Tonight, Adamek Became a Real Heavyweight

I agree with people that Golota was not a good indicator of Adamek's suitability at HW. Estrada was a much better barometer, both because of his speed and superior chin at this time. Adamek surpassed these things with his own speed and chin, controlling the fight from start to finish and losing perhaps 3 rounds at most. This was a better perfomance than Povetkin had against Estrada and imo Jason came in better prepared to fight this time. From the standpoint of winning rounds, this was a better performance then Adamek had against Cunningham. People are just dissapointed Adamek could not put JE on the canvas, but it may likely turn out that no one will ever do this, at least in Jason's prime. For me, the only question that remains is whether Adamek's chin is HW worthy because he does tend to get hit a lot and will need his chin to survive. Will Chris Arreola care to answer that question for us in April? Who nex? Who nex?

 

Name one thing Arreola does better? Adamek won at least 9 rounds tonight, whereas a guy like Povetkin won fewer. There's been some bull**** spin on the front page how Adamek's face was battered tonight. God Nazi propaganda cant rival this. Please look at the evidence before you comment.

http://www.sport.pl/boks/51,64992,7535046.html?i=0

 

Adamek was not bullied. Estrada is a much faster puncher than Arroeola or Povetkin and has a vastly better chin than all these 3 fighters. People wanted a KD and didn't get it. They saw another side of Adamek tonight (a volume puncher) and are pissed. This is what Adamek had done throughout his career - he adapts to his opponents weaknesses. Get over it, he won a wide UD. Against Arreola he will come in with a different gameplan. Yes, he will still get hit (his one major weakness that he cannot seem to change) but he will hit just as much and Arreola's chin wont be up to snuff.

Why do people perceive Arreola to be such a badass. Who has he beaten? Jameel McCline? Brian Minto?

 

Why do people perceive Arreola to be such a badass? Who has he beaten? Jameel McCline? Brian Minto?

 

He's an obese former light heavyweight. The power is there, but I don't think he'd be able to KO Estrada either. That boy has a neck. And even if Adamek's power is less than Arreola's, he outclasses Chris in every other boxing attribute imaginable. Adamek is no Minto and can compensate in case Arreola's power is too much.

 

Newsflash: Arreola's chin is no where near Adamek's.

 

I agree with this. Estrada rolls those punches nicely. Something Arreola has no clue about doing.