Having just watched Adamek/Banks, i'm not so sure Hopkins can beat Adamek.

The main difference for me is the intelligence of the two fighters. Adamek is smart, he tests then executes, especially since hes now fighting larger men. Kind of like cotto. But pavlik is simply a seek and destroy type fighter with no plan B. He had no answer for hopkins where as Adamek wont be as dumb.

 

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Hopkins....Banks......Banks.........Hopkins.....Hmmm that is a damn good comparison:nut


Hopkins has a great shot at winning that fight because Adamek isnt an active fighter..He does alot of standing around, and fights at a pace that will make Hopkins very comfortable, and not test his age and weakiness that has come with the age...

 

:yikes

 

handspeed compared to what??? In the fight with Dawson he looked slow as ****, in the fight with Cunningham he looked average...Of course if your fighting a slow guy he makes you look faster, or if your fighting a guy that cant avoid you shots it makes you appear faster, in it could and in this case is the leading factor as to why Adamek APPEARED to be much faster.

 

I think hell test that body and I think hell have a good gameplan and plan B. Hes active when he thinks he should be.

 

Adamek is a throwback fighter that can brawl or box and is pretty decent at both.His handspeed might look average at times but when he wants to get quick,he turns it up.Its almost like he has two speeds .That fight stopping right he threw was a blur,even shown in slo-mo it was hard to see.Pretty impressive considering he was hit with a monster right hand not more than thirty seconds before .The same thing happened in the Cunningham fight when he was stung and came back in the same round to score a kd with that short staight right.Seems to be a pattern that makes for a very dangerous opponent for just about anyone ,even someone of the calibur of a Hopkins.He has a rare mental strenth that use to be common in old time fighters but seems to be lacking in the moddern era.Definately a must see fighter for anyone who loves boxing .

 

Stupid Noob you better watch a single fight before you comment. Adamek is no stranger to hellacious punchers. Paul Briggs is still the hardest hitting light heavy and Adamek absorbed absolutly everything from him. Because Adamek's D was worse then what it is now and Briggs is a very determined, offensively minded fighter, Briggs basically threw and connected with a lot of bombs.

Please review the 8th round of the fight against Banks and check out the punch Banks landed at the beginning of this round. Considering that Banks is arguably one of hardest puncher at CW, this was one hell of a shot he landed on Adamek's face. You cannot get hit any harder than that. I would argue, that this was the hardest single punch Adamek has received in his entire career. But ****, Adamek hardly flinched, just kept on doing his thing and 30 seconds later, disposed of Mr. Banks. Whats his secret? Adamek's chin is certified AMAZING.

One more thing: In light of the Briggs' fights, the fight against Cunningham and the Banks fight, I think its not unreasonable to argue that Adamek fights best when he gets hit hard and is almost hurt. I think its some kind of a survival instinct mode that makes Adamek open up, particularly making him a dangerous and fast counter puncher. Its not an accident that in those 3 big fights, the knockdowns/knockouts were immediatly preceeded by Adamek taking big shots from his opponents and immediatly coming back with his own lethal aggression.

One taste of that aggression and Haye folds like a lawn chair. I can't say the same about Hops.

 

Hopkins may go for Adamek but that's going out into pretty deep waters. As great a fighter as he is, Hopkins will be facing a challenge that will most likely cut him down to size. Adamek won't become a one-dimensional zombie like Tarver and Pavlik did. Even in his lone defeat, a weight-drained Adamek managed to knock Dawson down and give him a scare. If Hopkins somehow managed to pull off a win it would be the last hurrah for America cuz everything over 200 is OWNED by Eastern European fighters. Absolutely owned.

 

I cant see Hopkins taking a fight with Adamek,i think the weight is too high.I think he is more likley to go after Dawson.

 

Nice post. Welcome to the board.

 

Definitely a very tough one fight for Hopkins. Jumping up from 170 to 200 might be too risky. That's 30 pounds for Chrissakes! 30 pounds south of MW is SFW, it's like Juarez fighting Pavlik, just to feel the gap.

On the other hand, Tomasz never met someone like Hopkins, who slips punches, moves to the right defensive direction all the time, TIMES counters extremely well, grabs, makes you go off-balance, creates space for his offensive attacks (showed very impressive combination punching vs. Pavlik) and ADAPTS very well, taking away your key weapons. Adamek can both brawl and fight, but he won't outbrawl Hopkins (getting countered silly), and two levels below on the boxing level. Also, he makes several defensive mistakes which shouts for retaliation if you has an eye as good as Bernard. Adamek is very powerful, but don't have the Calzaghe type of output to take away the old fox' stamina. Of course Taylor never had the output and used physical size more than anything, and then again: fighting at a limit 30 lbs heavier is extremely difficult. So from a technical standpoint, it's a winnable, from a physical standpoint, it's a very risky fight. Hopkins would either be badly outweighed, or risking loss of speed if he choses to put on musle. He's 44 years old.

Very interesting fight, I say: bring it on!