Tomasz Adamek Stops Vinny Maddalone in Five
by Scott Christ on Dec 10, 2010 12:03 AM EST
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Tomasz Adamek had no trouble with journeyman Vinny Maddalone tonight in New Jersey, stopping Maddalone in the fifth round.
Adamek (43-1, 28 KO) dropped Maddalone (33-7, 24 KO) in the fifth round, and the Maddalone corner stepped in to stop the fight. Adamek was clearly on a different level, as expected, but delivered the excitement you'd have expected of this kind of mismatch. Maddalone has never been a fighter to back down from a scrap, and this one went like most figured it would.
Adamek, 34, is now being considered as an opponent for the Klitschko brothers, reportedly. Vitali already wanted to take a March fight with Adamek, but that idea was turned down when Jose Sulaiman and Don King had an emotional disagreement at the WBC convention, which might have been boxing's funniest story of 2010. Vitali has to fight the winner of the December 17 fight between Ray Austin and Odlanier Solis in March, barring an injury to the winner of that fight.
But that does leave Wladimir, who pulled out of his scheduled Saturday fight with Dereck Chisora. Wladimir could reschedule with Chisora, will "negotiate" with David Haye, and I would suspect if the money is right, Adamek might actually be the most likely next opponent.
On the Undercard
- Sadam Ali UD-8 Manuel Guzman: Ali (11-0, 6 KO) won on shutout scores of 80-72 across the board against Guzman (7-10-2, 3 KO). Ali has garnered some good hype as a prospect and has featured prominently on Jersey undercards. We'll see what kind of progression he has in 2011.
- Patrick Majewski TKO-8 Eddie Caminero: Majewski (15-0, 10 KO) is a 30-year-old middleweight from Poland now based in Jersey. Caminero is now 7-4 (7 KO).
- Gabriel Rosado UD-8 Jose Medina: Rosado (15-5, 8 KO) put Medina (12-9, 5 KO) down in the third round and won on scores of 80-72, 79-72 and 78-73. Rosado is a Philly fighter who has become known as a fairly tough out, and now he seems to be wanting to focus on his own career. He's better than his record, but not dramatically so.
- Tarvis Simms UD-6 Willis Lockett: This was the first fight for Simms (26-1-1, 11 KO) since his short-notice loss to Allan Green last October. He won on shutout scores (60-53, 60-54 twice) and knocked Lockett (12-11-5, 5 KO) down in the first.
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I guess if I’m going to watch Adamek fight a Klit, I’d rather it be Wlad. At least we can hope against hope he can find the button before getting jabbed to death. I don’t think he’d have a chance in hell against Vit Klit.
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Is this Lockett related to the other Lockett?
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they're not
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Highlander doesn’t have the firepower to contend with either brother, unfortunately. He would really need to plant his feet and slug, but he would get murdered that way, I think. As much as people make of Vlad’s so-called glass jaw, its been many years since I’ve seen him even be hurt in a ring… even those KDs by Peter didn’t seem to hurt him.
I morbidly curious about the Solis-Austin fight. Solis will win, but if he comes in looking like he should be shot with a harpoon then I give up on him as a Klit-contender, too. Also, that man needs rounds badly, and he won’t get them against Ray Austin, who Vlad kayoed in two rounds with his right hand tied behind his back.
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The Pole will be just another duck in along line of ducks to be shot down by either brother.
There is only ONE guy out there with a solid chance—Haye!!
I don't take personal insults well. My wires are such so that when it happens, i'm not going to put on head gear, lace up the gloves and put in the mouthpiece. I'm going to drop the gloves and just let the adrenaline take off.
Haye is the clear #3, but...
Does he really have a solid shot?
Haye-Klit would sell in the UK. It would sell in Germany. And it would probably sell better in the US than any heavyweight fight since….? Vitiali-Lennox? I’m no expert, but I have to assume that would be a huge money fight. And if Haye wins, it would do wonders for his legacy.
So its a huge money maker that could make Haye a legend. If he thought it was winnable, why isn’t he all over it? I mean, he’s ducking these fights for a reason.
And honestly even if Haye was begging for it, I wouldn’t like his chances. I think he would meet his end just like the rest of the Klit victims.
I personally don't see it
Not right now anyway. In a year or two, maybe.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Why do you say that?
Are you referring to the brothers’ ages and impending decline? Or do you think Haye will improve?
Determining when the brothers are ripe to be picked off could be tricky, simply because no one has pushed them.
For all we know Vitali’s reflexes and punch resistance have already fallen off, but he’s still so far above the Briggs and Sosnowskis of the world that we haven’t been able to detect it.
Or maybe he’s better than ever. Who the hell knows.
Haye’s greatest crime might be robbing us of the best possible gauge to measure the Klits by.
Brothers' ages
Vitali has managed to stay healthy the last few years, and even looks less stiff than he did in the early fights of his comeback, but I imagine the nagging injuries will start catching up with him soon. I don’t give Haye much of a chance to beat Wlad at all, ever. He’s too tentative around big punchers, and while he has great reflexes for a heavyweight, he doesn’t move the right way to use them to get around Klitschko’s jab.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
I’m not too sold on Haye. I don’t think Haye is even sold on himself.
Like I’ve been saying for more than a year now, I think the only way we are gonna see a good heavyweight title fight is if Vitali takes his Urkanian sausage out of the freezer and gives Wlad’s little blond chick a full contact workout. Do it, Ironfist! If not for you, then for the sake of the sport!
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by jrok on Dec 10, 2010 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
haha!
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
But he deserves the money shot, yes??
Such as the money shot (does that sound too “porno”?) may be?
by Don From Prov on Dec 11, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
Meant for Ted
and not in any reference to the sausage and Wlad’s little hottie
by Don From Prov on Dec 11, 2010 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Adamek likes to fight every three months to stay fresh
Honestly, he’ll probably have a couple more of these before fighting a Klit, but he knows he can get the Klit fight when he decides he wants it. He’s the second or third best option for them, and the other two (Haye and Povetkin) seem to be avoiding them like the plague. But after what some saw as a close call against Michael Grant, I’d be surprised if he tries facing anyone in the top 20 before then, unless Haye comes calling with a big money offer.
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
yea, that grant fight was surprisingly awesome btw.
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by joeshowradio on Dec 10, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
WTF I missed this fight!
Damn…I thought it was on tonight….I’ve got the beer and the popcorn ready to go!
Guess no one has my back here on BLH!!!
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I put up the schedule every week man....
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Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
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