Adamek has a place in the heavies

The critics are out declaring that Golota is shot and the win means nothing. I say bullocks. Golota is in his forties, out of shape, mentally broken in any number of fights and physically broken by a car accident and fights many years ago, but he is also big, experienced at the top, and a puncher.

Most of the premier heavies, outside of the Klits, are smallish, oldish, or flat out not talented. So I say the Golota win is a good gauge. All adamek had to do is prove that his chin and power carried up somewhat, and by taking Golota's hook in the 3rd and stopping the man, he did so.

Minus the Kilts, Boxrec's best:

David Haye- a former cruiser himself with undeniable power but a history of chin and stamina problems at cruiser, earned his questionable bones with a stoppage over former contender Monte Barret, a powerless figher recently stopped by Cliff Couser. This would be a top rate cruiser fight carried up.

Nikolay Valuev- barely but questionably beat all time great but oftened and easily bested 46 year old and totally shot former cruiser Evander Holyfield. Someone lacked confidence in his ability against Chagaev and got their second fight cancelled.

Ruslan Chagaev- Amatuer legend with an ABC title win against Valuev, is smallish himself (six foot), and has looked dramatically unimpressive in recent wins, losses, and cancellations due to hepititis, blindness, numbness, etc. Seems to have been tentative and shot even in his earliest proffesional fights.

Eddie Chambers- man looks great, but is clearly a blown up cruiser himself.

Alexander Povietkin- great fighter, as proven by his amatuer wins and meteoric heavyweight rise, but what is up with the man? Has fought infrequently in the last couple of years, looked to be performing below capacity in the Estrada fight, lost the first few rounds of the Chambers fight, and someone is steering him away from big punchers. At his best at 219- not much above Adamek's heavyweight fighting weight, is now fighting at closer to 230 which is a disadvantage.

Some other fighters in Boxrec's top 20:

Juan Carlos Gomez- natural crusier himself

Chris Arreola- a natural hard punching heavy, can he get in shape? Is he that talented in the first place?

Sam Peter- we can write a novel about his shortcomings in height, dedication/weight, and technique. Even his vaunted power seems overrated.

Alex Dimentrenko- recently beat by Chambers, another natural cruiser without Adamek's power.

Solis- fate guy with fixed fights .

Maskaev- worst chin in the thop 50. Old.

Pianeta, Rahmen, Austin- where is the big threat here?

Adamek is clearly a fine entry into the heavies. Not saying he could beat all of these guys, but he could beat many or most of them.

 

Please see above. SPECIFICALLY, what "trained" heavy in his prime would excite you, and even so, why would it not excite you that he would have a fine chance against the other nine?

Specifics here. Other than the Klis, who do you see beating him?

 

Because golota broke his arm.

Again, Austin is now a top ten guy, so why does this vicotry not entail Adamek's success in the division?

 

Well, we agree here. But the WBA belt is still there and Vitklit is by all reports retiriing soon. My point is that when you talk about the best of the rest, Adamek would ge right up there in the top 3-4.

 

Let me admit that this is an example of biased that I left Boytsov out of the equation. I think Boyytsov is future with his fast hands, power and boxing ability. However, he is another smallish heavy and has an unproven chin, so he is easily someone that Adamek would have a clear chancea at beating, just like the others mentioned.