Adamek Whips McBride.

Newark, NJ-  Former Cruiserweight Champion and Top Heavyweight contender, Tomasz  Adamek, easily beat up fluke Heavyweight contender (and last person to fight Mike Tyson), Kevin McBride, over 12 very lopsided rounds. More than ten thousand, cheering Ademek fans filled the Prudential Center to watch their friend fight the 6’6, 282 lb., McBride. Adamek used a different style, in this bout, rather than the aggressive, bull style fans are used to seeing from Him.

Adamek used a relaxed style, allowing the bigger man to come to him, while he countered with hooks and straight right hands.  He even stunned the bigger McBride, on occasion. It was another good win for Adamek, but this fight was just a measuring stick for the bigger fight that has now arrived.

Tomasz Adamek will take on Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight championship of the world, in his home country of Warsaw, Poland. This will be one of the bigger heavyweight matchups, in the last five years, in a heavyweight division that is lacking real competition. Adamek has a solid amateur background and good overall skills. The only man to beat him was Chad Dawson in a very entertaining bout, in 2007.

Adamek has been impressive, over the past four years, beating solid competition, Chris Arreola , Steve Cunningham, and Andre Golota, but this fight with Vitali, seems like a match up that is not going to be in Tomasz' favor. Unlike tall lumberjacks, like Michael grant and Kevin McBride, Vitali Klitschko is probably one of the most elusive big men, in the last twenty years, with his long reach, great footwork and spearing jab. No fighter has been able to put a dent in his armor, since his epic contest with then undisputed champion and now retired, Lennox Lewis.

Vitali Klitschko WBC Heavyweight Champion

This fight is shaping up to be a one-sided affair, once again, with the crowd waiting to see what his brother Wladimir Klitschko will do with the only other top heavyweight contender left, David Haye. If the Klitschko brothers are successful, there seems to be no immediate threat to their throne. In addition, since the brothers vow never to fight each other, it looks like it could be a long reign of two brothers from the former Soviet Union holding the American title.  Now, how exiting is that?

- The Boxing King -