Hopkins Calling Out Adamek?

[Rantcatrat]

This strikes me as an odd choice for Hopkins, I mean from what I understand is that he has to contantly eat just to get up to 175, even if he does come in at 176 as Adam pointed out as the minimum requirement, that's a huge weight advantage for Tomasz. Stylewise if B-Hop is on form this should actually be an easy fight for Hopkins, nothing against Tomasz, just an issue of styles. I would have thought Hopkins would go for BCD.

From an interview he gave on BoxingTalk, he is gunning for fighters with the potential to sell a lot of tickets - in other words, big money fights. Dawson isn't a big money fight yet (I'm not sure I buy that). Adamek sells out fights in Newark.

[killersheep]

This strikes me as an odd choice for Hopkins, I mean from what I understand is that he has to contantly eat just to get up to 175, even if he does come in at 176 as Adam pointed out as the minimum requirement, that's a huge weight advantage for Tomasz. Stylewise if B-Hop is on form this should actually be an easy fight for Hopkins, nothing against Tomasz, just an issue of styles. I would have thought Hopkins would go for BCD.

From an interview he gave on BoxingTalk, he is gunning for fighters with the potential to sell a lot of tickets - in other words, big money fights. Dawson isn't a big money fight yet (I'm not sure I buy that). Adamek sells out fights in Newark.

Makes sense I guess, Adamek does have a good fanbase.

[Hunter]

I think Adamek is a bigger fight than Dawson. I think the high risk low reward fight is Dawson. If Hopkins can beat Adamek he will have been recognized as the Ring/Undisputed Middle, Lt Heavy and Cruiser champ.

That is pretty impressive.

Also Dawson has faster hands which normally troubles Hopkins. I think Hopkins has a better chance in the Adamek fight.....

[Rantcatrat]

I think Adamek is a bigger fight than Dawson. I think the high risk low reward fight is Dawson. If Hopkins can beat Adamek he will have been recognized as the Ring/Undisputed Middle, Lt Heavy and Cruiser champ.

That is pretty impressive.

Also Dawson has faster hands which normally troubles Hopkins. I think Hopkins has a better chance in the Adamek fight.....

I completely agree with that statement, but I'm not sure if beating Adamek is a bigger accomplishment than beating Dawson. Adamek is a legitimate fighter, however. One doesn't beat Banks, Cunningham, Briggs, and Bell without being so.

The Hopkins fight will get him a career high pay day and he naturally fights at a higher weight so it's not like he is risking getting horribly knocked out. On the other hand, he could probably make a ton of money in a fight with Wodarcyzk in Poland. But, the other names in the division don't have the same drawing power.

[jon09]

I think Adamek is a bigger fight than Dawson. I think the high risk low reward fight is Dawson. If Hopkins can beat Adamek he will have been recognized as the Ring/Undisputed Middle, Lt Heavy and Cruiser champ.

That is pretty impressive.

Also Dawson has faster hands which normally troubles Hopkins. I think Hopkins has a better chance in the Adamek fight.....

I completely agree with that statement, but I'm not sure if beating Adamek is a bigger accomplishment than beating Dawson. Adamek is a legitimate fighter, however. One doesn't beat Banks, Cunningham, Briggs, and Bell without being so.

The Hopkins fight will get him a career high pay day and he naturally fights at a higher weight so it's not like he is risking getting horribly knocked out. On the other hand, he could probably make a ton of money in a fight with Wodarcyzk in Poland. But, the other names in the division don't have the same drawing power.

Agreed! And if the fight does happen and B Hop pulls it out and Roy Jones beats Omar then why not make Roy Jones vs Bhop as soon as possible for the Cruiserweight belt.

[Preme]

Surly beating Dawson would be better considering chad chased him out of the LHW division?

Adamek has done well, but i think it is wrong to call him the undisputed champion, there are other title holders there - him and cunningham should never have been for the ring belt.

Hopkins, as long as he hasn't slipped will beat adamek much like he did pavlik. Adamek is a very basic boxer, he just has a tough chin and hits hard thats it. yes yes im biased but i would wager anything that Enzo would spark adamek in 4 rounds as long as he fought smart and used his reach adamek would walk onto one of his bombs and would be done. He may have a tough chin, but nothing to eat them. I think braithweight as well as fragameni would give adamek fits as well, braithweight another massive hitter would land on him, and he has a pretty decent chin too. Fragameni took a lot of haye before he was stopped, and i think he would walk adamek down and break him.

[Rantcatrat]

Surly beating Dawson would be better considering chad chased him out of the LHW division?

Adamek has done well, but i think it is wrong to call him the undisputed champion, there are other title holders there - him and cunningham should never have been for the ring belt.

Hopkins, as long as he hasn't slipped will beat adamek much like he did pavlik. Adamek is a very basic boxer, he just has a tough chin and hits hard thats it. yes yes im biased but i would wager anything that Enzo would spark adamek in 4 rounds as long as he fought smart and used his reach adamek would walk onto one of his bombs and would be done. He may have a tough chin, but nothing to eat them. I think braithweight as well as fragameni would give adamek fits as well, braithweight another massive hitter would land on him, and he has a pretty decent chin too. Fragameni took a lot of haye before he was stopped, and i think he would walk adamek down and break him.

Enzo? Enzo was torched in his singular step-up in competition. While Enzo has been twiddling his thumbs in Wales, Adamek has fought five world class boxers: Banks, Cunningham, Bell, Dawson, and Briggs twice. What other cruiser has fought at the level of competition he has? Indeed, Enzo hasn't faced half the competition Adamek has. And with all the big cruiser competition in Europe, Enzo chose who as his next fight? Sig bet for sure if this fight comes to fruition.

[Preme]

Surly beating Dawson would be better considering chad chased him out of the LHW division?

Adamek has done well, but i think it is wrong to call him the undisputed champion, there are other title holders there - him and cunningham should never have been for the ring belt.

Hopkins, as long as he hasn't slipped will beat adamek much like he did pavlik. Adamek is a very basic boxer, he just has a tough chin and hits hard thats it. yes yes im biased but i would wager anything that Enzo would spark adamek in 4 rounds as long as he fought smart and used his reach adamek would walk onto one of his bombs and would be done. He may have a tough chin, but nothing to eat them. I think braithweight as well as fragameni would give adamek fits as well, braithweight another massive hitter would land on him, and he has a pretty decent chin too. Fragameni took a lot of haye before he was stopped, and i think he would walk adamek down and break him.

Enzo? Enzo was torched in his singular step-up in competition. While Enzo has been twiddling his thumbs in Wales, Adamek has fought five world class boxers: Banks, Cunningham, Bell, Dawson, and Briggs twice. What other cruiser has fought at the level of competition he has? Indeed, Enzo hasn't faced half the competition Adamek has. And with all the big cruiser competition in Europe, Enzo chose who as his next fight? Sig bet for sure if this fight comes to fruition.

Bell and banks done NOTHING at Cw ok. NOTHING. He fought and got beat by a very chinny dawson. Nothing against chad, he has skills, but as of yet hasn't proven anything; he has time to do that im not slagging him off. cunningham is good, not great.

but you say Enzo chose his next apponent? do you know anythign about boxing? seriously...?

[leftylee]

Surly beating Dawson would be better considering chad chased him out of the LHW division?

Adamek has done well, but i think it is wrong to call him the undisputed champion, there are other title holders there - him and cunningham should never have been for the ring belt.

Hopkins, as long as he hasn't slipped will beat adamek much like he did pavlik. Adamek is a very basic boxer, he just has a tough chin and hits hard thats it. yes yes im biased but i would wager anything that Enzo would spark adamek in 4 rounds as long as he fought smart and used his reach adamek would walk onto one of his bombs and would be done. He may have a tough chin, but nothing to eat them. I think braithweight as well as fragameni would give adamek fits as well, braithweight another massive hitter would land on him, and he has a pretty decent chin too. Fragameni took a lot of haye before he was stopped, and i think he would walk adamek down and break him.

Enzo? Enzo was torched in his singular step-up in competition. While Enzo has been twiddling his thumbs in Wales, Adamek has fought five world class boxers: Banks, Cunningham, Bell, Dawson, and Briggs twice. What other cruiser has fought at the level of competition he has? Indeed, Enzo hasn't faced half the competition Adamek has. And with all the big cruiser competition in Europe, Enzo chose who as his next fight? Sig bet for sure if this fight comes to fruition.

Bell and banks done NOTHING at Cw ok. NOTHING. He fought and got beat by a very chinny dawson. Nothing against chad, he has skills, but as of yet hasn't proven anything; he has time to do that im not slagging him off. cunningham is good, not great.

but you say Enzo chose his next apponent? do you know anythign about boxing? seriously...?

That last statement is pure comical. I can't believe you ask somebody do they know anything about boxing. Rantcatrat should be asking you that question. And that Chad Dawson line you came out with is possibly one of the most pathetic things I've read on here

I'm surprised with you Preme, cuz shouldn't your fabulous 24K a year and Sky and Setanta subscriptions make you see all the fights ?

[CFH]

Surly beating Dawson would be better considering chad chased him out of the LHW division?

Adamek has done well, but i think it is wrong to call him the undisputed champion, there are other title holders there - him and cunningham should never have been for the ring belt.

Hopkins, as long as he hasn't slipped will beat adamek much like he did pavlik. Adamek is a very basic boxer, he just has a tough chin and hits hard thats it. yes yes im biased but i would wager anything that Enzo would spark adamek in 4 rounds as long as he fought smart and used his reach adamek would walk onto one of his bombs and would be done. He may have a tough chin, but nothing to eat them. I think braithweight as well as fragameni would give adamek fits as well, braithweight another massive hitter would land on him, and he has a pretty decent chin too. Fragameni took a lot of haye before he was stopped, and i think he would walk adamek down and break him.

Enzo? Enzo was torched in his singular step-up in competition. While Enzo has been twiddling his thumbs in Wales, Adamek has fought five world class boxers: Banks, Cunningham, Bell, Dawson, and Briggs twice. What other cruiser has fought at the level of competition he has? Indeed, Enzo hasn't faced half the competition Adamek has. And with all the big cruiser competition in Europe, Enzo chose who as his next fight? Sig bet for sure if this fight comes to fruition.

Bell and banks done NOTHING at Cw ok. NOTHING. He fought and got beat by a very chinny dawson. Nothing against chad, he has skills, but as of yet hasn't proven anything; he has time to do that im not slagging him off. cunningham is good, not great.

but you say Enzo chose his next apponent? do you know anythign about boxing? seriously...?

Name one fighter that Enzo has fought (excluding those fighters who knocked him out in two rounds) who is better than any those you listed.

[pacman79]

Dan Rafael mentioned in this week's Notebook that HBO President Ross Greenburg told ESPN.com that the proposed fight between Tomasz Adamek and Bernard Hopkins is "back on the radar."
Rafael also notes that the July 10 Shobox main event between Adamek and Matt Godfrey is off, because Showtime passed on the bout:

"I think [Adamek-Hopkins is] a good fight and we've talked a little about it," [Greenburg] said.
If it comes back together, HBO would prefer it happen in early 2010 given an already tight budget for the rest of 2009.
When the prospect of the fight in July died a few weeks ago, it left Hopkins with nothing in the works. Adamek, meanwhile, is scheduled to fight July 10 in Newark, N.J., but without a commitment from an American broadcaster.
Showtime and Main Events talked about Adamek-Matt Godfrey, but the network elected to pass on the "ShoBox" fight on Thursday.
According to Main Events, Adamek will still fight July 10 but without U.S. television. But because there is now less money in the pot, it means a further downgrade in opponent, possibly to club fighter Bobby Gunn.

It's a shame that Showtime elected to pass on the Adamek-Godfrey bout, but what can you do? It's not that attractive, not really worth the money, and nobody knows who the hell Godfrey is (which is not a knock on Godfrey, just a fact). They already bought Adamek-Banks; why buy what looks like a sequel when nobody really cares that much?
Adamek fighting Bobby Gunn, on the other hand, is frightening -- what if Gunn won? Cruiserweight world champion Bobby Gunn.
As for Adamek-Hopkins, I dunno. Delaying it until 2010 is crazy to me. Hopkins would have been off over a year assuming he doesn't fight again this year, and I don't know who he'd fight, plus the man would be 45 years old and moving up in weight yet again. I liked Adamek's chances to begin with, but putting that extra year on there really makes me favor him. ...potentially, anyway.
I'd love if the fight could come off this year, but if HBO doesn't have the budget, they don't have the budget.


HBO has Adamek-Hopkins "back on the*radar" - Bad Left Hook

[TigerFan]

It amazes me how an all action fighter like Adamek can't even get a televised fight

Hopefully Versus will step up like they have with Diaconu-vs-Pascal.

[ledsham]

i_think,adamek_would_hand_hopkins-his_first_ko,defeat.

[skel1983]

i_think,adamek_would_hand_hopkins-his_first_ko,defeat.

Unless Hopkins level has dramatically fallen, he would school Adamek, Dawson was to skilled for Adamek who is a tough son of a bitch and is very good fighter but Hopkins would have to many trciks up his sleeve for Adamek.

[pacman79]

i_think,adamek_would_hand_hopkins-his_first_ko,defeat.

I also think Hopkins would school Adamek
Have ya not learned after what he did to Tarver and Pavlik?