Adamek wants the Klitschkos in 2010
by Scott Christ on Oct 26, 2009 12:06 PM EDT
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Tomasz Adamek's one-sided beatdown of Andrew Golota this past Saturday in Poland apparently was just a taste of the reigning cruiserweight champion at heavyweight, and that reigning champion tag may soon fall by the wayside. Adamek is targeting Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko for a 2010 fight:
"In a year I could fight the Klitscho brothers at the world championships. I'm not afraid of anyone. I was offered a chance a few weeks ago. But, that was three weeks before this match and I won't enter a ring when I am unprepared, just to earn a bit of cash."
I'm glad he's looking at it as realistically as possible, by wanting to take about a year to properly condition his body. I don't think any amount of time or conditioning helps him against Wladimir or Vitali, who honestly don't move as well as Andrew Golota still does, but who do protect themselves better and establish range far, far better. They also hit harder, way more accurately, and are just bigger, stronger men who are much, much better boxers than Golota.
For his part, Golota sounds ready to retire:
Golota, leaving his locker room one-and-a-half hours after losing in the match, apologized to fans, claiming that he boxed 'tragically.'
“Maybe boxing is no longer my thing,” claimed the 41-year-old, after a match that lasted almost 15 minutes. The boxer allegedly has problems with his left hand and elbow that require surgery.
Golota's wife never wanted him to take the fight, but I'm sure when he buys her some pretty new things with all the money he made, her tune will change -- WOMEN! AM I RIGHT?!
“There was no need to fight Adamek, but Andrzej wanted to and I couldn’t stop him,” Mariola Golota, wife of the fallen legendary boxer, Andrzej Golota, told press Monday. ... “I never want him entering the ring again."
Only in Poland is Golota "legendary," and only in Poland was this performance of his considered "embarrassing." Different worlds, man.
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WOMEN! AM I RIGHT?!
“Women be shoppin’! Women. Be. Shoppin’!!!”
Hell, if Adamek wants to donate his body to science, far be it from me to sway him otherwise. How tall is he and what weight could he comfortably reach?
"Gowin on fourth and 14 will punt it away. He hangs it very high, angling it for the near sideline...HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!!! HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!! Brian Milne might've fallen on it at the ten yard line! It's the New Orleans Saints' football! Brian Milne, the most unlikely hero of them all, falls on the fumble, the muff by Hakim! There is a God after all!" -- Jim Henderson
by hakimdropstheball on Oct 26, 2009 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
He’s six feet and one inch and a half. Vladimir and Vitali are 6 feet and six inches and one half, and six feet seven inches and a half respectively. He could maybe do 230-240 comfortably though I’m really not sure.
It would be really nice if he could be competitive with one of these guys but that’s not likely.
by Drunken cutman on Oct 26, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He could maybe do 230-240 comfortably though I’m really not sure.
Maybe in a Rocky movie, but the 215ish he fought at the other night is his walk-around weight, and I don’t think packing on muscle mass is going to help him any.
Bad Left Hook
"Well Howie, I think I'm going to stay outside and outjab him." -- Tex Cobb telling Howard Cosell how he would approach Larry Holmes
by Scott Christ on Oct 26, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure this has been brought up before...
but has there been any consideration to add a “super heavyweight” division into boxing?
"Gowin on fourth and 14 will punt it away. He hangs it very high, angling it for the near sideline...HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!!! HAKIM DROPS THE BALL!! Brian Milne might've fallen on it at the ten yard line! It's the New Orleans Saints' football! Brian Milne, the most unlikely hero of them all, falls on the fumble, the muff by Hakim! There is a God after all!" -- Jim Henderson
by hakimdropstheball on Oct 26, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I vote for less, not more divisions.
by Polish Rifle on Oct 26, 2009 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
No way
Who would be in it besides the K bros? Valuev, Gabe Brown, Tye “Big Sky” Fields and an assortment of other wax tent freakshows. Besides, Arreola weighed as much as Vitali for their fight. And you can’t have “height divisions”… that’s just contrary to Boxing.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Might as well
It’s not like there are that many other solid challengers to the Klitschkos out there. If I were advising Adamek though, I’d be looking out for Vitali and Vitali only. I can see him maybe outquicking Vitali. But Adamek still doesn’t move his head enough to get close enough to Wladimir to even do anything.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Agreed. Wladimir's superior technique poses more of a threat to Adamek
than Vitali’s chin. So Adamek matches better with Vitali, where Haye, with his power, has more of a shot against Wladimir.
Not that I’m picking either of them. And I’d rather see Adamek take a couple more fights at HW first anyway. Chambers might be more interesting, while Briggs would probably be an easier step up from Golota.
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
Only in Poland is Golota “legendary,” and only in Poland was this performance of his considered “embarrassing.” Different worlds, man.
I think this is just a “lost in translation” moment. I think by “legendary” they meant “mythical” and “embarrassing” they meant “predictably awful.”
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Or maybe legendary as in "infamous"
Boxing writer: "Iran, what are you going to do when you retire?"
Iran Barkley: "Rob your house"
by Matt Miller on Oct 27, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
There’s probably nobody in the sport I enjoy watching lose. Golota was a decent boxer but his power ranked somewhere between his heart and his brain down at the bottom end of the spectrum. I’m guessing this is the key reason he got so frustrated in the Bowe fights. He was outboxing Big Daddy by a wide, wide margin, but could not knock him out. Bowe kept coming, which freaked Golota out and turned that shiveled, shunken raisin of a heart into jelly… Time to bong out the nad-smashing concerto.. BONG! BONG!
Dirtiest fighter I’ve ever seen by 10,000 miles. I still remember watching him take a bite out of somebody in AC. That was some Mutual of Omaha presents stuff right there.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
"There’s probably nobody in the sport I enjoy watching lose MORE"
If you look close at Andrew’s you can see his tiny soul screaming in terror and confusion when someone does not back down from him, or go down from a hard punch. I will miss that about Golota.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
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