Thoughts on Vitali vs. Adamek?

Adamek at 34 has probably been in the more physically taxing matches than Vitali in recent times. To me it seems that Vitali was able to conquer his past injuries during the layoff and no longer suffers from them. His reflexes and footwork have obviously slowed down, but he makes up for it with experience. With his unique style he maximizes an already towering height advantage and is simply a very difficult man to fight, especially when you're a little over 6 feet tall like Adamek.

As a heavyweight Adamek is no longer the physical threat that he used to be at lower weights and has compensated for this by making better use of his combinations and footwork, which by heavyweight standards are far above average. He has his flaws though as he is somewhat inaccurate and unbalanced, and often it looks like he is fighting a style that is not most suited to him. Enough to beat sloppy heavyweights like Arreola, but Vitali should be able to make him pay for this.

Adamek will be backed up against the ropes and he will take too many heavy punches over the distance. He is a built-up 215 pounds and the excess weight along with Vitali's size will wear him down.

 

Yeah I'd much rather see Adamek weighing a fast 200 than a slower but still not powerful enough 215.

 

You must rate Adamek allot higher than most

Adamek is a good all rounder, solid, but we're talking about someone who went life and death with Briggs and Arreola and clearly got outboxed by Dawson

 

Adamek would have zero chance against Holyfield. Even the one with the heart troubles.

 

I know, that's why I mentioned it.

Adamek to me is like a poor man's Evander Holyfield at HW. Not sure why I'm making the comparison but to me he fights like a bad version of Holyfield.

 

Yeah maybe a poor man's newly-shot millennium Holyfield.

I mean the Evander who went 1-1-1 against John Ruiz.

 

Evander slacks sometimes. But that was past his best. Adamek and is more similar to Ali. :rofl

 

or injury :rofl