Vitali vs. Adamek Saturday fight thread

[Rantcatrat]

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.

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.

[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.

[J_C]

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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 )

[boxingbantz]

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

[Galaxy]

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

[FinitoElDinamita]

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

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

[ragge]

If you have the german channel RTL you can watch the fight for free

[Mars_ax]

Just a reminder:

An Afternoon fight here on HBO in North America tomorrow, beginning @ 4:45 PM EST, and 5-6 hours later across the pond.

September 10
At Wroclaw, Poland (HBO): Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title.

This might turn out to be a better than expected fight from Poland.

[Master]

If you have the german channel RTL you can watch the fight for free

When Sky went digital they stopped all these foreign channels for this very reason, I wish I had a motorised satellite dish.

[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.

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.

I disagree.

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

[CutMeMick]

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.)

[Hunter]

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.

[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.

[therealremi]

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.

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.