Tomasz Adamek
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Adamek with the IBF title, 2008
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 191 cm (75 in) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Polish | ||||||||||||
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1 December 1976 Żywiec, Poland |
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| Total fights | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 5 | ||||||||||||
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Tomasz Adamek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ aˈdamɛk]; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish professional boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007; the unified IBF, Ring magazine; and lineal cruiserweight titles from 2008 to 2009. Additionally he has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011. Adamek is the first Polish winner of both the "Muhammad Ali Giant Athlete Award", and the first Polish boxer to win a Ring title.
Adamek was born in Żywiec, Poland. He began boxing at age 12 in boxing club Góral Żywiec with his trainers Stefan Gawron and Stanisław Orlicki.
Adamek amateur boxing record is 120 fights, 112 wins and 8 losses
Adamek made his professional boxing debut on 13 March 1999 in Manchester, England against Israel Khumalo. He won by TKO in the first round.
Adamek won the vacant WBC Light Heavyweight title defeating Paul "Firepower" Briggs by majority decision on 21 May 2005. The fight was described by some as one of the most brutal in recent memory, as Briggs suffered a large cut above his left eye early in the fight and Adamek bled profusely from his nose for much of the fight as well. Adamek tended to be the aggressor and won the fight.
On 15 October 2005, he defended his title against German boxer Thomas Ulrich by knockout in Round 6.
He then defended his title in a rematch with Paul Briggs in 2006, again winning by majority decision. After the fight Jim Lampley said that Adamek vs Briggs I and II was the best combined 24 rounds he has ever seen.
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