Tomasz Adamek vs. Przemyslaw Saleta RBR

Top of the hour. :good

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Inaugural Polish seniors title maybe.

Adamek probably isn't even top 5 nationally at the weight anymore, realistically - and Saleta not top 15.

 

1) Artur Szpilka (undoubtedly the #1 right now, and beat Adamek decisively h2h; close as the scorecards indicate but still clear)
2) Mariusz Wach (might not beat more fighters than Adamek necessarily, but would be kayoed by fewer...)
3) Marcin Rekowski (close loss to McCall, then avenged...plus recent victories over Sosnowski and Oloukun. Not amazingly special, but more than Adamek has done in a long time)
4) Michał Cieślak (rated at cruiser but has fought above 200lb more often than not. If he stops Cox today, he too has a superior ledger of recent work to Adamek's with knockouts over Rosberg and Binkowski and shutout of Abdoul)
5) Krzystof Zimnoch (inactive for a while but returning next month...Adamek close to his prime would probably wipe the floor with him but Adamek is far removed from his prime now...)
6) Andrzej Wawrzyk (blitzed in embarrassingly quick & easy fashion by Povetkin, but I'm not sure the same wouldn't happen to Adamek tbh..)
7) Izu Ugonoh (weak resume to date but the Nigerian-Polish former kickboxing world champion is a marvelous athlete with two inches of height and nearly a foot of wingspan on Goral...and has natural HW pop unlike the former cruiser)
8.) Adamek

 

Michał Cieślak vs. Shawn Cox, 8 rounds @ cruiserweight

 

Combination, all rolled into one.

Adamek had to dig very deep just to make it vaguely competitive with Szpilka. I think it was his last gasp, and the final halfway decent performance he will ever put on versus a halfway decent opponent.

Even if he dominates Saleta here today it won't mean Adamek is "back". (except, unfortunately, that's exactly what he'll convince himself it means...)