Has Adamek now surpassed Golota's greatness?

He's already a two division champ. He suprassed Golota's "greatness" a very long time ago.

 

There was a shadow? All Golota is known for is his bronze medal and blasting Bowe's nuts and getting KTFO'd by Tyson and Lewis. So yes, I hope a 3 division champion(albeit one is an 'international' belt) Adamek passed him

 

golota was never great.... cheating savage maybe

 

better question is has he surpassed michalczewski, a genuine world class fighter? and the answer is yes. i prefer adamek's risky multi weight stuff to michalczewski's long drawn out universum/WBO run (with a few good wins), though D-M gets little respect for being the elite fighter he was due to RJJ's shadow.

 

in terms of achievements ... long time ago,
in terms of popularity and excitement .. not yet.

 

That ship has already sailed bro. He's already surpassed Michalczewski as well. Adamek now has a shot at history - To become the first boxer in history to hold 3 belts, including the HW title. It won't be easy of course. He will have to beat either Haye or the K-Bros. But he's in a position to do so. I now rank Adamek top 5 at HW.

 

Huh? Bob Fitzsimmons? Roy Jones?

 

Recorded history began in 2005.

 

He meant 3 heaviest titles, Roy did not have CW title, so Bob counts only

 

I guess he would be the first to win major titles at LHW, CW and HW.

Too bad there's no Maskaev/Chagaev/Peter/Briggs/Ibragimov/Rahman/Ruiz/Brewster/Lyakhovich/Valuev holding a title right now.

 

he could certainly become the first to win light heavy, cruiser and heavy belts. to have 3 belts, from these divisions.

adamek certainly is going against the grain of cruiserweight champs moving up. like jirov. adamek-arreola was like the kind of opportunity jirov got, vs joe mesi.

 

golota was great???

 

Adamek sure surprised me. He has balls the size of church bells!

 

still, credit to him for beating a world class fighter in a 3rd weight. and he deserves good paydays like this and the golota fight, when you think at one time he was a cruiser champ who couldn't land a major TV date.