and overall skills.

Adamek is tough and will make it to the late rounds but i see Vitali beating him up from the opening bell.

Adamek's face won't be a pretty sight at the end.

Vitali by late TKO.

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What Adamek has is speed. He is faster than Vitali in foot speed and punch speed. Otherwise, you are right, he is at a big deficit.

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I disagree.

I think Vitali has the faster hands, you could say Adamek's footwork is quicker though.

Anyone give Adamek any chance? Personally I dont see Vitali losing.

btw Im in Wroclaw ,and gonna watch it live at the stadium . :cool:

anyways Vitali by ko

your thoughts?

There's already been a recent thread on this topic.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...urday-hbo.html

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Undercard is absolutely shite. I mean good boxers like Masternak and Wawrzyk are fighting bums. I guess that's the result of K2's greed.
Back to predictions - there have been bigger upsets than Adamek winning this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyodF...&feature=feedu

Adamek looks focused and prepared, technically excellent. This will be Vitali's toughest fight since his comeback.

Been backing Adamek since his fights vs. Briggs... (Minus the time he fought by boy BCD)
Even when people said he would lose.
From what I remember people said he would lose to USSR, Bell & Banks.

However here I just see Vitaly hammering him and getting the TKO.
It's not like Adamek is elusive. If he had the slightlest waist movement or something I think he'd last 12 rounds but I don't.

By the way I back Adamek vs. any other heavyweight (Haye, Chambers, Sascha, Povetkin etc.)

I really like Adamek. He is willing to fight anyone and wont run, but this is a bad match up for him. I hope he gives Vitali a run for his money but I think Vitali stops him in round 8.

They've sold over 40,000 tickets for the fight and allegedly the stadium is sold out in Poland. At least on paper, it's a good fight for boxing. Hopefully, Erics44 checks it out because he wants big heavyweight boxing matches.

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Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

They've sold over 40,000 tickets for the fight and allegedly the stadium is sold out in Poland. At least on paper, it's a good fight for boxing. Hopefully, Erics44 checks it out because he wants big heavyweight boxing matches.

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That may be in fact another blow to boxing - the undercard is shite - really nothing can happen to make it interesting - so if the main event ends like most people predict then another 40 K + those who buy PPV will turn their back to boxing.

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Originally Posted by badr_hari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyodFcnkwec&feature=feedu"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyodFcnkwec&feature=feedu

Adamek looks focused and prepared, technically excellent. This will be Vitali's toughest fight since his comeback.

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i enjoyed that video, i love doing the pads, ill do a few rounds on the pads tonight

unfortunately i can see it lasting past 6

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unfortunately i can see it lasting past 6

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then get some glasses, BIOTCH.

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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

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unfortunately i can see it lasting past 6

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then get some glasses, BIOTCH.

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you seem a bit upset today

is everything ok?

how do you see the fight going?

This is all just good clean horse-play to clear out the sinuses. I see this as a sleeper and I think you may be right, its going past 6 and its a cure for insomnia. :)

Yes Im OK, just feeling the good clean fresh air and horse-playing.

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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

This is all just good clean horse-play to clear out the sinuses. I see this as a sleeper and I think you may be right, its going past 6 and its a cure for insomnia. :)

Yes Im OK, just feeling the good clean fresh air and horse-playing.

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dont really know what most of your post means but i think that you think that it will be a boring fight that will not finish before the 7th?

if its anything like Vitalis previous adventures, then yes, thats what I think----Adamek should have the self-respect to sneak past the 7th round, but not much farther.

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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

if its anything like Vitalis previous adventures, then yes, thats what I think----Adamek should have the self-respect to sneak past the 7th round, but not much farther.

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im not sure it has anything to do with self respect does it?

im sure he will give it his all but I personally think he will have to fight out of his skin to make any impact

if he has any self-respect then he will fight quite out of his skin.

Is this one on sky sports?

I believe Adamek will give a much better effort than David Haye did against Wlad, however he doesn't have quite the size, power or skills of Haye.

None the less, Vitali is 40 years old now and the fight is in Poland, so Adamek has a chance.

I'm pullin for the Pole, lets do it Adamek !

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Originally Posted by GAME

Is this one on sky sports?

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Yes it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8qsVAOIzs&feature=player_embedded

I think vitali will be a bit too strong for adameck. I think adameck might do okay early to mid rounds with his boxing ability, but when vitali gets his range I don't see adameck giving him any problems at all. I think Vitali has the ability to stop adameck in the later rounds when he starts landing the heavy blows. If not I reckon he wins a comfortable decision.

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Originally Posted by therealremi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8qsVAOIzs&feature=player_embedded

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i like it