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News
Alert : 12th January 2009
So just who is Johnathon
Banks fighting in February?
As you may have read below it
was rumoured that Johnathon Banks
is to fight Tomasz Adamek on the
27th February BUT today the
following article was published
on
www.thisissouthwales.co.uk
Maccarinelli Banks on big
fight night
ENZO Maccarinelli will
tomorrow rubberstamp his WBO
cruiserweight title fight against
Johnathan Banks in a special
meeting with Frank Warren.
The former WBO champion from
Swansea looks to reclaim his
crown when he takes on undefeated
American Banks next month.
A provisional date of February
28 has been agreed, but
Maccarinelli and Sports Network
boss Frank Warren will confirm
that, and the venue, during
discussions tomorrow.
With the festive period over,
the Swansea fighter is firmly
focused on seeing off Banks
before setting his sights on
ruling the division.
For
full article click here...
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News
Alert: 11th January 2009
ARENA wins purse bid for
WBC Final Eliminator Hide vs.
Godfrey
ARENA Box-Promotion has won
the purse bid for the WBC
cruiserweight Final Eliminator
between Herbie Hide and Matt
Godfrey. The fight will most
probably take place in late March
or early April. The winner of the
elimination bout will face the
winner of the WBC cruiserweight
championship between Giacobe
Fragomeni and Krystzof
Wlodarczyk.
If he can beat Godfrey Hide
would not only opening up the
door for earning big money at the
end of his long and successful
career. The "Dancing Destroyer"
could also make history becoming
the first former world
heavyweight champion to go down
to cruiserweight to win a world
title.
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News
Alert - Rumour: 11th
January 2009
Not verified yet: Tomasz
Adamek to fight Johnathon Banks
on 27th February 2009?
Whilst it is official Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek is to fight on the
27th February 2009 at the
Prudential Center in Newark New
Jersey and that the fight will be
broadcast live on ShoBox, one
thing that still has to be sorted
is who Tomasz will fight.
As reported by Eastside boxing
(see below) B.J. Flores has ruled
himself out as the opponent. BUT
today word, from a reliable
source, is that Johnathon Banks
is now the front runner.
I'm not sure how Enzo
Maccaranelli's promoter Frank
Warren will feel about this as he
had stated that Banks would fight
Maccaranelli for the WBO title in
February.
Watch this space for updates
on both these fights over the
coming days
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News
Alert: 11th January 2009
By Michal Koper -
Bokser.org
Official: Giacobbe
Fragomeni-Krzystof 'Diablo'
Wlodarczyk on March 28th '09
Krzystof 'Diablo' Wlodarczyk
will fight WBC champion Giacobbe
Fragomeni on March 28 in Rome or
Milano (Italy).
The purse bid scheduled for
January 9th was cancelled as both
involved sides had reached an
agreement. OPI 2000 will promote
the fight.
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News Item -
www.eastsideboxing.com
- :9th January 2009
Exclusive Interview
With B.J Flores - "I Can't Wait
To Get Back In The Ring!"
by James Slater
Unbeaten 29-year-old
cruiserweight contender B.J
Flores, 21-0-1(13) is looking
ahead to a big and
excitement-filled 2009. Thought
by some to have an IBF world
title shot against Tomasz Adamek
lined up, B.J instead has other
plans. However, the fighter
nicknamed "El Peligroso" is sure
he will become world champion in
the next twelve months - an
Adamek fight or not.
Very kindly taking time out to
speak with this writer earlier
today, Flores gave the following
answers to my questions.
James Slater: As always, I
appreciate your time, B.J. The
word is you may be fighting IBF
champion Tomasz Adamek on
February 27th. Is this true?
To
read full interviews click
here...
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News
Alert Update: 8th January
2009
Bokser.org
Official: Tomasz Adamek to
fight on 27th February 2009
It is now official Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek is to fight on the
27th February 2009 at the
Prudential Center in Newark New
Jersey.
The fight will be broadcast
live by Showtime.
The opponent has yet to be
named but the smart money is on
it being B.J. Flores - well it
had been announced it was going
to be and is even on Boxrec as
being the match-up - but we will
just have to wait and see
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Press Release: 8th January
2009
Accolades Galore For
Cunningham-Adamek In The 2008
Year End Boxing Awards
The results of the various
on-line 2008 Year End Boxing
Awards have now been announced,
whilst most, as expected, had
conclusively chosen Manny
Pacquiao as "Fighter Of The
Year", the choice for "Fight of
the Year", which seemed to be a
forgone conclusion for
Vasquez-Marquez III to many
earlier in the year, became a
little harder for the judges
thanks to the exceptional
performances put in by Steve
'USS' Cunningham and Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek when they locked
horns in Newark, New Jersey on
December 11th 2008.
Within hours of the epic
battle for the IBF cruiserweight
crown taking place at the
Prudential Center in Newark, New
Jersey, Cunningham-Adamek was
being praised by boxing pundits
and the fans alike. Nearly every
report and review claimed it to
be a late candidate for "Fight Of
The Year" and called for a
rematch.
Cunningham-Adamek received
it's first major accolades by
being named as "Fight Of The
Month" by badlefthook.com and
also by Brent Brookhouse at the
MMA on-line magazine,
bloodyelbow.com. Just a day or so
later followed the news that
boxingscene.com had awarded it
"Cruiserweight Fight Of The Year"
status.
Then as the Christmas Holidays
loomed large the various year end
reviews and awards started to
appear. Any notion of a clean
sweep by Vasquez vs Marquez III
for "Fight Of The Year" honours
was quickly dispelled when The
Herald News published it's 2008
Boxing Awards announcing that
Cunningham vs Adamek was their
"Fight Of The Year" with Vasquez
vs Marquez III runner-up.
To
Read the full press release click
here...
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News Update -
South
Wales Argus - 7th January
2009
I'm still
in the dark &endash;
Macca
TEAM Calzaghe's cruiserweight
contender Enzo Maccarinelli is in
the dark over plans that will see
him compete for a world title
next month.
Maccarinelli's promoters
Sports Network have made clear
their desire to stage a clash
between American Jonathon Banks
and Maccarinelli in February,
with the duo battling for the
vacant WBO cruiserweight title.
Swansea puncher Maccarinelli,
28, was due to face Banks in
London in December, only for the
Detroit fighter to withdraw at
the eleventh hour with an ankle
injury.
The former WBO champion
&endash; Maccarinelli is bidding
to become the first Welshman ever
to win back a world title
&endash; lost his crown to David
Haye last March and has been in
action only once since,
destroying stand-in Matthew Ellis
at London's Excel Arena in his
debut at heavyweight.
To
read full article click
here...
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Philaboxing
Report - 6th January 2009
Steve 'USS'
Cunningham voted Philadelphia's
top boxer
By Michael Cassell
PHILLY'S TOP 10 PHILLY
FIGHTERS
#1 Steve Cunningham 21 - 2 -
(11 KO's) Cruiserweight
This man has made a living
traveling the world and winning
is hostile territory. He was
Philadelphia's only champion for
awhile there until his
spectacular battle with Tomasz
Adamek, who's only loss, came to
Chad Dawson. Cunningham was a
quiet Champion, but now the beast
inside will be released. Expect a
rematch, and expect a win.
To
read the full list of
Philadelphia's top 10 fighters
click here...
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Press Release: 4th January
2009
Steve 'USS' Cunningham
- Wants His Cruiserweight Crown
Back - Returns To
Training.
Former IBF cruiserweight
champion, Steve 'USS' Cunningham,
has returned to training at the
James Shuler Memorial Gym in West
Philadelphia just three weeks
after losing his crown by close
split-decision to Tomasz 'Goral'
Adamek in what most media and
fans alike described as one of
the Fights Of The Year at the
Prudential Center in Newark New
Jersey on December 11th 2008.
After chatting with 'early
bird' gym mates, Gee Culmer,
Darren Fallen and Marianne
"Golden Girl" Marston, about the
fight Steve got down to business.
After his normal warm-up, Steve
went straight into a full
work-out session.
Ever willing to pass on his
knowledge and experience to
fellow fighters, Steve then spent
a little time advising British
featherweight, Marianne Marston,
on reflex bag techniques. After
which he took a little time to
talk about his return to
training. "It feels real good, I
am real excited to get back into
the gym. The team made me take
the three weeks off, it's good, I
got a good amount of rest. But,
now it's back to the schedule of
dominating the cruiserweight
division. I still believe that
I'm the best cruiserweight in the
world. I don't think any of them
out there can beat me. I don't
think I got beat on December 11th
it's just the points on the
knockdowns. But, you know, I'm
going to prove in '09 that I am
the greatest cruiserweight in the
world."
To
read more...
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News Update -
BoxingNews24.com
- 4th January 2009
Alekseev
vs. Ramirez For interim WBO
cruiserweight On Jan
17th
By Jim Dower:
Without David Haye in the
division, all eyes now turn to
cruiserweight contender Alexander
Alekseev (16-0, 15 KOs), the new
star in the division, as he
fights Victor Emilio Ramirez
(13-1, 11 KOs) for the interim
WBO cruiserweight on Jan 17th in
Düsseldorf, Germany. The
winner of this fight will be
facing the winner of the Enzo
Maccarinelli vs. Johnathon Banks
bout which takes place next month
in February.
Alekseev, 27, has risen
quickly in the cruiserweight
division since turning
professional four years ago after
narrowly losing to Odlanier
Solis, the eventual heavyweight
Gold Medal winner, in the 2004
Olympics in Athens. As it turned
out, Alekseev gave Solis by far
his toughest match in the
Olympics and came close to
beating him.
To
read full article click
here...
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News Update -
BoxingNews24.com
- 3rd January 2009
Banks-Maccarinelli In
February
By Chris Williams:
Former WBO cruiserweight
champion Enzo Maccarinelli (29-2,
22 KOs) is looking to recapture
his WBO title against number #1
ranked Johnathon Banks (20-0, 14
KOs) in February. Maccarinelli,
28, lost his WBO cruiserweight
title in July, getting stopped in
the 2nd round by arguably the
best fighter in the cruiserweight
division David Haye. Maccarinelli
never really had much of a chance
to show what he can do to Haye,
as the fight was over so quickly.
In February, Maccarinelli
should be in a better position to
show what he can do in the ring,
because Banks, 26, isn't nearly
the same kind of puncher that
Haye is, which should give
Maccarinelli plenty of chances to
land his big shots. Banks and
Maccarinelli were previously
scheduled to fight in December.
However, Banks was injured while
training, which caused the fight
to be canceled.
To
read full article click
here...
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Interview: 1st January 2009
By Tim Donaldson -
Pound4Pound.com
Q & A with Steve "USS"
Cunningham
On December 11, I was
fortunate enough to be witness to
one of the great fights in the
history of boxing. The fight
between Steve "USS" Cunningham
and Tomasz "Goral" Adamek
resulted in a split decision with
Adamek holding the IBF
Cruiserweight Title. I recently
had the privilege to speak to
Steve Cunningham and get his
thoughts on the fight and find
out why he believes that there
should be a rematch.
P4P: How does it make you feel
that so many people all around
the world are calling for a
rematch?
Steve: It makes me feel much
better than most the other
fights. We've been fighting all
over the world, and the American
fan base has finally got a chance
to see us, and to see what type
of fighter I am. We're able to do
everything, box, go toe to toe,
show heart, show some discipline.
I'm very happy to be able to get
another chance to be champion
again.
To
read more...
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News Update -
fightnews.com
- 30th December 2008
Maccarinelli-Banks
rescheduled!
Former WBO cruiserweight Enzo
Maccarinelli and Johnathon Banks
will meet in February for the
vacant WBO cruiserweight title
with site and date to be named.
The fight was originally
scheduled to take place earlier
this month in London, but the
Banks withdrew only a few days
before, leaving Maccarinelli to
face heavyweight Mathew Ellis
instead - whom he blasted out in
two rounds. The Frank
Warren-promoted card will also
feature lightweight star Amir
Khan.
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Press Release: 28th December
2008
Campaign
for Cunningham-Adamek Rematch
Gathers Momentum
On December 11th 2008 one
of the fights of the decade took
place in Newark, New Jersey
between the then reigning
International Boxing Federation
cruiserweight king, Steve 'USS'
Cunningham from Philadelphia, PA
and Polish born expat, Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek, from Jersey City,
NJ.
After 12 action packed rounds,
which saw the then Champ, Steve
'USS' Cunningham put on the
canvas three times by flash
knockdowns, the crown passed onto
the new Champion, Tomasz 'Goral'
Adamek, by a close split
decision. Boxing fans around the
world were treated to an amazing
fight, and whilst many saw the
fight result differently none
were unhappy as the result was
that close. Calls for a rematch
were instant, not just by 'USS"
Cunningham but also the media and
fans alike.
www.wewantarematch.com, the
website which spearheads the
campaign for a rematch, announced
that the website received over
28,000 visitors in the first week
(18th Dec - 25th Dec 08).
For
more click here...
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News Update: 27th December
2008
2008 Boxing Awards
Herald News 2008 Boxing
Awards
Fighter of the year: Manny
Pacquiao. The fearless Filipino
star beat Mexico's Juan Manuel
Marquez by split decision in a
junior lightweight title fight
March 15 in Las Vegas, dominated
David Diaz to win the WBC
lightweight title June 28 in Las
Vegas and destroyed heavily
favored Oscar De La Hoya en route
to a TKO victory at welterweight
Dec. 6 in Las Vegas.
Runners-up: Joe Calzaghe;
Antonio Margarito.
Last year's winner: Kelly
Pavlik.
Fight of the year: Tomasz
Adamek-Steve Cunningham. Jersey
City's Adamek dropped
Philadelphia's Cunningham three
times during an epic
cruiserweight contest that Adamek
won by split decision Dec. 11 in
Newark.
Runners-up: Israel
Vazquez-Rafael Marquez III;
Margarito-Miguel Cotto.
To
Read the full Herald News 2008
Boxing awards click
here...
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News Update: 26th December
2008
Peter Czymbor -
www.8countnews.com
- 8CN Fight Of The Year Awards -
although the winner was Vasquez
vs Marquez 111 writes in
Honorable Mentions:
Tomasz Adamek vs. Steve
Cunningham &endash; Cruiserweight
World Championship
December 11, 2008 &endash;
Prudential Center &endash;
Newark, NJ
Who ever said cruiserweights
can't fight?
Tomasz Adamek and Steve
Cunningham proved that notion
wrong with a thrilling 12 round
war on December 11th of this year
for the recognized cruiserweight
championship of the world.
During the all action
slugfest, Adamek knocked down
Cunningham three times. However,
Cunningham threw and landed more
punches.
After 12 rounds of nonstop
action, the verdict came in:
Tomasz Adamek won via split
decision to become the new
cruiserweight champ.
Hopefully 2009 will bring us a
sequel to this classic encounter.
The fans want it and Steve
Cunningham certainly wants it.
To
view 8CN Fight Of The Year Awards
click
here.
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Press Release: 26th December
2008
BJ FLORES AND ELVIN
AYALA HEADLINE "FIGHT NIGHT AT
THE PLAZA" IN VEGAS ON JANUARY
23RD
LATEST BOXING NEWS - For
the first time in over four
years, world class professional
boxing will return to the Plaza
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV
on Friday, January 23rd, it was
jointly announced today by TKO
BOXING Promotions and Reno's
"Let's Get It On" Promotions.
"We're looking to make "FIGHT
NIGHT AT THE PLAZA" a bi-monthly
event starting in January. The
Plaza Hotel and Casino has a
great tradition of supporting
boxing with numerous future world
champions having fought there
including Antonio Tarver, Sergio
Mora, Sergei Liakhovich, Steven
Luevano, Julio Diaz and Guty
Espadas Jr.
The Fremont Street Experience
is known for its classic Las
Vegas experience and we look
forward to playing a major part
in 2009."
To
read more...
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News
Alert Update: 23rd
December 2008
BoxingInsider.com
Q&A Tomasz "Warrior"
Adamek: Wants Unification or
Hopkins Next
Newly crowned IBF
Cruiserweight champion Tomasz
Adamek electrified the boxing
world with his "Fight of the
Year" performance against Steve
Cunningham two weeks ago in
Newark, NJ. We spoke with the
history-making Polish gladiator
about his big win, who he wants
next, and moreÉ
Boxinginsider: Awesome
performance vs. Cunningham, how
did you feel about it?
Tomasz Adamek: "I'm very
happy, very satisfied because I
win. I got hit a couple of times
but very pleased. I win my second
world title.
Boxinginsider: Were there any
surprises in the fight from
Cunningham which you did not
expect?
Tomasz Adamek: I was surprised
he wasn't attacking, he was
always backing up, always on the
defensive. I trained for him to
be attacking but it was just the
opposite.
Boxinginsider: Why do you
think that was? Why do you think
he fought like that?
Tomasz Adamek: I think he was
afraid because I was a heavy
hitter. And he was afraid to be
in a brawl with me. That's why he
got knocked down three times
because he was backing up.
For
full interview click here...
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Feature: 23rd December 2008
Cunningham Wants a
Rematch and So Do We
By Thomas Gerbasi -
MaxBoxing.Com
Boxing's a funny game. Not
'Ha-Ha' funny, but strange funny,
which brings us to the case of
Steve Cunningham. Less than two
weeks ago, Cunningham was the IBF
cruiserweight champion of the
world, but fairly unknown to the
non-hardcore boxing fanbase;
this, despite Cunningham being
victorious in 21 of 22 fights,
winning and defending his title
in Europe, and being an all-round
good guy.
On December 11th, Cunningham
lost his crown in a torrid 12
rounder against Tomasz Adamek
that saw the US Navy vet hit the
deck three times but still do
enough that one judge and many
observers saw him winning the
fight. In most sports, you lose,
you're off the radar.
To
full article on
maxboxing.com...
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News
Alert Update: 22nd
December 2008
BJ Flores vs.
Tomasz Adamek Update
World ranked cruiserweight
BJ Flores is preparing for a busy
2009 as he looks towards battles
against either world champion
Tomasz Adamek or former champion
Wayne Braithwaite.
"Right now we're in the
negotiating stage for two
possible fights. Either I go
straight to fighting the newly
crowned champion Tomasz Adamek
for an optional defense or I
fight Wayne Braithwaite as part
of an elimination process for the
IBF title which Adamek just won
from Steve Cunningham..
To
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Press Release: 18th December
2008
WWAR Breaks Out
Over Cunningham-Adamek
Rematch
A new website -
www.WeWantARematch.com
- was launched today to gather
support from boxing fans
worldwide in lobbying television
networks, promoters Don King
Productions and Main Events for a
rematch of last weeks IBF
cruiserweight world championship
title fight between Steve 'USS'
Cunningham and Tomasz 'Goral'
Adamek.
The calls for a rematch are
not out of sour grapes, anything
but, as on Thursday, December
11th 2008 a magnificent boxing
match took place at the
Prudential Center in Newark, New
Jersey, between the then reigning
International Boxing Federation
cruiserweight champion, Steve
'USS' Cunningham, from
Philadelphia, PA. and former
World Boxing Organisation light
heavyweight champion, Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek, ...
To
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NEWS
ALERT: 18th December
2008
TOMASZ ADAMEK vs.
BJ FLORES - 21st MARCH 2009?
Reported on both
www.bokser.org
and
www.boxingscene.com
ealier today as speculation, it
now appears that there is more
than a little truth to the rumour
that B.J. Flores is to fight
Tomasz Adamek on the 21st March
2009 at the Prudential Center in
Newark, New Jersey. for the IBF
cruiserweight title as it has now
appeared on the fight listings at
www.boxrec.com
Livvy Cunningham (Steve 'USS'
Cunningham's manager) said "I
don't know if this is just a
rumour or if it is true"
We have had no reponse yet
from anyone at Tomasz Adamek's
camp.
Watch this space
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Press Release: 16th December
2008
Fighting Talk From Steve
'USS' Cunningham In First Radio
Interview Since Loss Off
Crown
Former IBF cruiserweight world
champion, Steve 'USS' Cunningham,
gave his first radio interview
since losing his crown by split
decision after this year's most
exciting and action packed fight,
one that most are calling The
Fight Of The Year, on December
11th to Tomasz 'Goral' Adamek.
Steve returned as a guest of
boxing expert Michael Cassell on
his popular AFB radio show -
Philadelphia Boxing Report.
Steve was particularly
thrilled that his first radio
interview was on the show as the
audience is mainly American
military personnel based around
the world. Being a former Navy
Aircraft Re-fueler on both the
USS America and the USS
Enterprise he understands the
importance of this particular
radio network, as to many of
those based overseas it is their
only link to home news.
From the start of the show
Michael made the point of how
spectacular the fight, broadcast
live on Versus, was and how
everybody had been talking about
it. He went on to inform Steve
that ESPN, amongst many
broadcasters to do so, made the
fight the lead item on Friday
morning and that even on
'Football Friday' it stayed high
on the discussion list throughout
the afternoon and evening,
something, that as far as he is
aware, that had never been
achieved before, even with boxing
matches featuring 'household'
names.
To
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Press - Various
Quotes from various media
on Cunningham vs. Adamek
Tim Smith - New York Daily
News - wrote
"The Daily News scored it a
draw (113-113). There was enough
action to make the match a "Fight
of the Year" candidate."
George Willis - New York
Post - wrote:
"It had been 60 years since
Newark hosted a world
championship fight. Last night,
Steve Cunningham and Tomasz
Adamek made it worth the wait."
"The Post saw Cunningham a
113-112 winner."
Tim Donaldson's Live Fight
Report -
www.pound4pound.com
- wrote:
"Pound4Pound scored the fight
114-112 for Cunningham"
To
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Press Release: 14th December
2008
USS Cunningham Sails On,
Battle Scarred, Not Sunk As
Reported!
Recently deposed IBF
cruiserweight world champion,
Steve 'USS' Cunningham, speaks
out for the first time since the
epic battle at the Prudential
Center in Newark, New Jersey on
December 11th, which saw Tomasz
'Goral' Adamek from Jersey City,
NJ. capture his crown by a
contentious split decision.
Steve, who has been receiving
the highest accolades from
luminaries in the sport and media
for his performance during the
action packed bout, which is
being hailed by all sectors of
the media as 'The Fight Of The
Year', spoke shortly after his
return to his home town of
Philadelphia after taking a well
deserved short break.
"Firstly, I want to
congratulate Adamek on his
Victory.
It was a tough fight, one that
we were easily winning without
the flash knockdowns. We feel
that the work that was put in was
enough to win the fight, but
understand that the judges saw
differently.
To
read more...
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