On May 21, 2005, Paul Briggs (23-1, 17 KOs) and Tomasz Adamek (28-0, 20 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBC light-heavyweight title is also on the line.
Paul Briggs is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Stipe Drews, 9 months and 6 days ago. Tomasz Adamek is on a 28-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Ismail Abdoul, 8 months and 11 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.9-5.1 in favor of Tomasz Adamek. It is going to be very difficult for Paul Briggs to win this fight.
Tomasz Adamek defeated Paul Briggs via majority decision . Adamek improves his record to 29-0, while Briggs adds a loss to his record at 23-2.