In the margin of Hopkins vs Kovalev, former world champion Tomasz Adamek announced his retirement from boxing on Saturday night after losing to younger challenger Artur 'The Pin' Szpilka at the Krakow Arena. he boxer, who turns 38 next month, lost on points in the ten round clash in front of a crowd of 17,000, with the three judges unanimous in backing Szpilka. I did what I could in this sport, he said after leaving the ring. The years are flying by, time doesn't stand still. My time is up. I'd like to thank my fans for coming. Good luck to the younger generation, he added. Adamek, who began his professional boxing career in 1999, managed to become WBC Light Heavyweight Champion as well as IBF, IBO and The Ring Cruiserweight Champion. Dubbed 'The Highlander (Goral) owing to his roots in the highland town of Zywiec, he made a bid to become an MEP in the elections to the European Parliament in May 2014 for the conservative United Poland party. However, the party failed to garner enough votes to cross the electoral threshold needed to enter parliament. Adamek has been a great warrior and a decent multiple world champion. It's a good decision to retire now. Good luck to you champ and maybe we see him in another role in boxing sometime soon :think
I'm glad he's retiring. One of my all time favourite fighters, hardly ever in a dull fight. Two weight world champion, excellent career HOF bound no doubt.
