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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Vitali Victorious
Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a dominant performance against Polish challenger Tomasz Adamek on Saturday, winning by technical knockout in the 10th round in Wroclaw, Poland.
The 40-year-old Klitschko used his considerable size advantage to keep the 34-year-old Adamek at bay with his powerful jab and was in complete control throughout the bout. Adamek stayed on his feet but his face was bruised and bloodied by the time Italian referee Massimo Barrovecchio stepped in to stop the punishment two minutes, 20 seconds into the 10th round.
"He's a very good boxer," Klitschko said. "He was a cruiserweight champion, he was a light heavyweight champion, but he's not good enough to be a heavyweight champion because it's a whole other league."
The 40-year-old Klitschko was six inches taller than his opponent and used his superior reach to have Adamek staggering back in the second, sixth and ninth rounds.
Klitschko slipped in the eighth, but carried on where he left off in the ninth and 10th to improve his record to 43-2, including 40 knockouts. Adamek drops to 44-2.
The win means Klitschko and his younger brother, Wladimir, retain their hold on all three major heavyweight titles.
"I think the referee made the right decision. He probably could have stopped it a minute earlier," said Wladimir, who holds the IBF and "super" WBA titles as well as the minor WBO and IBO belts.
It was the first heavyweight fight held in Poland, and Adamek was cheered on by a majority of the 42,000 spectators at Wroclaw's sold-out soccer stadium, which was built for next year's European Championship.
Klitschko weighed in for his 15th title fight at 242.5 pounds — the lightest he's been since 1998 — but still towered over his opponent, and the 216-pound Adamek simply couldn't reach him.
Adamek tried to force the issue in the second round but was caught by a huge right hook that left him wobbling against the ropes and the crowd fearing an early outcome.
Adamek recovered slightly in the fourth, despite a bloody nose and mouth, but failed to really trouble Klitschko.
Barrovecchio checked that Adamek was fit to continue after taking a powerful left-right combination in the sixth, and Klitschko's left foot gave way while pushing Adamek into the corner in the eighth.
"I twisted my foot and lost my balance," he explained.
But the outcome was never in doubt, and Klitschko again had Adamek staggering after delivering a straight left jab to the head in the ninth.
It was only a matter of time before Adamek's challenge was brought to a halt.
"He was simply the better fighter and he won," Adamek said. "That's sport. You win some and you lose some. This time I lost."
The 40-year-old Klitschko used his considerable size advantage to keep the 34-year-old Adamek at bay with his powerful jab and was in complete control throughout the bout. Adamek stayed on his feet but his face was bruised and bloodied by the time Italian referee Massimo Barrovecchio stepped in to stop the punishment two minutes, 20 seconds into the 10th round.
"He's a very good boxer," Klitschko said. "He was a cruiserweight champion, he was a light heavyweight champion, but he's not good enough to be a heavyweight champion because it's a whole other league."
The 40-year-old Klitschko was six inches taller than his opponent and used his superior reach to have Adamek staggering back in the second, sixth and ninth rounds.
Klitschko slipped in the eighth, but carried on where he left off in the ninth and 10th to improve his record to 43-2, including 40 knockouts. Adamek drops to 44-2.
The win means Klitschko and his younger brother, Wladimir, retain their hold on all three major heavyweight titles.
"I think the referee made the right decision. He probably could have stopped it a minute earlier," said Wladimir, who holds the IBF and "super" WBA titles as well as the minor WBO and IBO belts.
It was the first heavyweight fight held in Poland, and Adamek was cheered on by a majority of the 42,000 spectators at Wroclaw's sold-out soccer stadium, which was built for next year's European Championship.
Klitschko weighed in for his 15th title fight at 242.5 pounds — the lightest he's been since 1998 — but still towered over his opponent, and the 216-pound Adamek simply couldn't reach him.
Adamek tried to force the issue in the second round but was caught by a huge right hook that left him wobbling against the ropes and the crowd fearing an early outcome.
Adamek recovered slightly in the fourth, despite a bloody nose and mouth, but failed to really trouble Klitschko.
Barrovecchio checked that Adamek was fit to continue after taking a powerful left-right combination in the sixth, and Klitschko's left foot gave way while pushing Adamek into the corner in the eighth.
"I twisted my foot and lost my balance," he explained.
But the outcome was never in doubt, and Klitschko again had Adamek staggering after delivering a straight left jab to the head in the ninth.
It was only a matter of time before Adamek's challenge was brought to a halt.
"He was simply the better fighter and he won," Adamek said. "That's sport. You win some and you lose some. This time I lost."
(Parts of this material is CBC.CA site)
Adamek and Klitschko Weigh In Results
September 9th - Wroclaw, Poland
Vitali Klitschko vs Tomasz Adamek
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
Miejski Stadium - Wroclaw, Poland
Saturday, September 10, 2011
MAIN EVENT 12 Rounds Heavyweight World Championship 23:05
RED CORNER
Vitali Klitschko vs Tomasz Adamek
WBC World Heavyweight Championship
Miejski Stadium - Wroclaw, Poland
Saturday, September 10, 2011
MAIN EVENT 12 Rounds Heavyweight World Championship 23:05
RED CORNER
Source:Eastsideboxing site.
Vitali Klitschko
Kiev, Ukraine
42-2-0, 39 KOs
110.2 kg
BLUE CORNER
Tomasz Adamek
Gilowice, Poland
44-1-0, 28 KOs
98 kg
ALL BOUTS LIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE
1 Kilogram equals 2.2046 lbs
The WBC Heavyweight Championship battle featuring reigning WBC champion Vitali Klitschko, 42-2, 39 KO's and Tomasz Adamek, 44-1, 28 KO's, will be held Saturday, September 10th at the new Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland, www.stadionwroclaw.pl.
In Poland the fight broadcast begins at 9:00pm CET on PPV, check with local cable and satellite providers.The fight also will be shownt live, Saturday, September 10, on HBO World Championship Boxing at 4:45pm ET, with a replay at 10:30pm that night, and will re-air on September 11, 12 and 13, check your local listings.
Article posted on 10.09.2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Ranking Today’s Best Heavyweights: One Writer’s Current Top-Ten
By James Slater: There were two significant wins scored by heavyweights this past weekend, with the unbeaten duo that is Alexander
The current
Here I give my top-ten:
Champion: Wladimir Klitschko, 56-3(49) - Ring Magazine, WBA, IBF, WBO titleholder - last fight: WU12 David Haye.
1: Vitali Klitschko, 42-2(39) - WBC titleholder - last fight: WKO1 Odlanier Solis.
2: Alexander Povetkin, 22-0(15) - “regular” WBA titleholder - last fight: WU12 Ruslan Chagaev.
3: David Haye, 25-2(23) - last fight: LU12 Wladimir Klitschko.
4: Tomasz Adamek, 44-1(28) - last fight: WU12 Kevin McBride.
5: Eddie Chambers, 36-2(18) - last fight: WU12 Derric Rossy.
6: Tony Thompson, 36-2(24) - last fight: WTKO3 Maurice Harris.
7: Chris Arreola, 33-2(28) - last fight: WU10 Friday Ahunanya.
8: Ruslan Chagaev, 27-2-1(17) - last fight, LU12 Alexander Povetkin.
9: Robert Helenius, 16-0(11) - last fight: WTKO9 Siarhei Liakhovich.
10: Alexander Dimitrenko, 31-1(21) - last fight: WKO12 Albert Sosnowski.
Bubbling Under: Tyson Fury, 15-0(10) - last fight: WU12 Dereck Chisora.
Mike Perez, 16-0(12) - last fight: WTKO1 Tye Fields.
Kubrat Pulev, 13-0(6) - last fight:WU8 Maksym Pediura.
Bermane Stiverne, 21-1-1(20) - last fight: WTKO10 Ray Austin.
Denis Boytsov, 28-0(23) - last fight: WKO2 Mike Sheppard.
Copied from Eastsideboxing site
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
TIME TO MAKE HAYE
It’s now official that there would a unification bout between David “Hayemaker” Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) and Wladmiri “Dr.Steel Hammer”Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on 2nd July 2011 at the 57,000-capacity Imtech Arena in Hamburg Germany for the WBA, WBO and IBF World Heavyweight Titles. It’s been a long time coming as this fight was originally scheduled to have taken place before now but has been put off on many occasion. Excitement and true opponent is what the boxing community has desired and we hope that this fixture will come to pass.
Immediately the news break that the fight is now official, the stakes favours “Dr.Stell Hammer” who has proven over time that he is not just a disciplined and courageous fighter but a true heavyweight puncher. More so, “British super middleweight and former 2008 Olympic Gold medalist James DeGale (10-8, 8 KO’s) is picking IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to knockout WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 Ko’s) on July 2nd when they meet at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany for their mega- fight”. Indeed on paper David Haye does not pose a treat to the IBF and WBO King who is standing at 6'6 ½ inches tall with 81 inches in reach. This erudite fighter is technically gifted, some pundits thinks he plays the game of chess with his opponent which if translated means that he is always three steps ahead of his opponents.
Despite this daunting attribute of Wladimir Klitschko, I strongly think the time for David Haye to make Haye is now. Just like few gave him chance to come out tops in the battle with Nicholay Valuev (who actually is less skillful and slow compared to the younger Klitschko) yet the Briton is all fired up, though he stands at 6'3 inches tall with 78" reach, He is 30 years old, five years younger than the IBF King. I consider this British fighter a little faster and hungrier than the younger Klitschko whom I believe would be fighting to punish David Haye for all the trash talking that he had done against him and his family, He will be fighting to please his elder brother who had allowed the opportunity to fight the Briton first. I think the bitterness in the mind of Wladimir Klitschko would be his greatest undoing. Haye has continued to trash talk as is traditional of great boxers of old, (Haye: Wladimir will panic when he gets hit and attempt to run while Vitali mops up tears in the corner). He believes that Wladimir is just another opponent that he will knock out quickly. According to Haye, “Wladimir will go to pieces mentally when he starts putting the leather on him on July 2nd in their fight at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany. Haye says this because he noted how Wladimir seemed to fall apart when hit hard in defeats to Corrie Sanders, Lamon Brewster and Ross Puritty in the past. Haye is going to try and make Wladimir relive that past by coming out fast and landing some big shots in close to hurt Wladimir and send him into a panic”. Those fights were big upset losses for Wladimir.
Recall also that Haye never stood toe to toe with Valuev rather he made the giant run round the ring making him loss steam and tire out quickly. The truth is that Haye will come with a game plan that will shock boxing pundits and the betting public.
Immediately the news break that the fight is now official, the stakes favours “Dr.Stell Hammer” who has proven over time that he is not just a disciplined and courageous fighter but a true heavyweight puncher. More so, “British super middleweight and former 2008 Olympic Gold medalist James DeGale (10-8, 8 KO’s) is picking IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to knockout WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 Ko’s) on July 2nd when they meet at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany for their mega- fight”. Indeed on paper David Haye does not pose a treat to the IBF and WBO King who is standing at 6'6 ½ inches tall with 81 inches in reach. This erudite fighter is technically gifted, some pundits thinks he plays the game of chess with his opponent which if translated means that he is always three steps ahead of his opponents.
Despite this daunting attribute of Wladimir Klitschko, I strongly think the time for David Haye to make Haye is now. Just like few gave him chance to come out tops in the battle with Nicholay Valuev (who actually is less skillful and slow compared to the younger Klitschko) yet the Briton is all fired up, though he stands at 6'3 inches tall with 78" reach, He is 30 years old, five years younger than the IBF King. I consider this British fighter a little faster and hungrier than the younger Klitschko whom I believe would be fighting to punish David Haye for all the trash talking that he had done against him and his family, He will be fighting to please his elder brother who had allowed the opportunity to fight the Briton first. I think the bitterness in the mind of Wladimir Klitschko would be his greatest undoing. Haye has continued to trash talk as is traditional of great boxers of old, (Haye: Wladimir will panic when he gets hit and attempt to run while Vitali mops up tears in the corner). He believes that Wladimir is just another opponent that he will knock out quickly. According to Haye, “Wladimir will go to pieces mentally when he starts putting the leather on him on July 2nd in their fight at the Imtech stadium in Hamburg, Germany. Haye says this because he noted how Wladimir seemed to fall apart when hit hard in defeats to Corrie Sanders, Lamon Brewster and Ross Puritty in the past. Haye is going to try and make Wladimir relive that past by coming out fast and landing some big shots in close to hurt Wladimir and send him into a panic”. Those fights were big upset losses for Wladimir.
Recall also that Haye never stood toe to toe with Valuev rather he made the giant run round the ring making him loss steam and tire out quickly. The truth is that Haye will come with a game plan that will shock boxing pundits and the betting public.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
SAMUEL PETER NOT SMASHED OFF YET
It’s not news anymore that Nigeria’s Heavyweight Pugilist Samuel “The Nigeria Nightmare” Peter(39:34-5,27KO’s) lost appallingly to up and coming heavyweight prospect Robert Helenius(15:15-0,10KO’s) The question evident in the mind of most Nigerians is why is the Akwa Ibom born pugilist still “wasting his time”? The few people I had opportunity of speaking with, suggested that the Nigerian Nightmare should quit the stage now.
I have a different view from the point where I stand. Samuel Peter should not think of quitting at this point in time, this may sound idealistic but you would agree with me that the most disappointing result he has mass so far, include his loss to “fast” Eddie Chambers and now Robert Helenius. Outside this two, he remains the only boxer in recent times that has agreed and eventually fought the Klitschko brothers and genuinely the second fight with Wlad should not have taken place if those advising him had done their job well. The truth must be told, Samuel Peter is a courageous fighter who does not dodge schedules whether against an up and coming or veterans. Let me, site some example, Alexander Povetkin has been number one contender for “ages” now and has systematically avoided the klitschko brothers, Wladmir to be precise. David ‘The Haye Maker” has talked much about his fighting the klitschko’s but has been postponed on many occasions and even now, we wait to see if the July date will be kept. Highly rated boxer like Chris Arriola, Kevin Johnson Odlanier Solís have all lost to the best in the game.
I strongly think that Samuel Peter has nothing to be ashamed of, he has given his best to every bout he has engaged in and we should never forget how he valiantly over came Jameel “Big Time” McCline. Thereby enlisting him as one of the fewest boxers in history that overcame a knock down.
To this end I strongly think that what the Nigerian Nightmare should is take his time,get into shape before accepting any match. He should get plenty tune up fights and don’t be in a haste to get a title shot. Once he shows up on the radar he will get suitable opponents. I must also commend this great and courageous boxer, for each time he steps out to do battle Nigeria is on the scene and the dead and almost forgotten game of boxing is once again remembered her at home. Thank you Big Sam.
I have a different view from the point where I stand. Samuel Peter should not think of quitting at this point in time, this may sound idealistic but you would agree with me that the most disappointing result he has mass so far, include his loss to “fast” Eddie Chambers and now Robert Helenius. Outside this two, he remains the only boxer in recent times that has agreed and eventually fought the Klitschko brothers and genuinely the second fight with Wlad should not have taken place if those advising him had done their job well. The truth must be told, Samuel Peter is a courageous fighter who does not dodge schedules whether against an up and coming or veterans. Let me, site some example, Alexander Povetkin has been number one contender for “ages” now and has systematically avoided the klitschko brothers, Wladmir to be precise. David ‘The Haye Maker” has talked much about his fighting the klitschko’s but has been postponed on many occasions and even now, we wait to see if the July date will be kept. Highly rated boxer like Chris Arriola, Kevin Johnson Odlanier Solís have all lost to the best in the game.
I strongly think that Samuel Peter has nothing to be ashamed of, he has given his best to every bout he has engaged in and we should never forget how he valiantly over came Jameel “Big Time” McCline. Thereby enlisting him as one of the fewest boxers in history that overcame a knock down.
To this end I strongly think that what the Nigerian Nightmare should is take his time,get into shape before accepting any match. He should get plenty tune up fights and don’t be in a haste to get a title shot. Once he shows up on the radar he will get suitable opponents. I must also commend this great and courageous boxer, for each time he steps out to do battle Nigeria is on the scene and the dead and almost forgotten game of boxing is once again remembered her at home. Thank you Big Sam.
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