Adamek returns Feb. 27 on Shobox

by Scott Christ on Jan 9, 2009 3:04 PM EST in Boxing News Analysis

Source: ESPN

Cruiserweight world champion Tomasz Adamek will make his first title defense on Feb. 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Jolene Mizzone of Main Events told ESPN.com on Thursday night.
The fight will be the main event of a special edition of Showtime's "ShoBox: The New Generation," Mizzone said.

Adamek's opponent has not been determined, but B.J. Flores (21-0-1, 13 KOs) has been in talks with the cruiserweight champion's promoter, Main Events, about the fight for the past few weeks. Main Events has given Flores a Friday deadline to make a decision.

I'm rather certain the fight will be Adamek against the dreadfully boring Flores, which will hopefully result in Adamek scoring a crowd-pleasing win and moving on for a rematch with Steve Cunningham.

Flores has real stinker potential, though, as he proved against usually-exciting Darnell Wilson, a win some debated. He's a solid boxer, which against Wilson is plenty to win. Against Adamek, who has a strong amateur background, I don't think it's good enough.

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Adamek will crush him. Flores is closer to the contender group of fighters than the creme of the crop which Adamek has proven to be.

by Zocalo on Jan 9, 2009 3:11 PM EST reply actions

Flores isn't always boring

I’ve seen a few of his fights, and he was way more defensive than usual in the Ding fight, which makes sense because Ding is very powerful but very limited (as he quickly proved on the Contender). That said, I’ve never been all that impressed with Flores. He kind of reminds me of a super-sized version of Peter Manfredo.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Jan 10, 2009 4:47 PM EST reply actions