No comments regarding Tomasz adamek vs kevin mcbride???

[CFH]

Adamek has literally no chance against either Klitschko or (flame away, Lyle) David Haye. He's too small, he's not exceptionally fast, and he has very little power at this weight. What he's trying to accomplish is admirable, I guess, but he's doomed to fail. Vitali will spark him unless Adamek manages to run all night; even then he'll lose every round.

Hell, I even think Solis would beat him pretty badly.

[gest12645]

Im Polish and would really like Adamek to win , but he doesnt have more than a 5% chance of winning. Vitali has never had a fight that he has been losing on points. So why should this one be different.

[Kev]

Im Polish and would really like Adamek to win , but he doesnt have more than a 5% chance of winning. Vitali has never had a fight that he has been losing on points. So why should this one be different.

Outside of a shoulder injurt a la Chris Byrd, or a sudden death by heart attack this is going to be a complete and total formality.

I would go so far to say as it's an impossible mission for Adamek to win this by boxing means. He won't have the power to score a shock knockout, and he's too small and weak to have a hope of winning any of the rounds.

I think the interest for this fight will be whether he can surprise us all like Matthew Hatton did against Canelo and hear the final bell. It will be entertaining for that reason, but a Vitali win is as close to a sure thing that there can be in boxing.

[ninjaspy3]

I have come to admire adamek but i see it like the majority of the other posters. I dont think adamek will be able to keep vitali off of him and will be dog tired in the later rounds. Him being worn out towards the end will probably result in vitali stopping him.

[Rantcatrat]

I have come to admire adamek but i see it like the majority of the other posters. I dont think adamek will be able to keep vitali off of him and will be dog tired in the later rounds. Him being worn out towards the end will probably result in vitali stopping him.

Completely agree. I admire Adamek too. He's a machine as cutme or sheep used to say. He is a top 20 p4p boxer in my opinion. But, the Vitali is too big of a mountain for him to climb. If he beat Vitali it would a huge shock. Monstrous.

[therealremi]

We all know what Vitali is capable of, but Vitali is getting old. Adamek's defence is much much better than when he fought Briggs. His chin is above average. He doesn't ever get nervous/intimidated like Andrew Golota, has strong faith and focus.
In 5 months time, we will come back to this thread. I'm not saying Adamek will most probably win, but how can you not see this as a very exciting fight??

[El Kabong]

I have come to admire adamek but i see it like the majority of the other posters. I dont think adamek will be able to keep vitali off of him and will be dog tired in the later rounds. Him being worn out towards the end will probably result in vitali stopping him.

Completely agree. I admire Adamek too. He's a machine as cutme or sheep used to say. He is a top 20 p4p boxer in my opinion. But, the Vitali is too big of a mountain for him to climb. If he beat Vitali it would a huge shock. Monstrous.

Hell I think at this point in time if Adamek beat Vitali you could consider it one of the biggest upsets of ALL TIME, right up there with Clay-Liston I, Tyson-Douglas, Rahman-Lewis....Vitali hasn't had a truly competitive fight since...well hell since the fight with Lennox Lewis. Corrie Sanders had his moments, but did he win enough rounds against Vitali to consider it a "competitive match"?

I take nothing away away from Adamek, he has really impressed me so far but there's a gigantic gap between The Klitschko's and the rest of the division.

[Master]

I think Adamek has a chance against Vitali, he has fought the right type of opposition and at least has earned the shot. I think he will lose on points but I hope he can win the title which has to be via a split decision.

[Hulk]

I have come to admire adamek but i see it like the majority of the other posters. I dont think adamek will be able to keep vitali off of him and will be dog tired in the later rounds. Him being worn out towards the end will probably result in vitali stopping him.

Completely agree. I admire Adamek too. He's a machine as cutme or sheep used to say. He is a top 20 p4p boxer in my opinion. But, the Vitali is too big of a mountain for him to climb. If he beat Vitali it would a huge shock. Monstrous.

Hell I think at this point in time if Adamek beat Vitali you could consider it one of the biggest upsets of ALL TIME, right up there with Clay-Liston I, Tyson-Douglas, Rahman-Lewis....Vitali hasn't had a truly competitive fight since...well hell since the fight with Lennox Lewis. Corrie Sanders had his moments, but did he win enough rounds against Vitali to consider it a "competitive match"?

I take nothing away away from Adamek, he has really impressed me so far but there's a gigantic gap between The Klitschko's and the rest of the division.

Jesus Christ Lyle...Really bro ? Up there with Tyson Douglas ?

This reminds me of how SHOCKED Larry Merchant was when Wlad was KO'd by Sanders....

Merchant: "This is a shock to the boxing world !"

George Foreman: "More like a shock to your world Larry"

[Kev]

I have come to admire adamek but i see it like the majority of the other posters. I dont think adamek will be able to keep vitali off of him and will be dog tired in the later rounds. Him being worn out towards the end will probably result in vitali stopping him.

Completely agree. I admire Adamek too. He's a machine as cutme or sheep used to say. He is a top 20 p4p boxer in my opinion. But, the Vitali is too big of a mountain for him to climb. If he beat Vitali it would a huge shock. Monstrous.

Hell I think at this point in time if Adamek beat Vitali you could consider it one of the biggest upsets of ALL TIME, right up there with Clay-Liston I, Tyson-Douglas, Rahman-Lewis....Vitali hasn't had a truly competitive fight since...well hell since the fight with Lennox Lewis. Corrie Sanders had his moments, but did he win enough rounds against Vitali to consider it a "competitive match"?

I take nothing away away from Adamek, he has really impressed me so far but there's a gigantic gap between The Klitschko's and the rest of the division.

Honestly, I think would be a bigger upset than all of them in reality. Let me explain.

Liston - Clay was an upset only because we didn't know at the time just how good Clay was. As he went on to become the greatest heavyweight in history in retrospect it was no upset. Clay was the best ever. Adamek does not compare to Clay at all. He's a fairly decent blown up cruiser who is fighting competitive fights with mostly fighters outside the top 50 current boxers, Grant, Mcbride, Maddalone etc.

Tyson Douglas. Again a massive upset, but Tyson's life was unravelling. Again in retrospect it wasn't quite that surprising. Tyson's life was collapsing around him, and as we saw later in his career, he was prone to this kind of mental weakness and turmoil. Vitali is not at all, he's an exemplary pro and as mentally stable and grounded as they come.

Rahman Lewis. Again, huge upset but one thing Rahman always had was power. Adamek has never demonstrated that. Vitali's chin has never been questioned and Adamek was unable to finish even Kevin Mcbride, a fighter who hasn't won a fight in 5 years, has been knocked out every time he's stepped up, and was even blown away by Mike Mollo in two rounds.

None of the factors that applied to the upsets mentioned apply to this fight here.

Adamek is not a future all time great in the making, his struggles against the jobbers he's fought so far demonstrate that clearly. Vitali is not the mentally unstable, spiralling Tyson who is about to implode, and Adamek is not a puncher, at all.

He has no chance of out boxing Vitali, and no chance of knocking him out.

Outside of injury this fight is about as close to a certainty as you can get in boxing imo.