Tomasz knocked out Johnathon Banks in eight rounds to retain his cruiserweight crown in a fight held at the Prudential Center in New Jersey. He now stands at 37-1 with 25 KOs. It was his first defense of the title he won eleven weeks earlier beating American Steve Cunningham in the same arena. “Adamek’s Army was out in full force tonight, approximately 5,900 strong. The loyal following of cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek, faces painted, waiving Polish flags, did not leave the Prudential Center disappointed.” As a biography, Tomasz Adamek was born on December 1, 1976 in Żywiec, Poland so his age is 32. He rose to fame in the boxing scene when he won the WBC light heavyweight title after beating Paul Briggs in May 2005. He then defended his title successfully two times against German Thomas Ulrich and Briggs again. Adamek then lost the crown to Chad Dawson in February 2007. He then moved on to win the IBF cruiserweight title beating Luis Andres Pineda. He also won the IBO title later by defeating Steve Cunningham during what was then called the fight of the year. He also won the the Ring Magazine Cruiserweight Championship. Adamek is managed by Ziggy Rozalski and promoted by Main Events. Liczę na naj..
Polish boxer and former world champion professional organizations and IBO IBF in category juniorciężkiej and WBC in twelve rounds, medal amateur championships, the international champion of Polish. 2nd Winner place in 2005 and 4 in 2006 in a poll of the best Polish athlete. The founder of the sports club KS blow-Adamek in Gilowice. This is the first Pole to win The Ring championship belt, championship belt magazine The Ring. Became interested in boxing in the fourth grade of primary school. At the age of twelve he began training in boxing club section Goral Zywiec. The first of his coaches were Stefan and Stanislaw Orlicki Gawron, who raised such boxers such as Wieslaw Małyszko (Olympian from Barcelona) and brothers Dewey. Adamek in 1993 moved to Galway, where he trained under Kazimierz Rochalskiego. Later moved to Concordia Knurów, trained by Zbigniew kick (the first Polish World Championships medalist, winning bronze in 1974 in Havana welterweight weight). After achieving the first success in the ring was appointed to the staff, where he conducted individual workouts with him Janusz Gortat ( Olympic champion in the Light heavyweight division). The first Polish senior champion Adamek won in 1995 - the average weight, with less than 19 years. In 1996 won the Polish championship again in the middle weight, and in 1997 runner in the Light heavyweight division. In 1997 he participated in world championships in Budapest. In 1998 alone the Poles took the podium at the European Championships in Minsk, winning a bronze medal - in the Light heavyweight division. In the semifinals of the tournament, defeated Russian Alexander Lebziakiem (1997 world champion and Olympic champion in 2000), later trainer "Sbornej. In total, in the pit Adamek fought 120 amateur fights, winning 108 from the.
