Is Adamek overrated as an heavyweight?

He certainly is as a heavyweight too

 

Hayes would KO him easy.

 

Huh? The guy moves well, fights technical, and has pro level stamina. He is a WELCOME addition to the HW ranks and deserves all the praise he can get.

Who is "over rating" him? Everyone knows he doesn't have HW power. Hell he knows it and makes up for it being busy, elusive, and in shape.

Boxing fans...

 

He is more underrated rather than overrated. But mostly he is ranked there where he should be - top4. I believe that after his fight with Wladimir we could tell more where he should be ranked. To me its 3rd position right now behind both brothers and above Haye, who is very inactive as a HW and is overrated to me, due to his inactivity and low opposition level.

 

Like he Ko'ed Audley? You cannot say "now" to Adamek and expect him to roll over.

Furthermore, the only person here who has been KTFO is Haye both in the amateurs and as a pro by shite competition....Right from day 1 we can see Haye's chin is pure china .....Is this the fighter who will KO Adamek easily?


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good cruiser.

not fought anyone too great yet,fought some poor opponents tbh.

arreola even managed to land clean on him and adamek looked wobbled.

hes got better skills speed and movement than most heavies,but he doesnt take a heavyweight punch well,and does not give out a heavyweight punch.

why wlad wants him,although i hope haye gets to adamek first,or that adamek makes wlad look slow and useless.

 

oh yes... keeping in mind that Adamek haven't been KOed yet and haye is the one who refused to fight Adamek at cruiserweight and when Adamek moved up to heavyweight did it once again

 

comments like this just prove how underestimated Adamek is here.

 

if it was a pre-vitali arreola, i say chris wins, but ademak, is ok, slightly overrated.

 

Most people still does not believe Adamek can beat any title holder so if you
think this makes him overrated then you just don't count him even as the top contender.

However you may just count with 5 fingers the boxers who can really beat Adamek
right now beside Klits and Haye so really Adamek is UNDERRATED because people
are lowering his strengths by imposing general lack of natural HW abilities.
IMO Adamek compensates these deficiencies well so he does not need the natural
HW size or exceptional power to be victorious.

 

I agree. Adamek seems to have intangibles like ring IQ, toughness, experience in championship fights and confidence that will generally compensate for whatever physical inequalities he may have with his opponent.

 

As he was too small for Golota, Arreola and Grant?

That is pretty common misconception about what really matters in boxing
and in the martial arts in general. To be victorious he need to neutralize
opponents strengths and capitalize on his own assets. He didnt do this
against Dawson who was faster than him while Adamek was dehydrated
and tried to prove that he could be even faster than Dawson.

But right now his speed and combination punching are his strengths, he
doesnt need to stay in front of Valuev or Thompson and try to prove
strength of his chin with a free shots like Mayorga did for Trinidad.

It does not mean his chin will never be tested because Adamek
is an offensive boxer, but he has good enough chin and IQ
to get away from troubles to the point he recovers. So I cant see
how would Valev outpoint Adamek if this goes to the scorecards,
maybe if he try to hung on Adamek for a while to make him tired
in short distance then keeping him at the end of his jab for the
rest of the fight ... but that would just prove Valeuev's IQ is not
as bad as it looks from his face.