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Total Fights | 59 |
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Wins | 53 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 31 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and six months, Tomasz Adamek fought 59 times with 53 wins and 6 losses.
Adamek retired from professional boxing with a record of 53-6, which included three world-title wins and four successful title defense fights at two weight classes — light-heavyweight and cruiserweight. He had a 52.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 31 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Adamek suffered three knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Vitali Klitschko in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO defeat to Jarrell Miller on October 6, 2018.
Some of Adamek's best fights and notable victories include wins over Steve Cunningham, Chris Arreola, Michael Grant, O'Neil Bell, Paul Briggs, Nagy Aguilera, and Andrew Golota.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Oct 6, 2018 | 41 | Jarrell Miller | Loss | TKO2 |
58 | Apr 21, 2018 | 41 | Joey Abell | Win | TKO7 |
57 | Nov 18, 2017 | 40 | Fred Kassi | Win | UD |
56 | Jun 24, 2017 | 40 | Solomon Haumono | Win | UD |
55 | Apr 2, 2016 | 39 | Éric Molina | Loss | KO10 |
54 | Sep 26, 2015 | 38 | Przemysław Saleta | Win | RTD5 |
53 | Nov 8, 2014 | 37 | Artur Szpilka | Loss | UD |
52 | Mar 15, 2014 | 37 | Vyacheslav Glazkov | Loss | UD |
51 | Aug 3, 2013 | 36 | Dominick Guinn | Win | UD |
50 | Dec 22, 2012 | 36 | Steve Cunningham | Win | SD |
49 | Sep 8, 2012 | 35 | Travis Walker | Win | TKO5 |
48 | Jun 16, 2012 | 35 | Eddie Chambers | Win | UD |
47 | Mar 24, 2012 | 35 | Nagy Aguilera | Win | UD |
46 | Sep 10, 2011 | 34 | Vitali Klitschko | Loss * | TKO10 |
45 | Apr 9, 2011 | 34 | Kevin McBride | Win | UD |
44 | Dec 9, 2010 | 34 | Vinny Maddalone | Win | TKO5 |
43 | Aug 21, 2010 | 33 | Michael Grant | Win | UD |
42 | Apr 24, 2010 | 33 | Chris Arreola | Win | MD |
41 | Feb 6, 2010 | 33 | Jason Estrada | Win | UD |
40 | Oct 24, 2009 | 32 | Andrew Golota | Win | TKO5 |
39 | Jul 11, 2009 | 32 | Bobby Gunn | Win * | RTD4 |
38 | Feb 27, 2009 | 32 | Johnathon Banks | Win * | TKO8 |
37 | Dec 11, 2008 | 32 | Steve Cunningham | Win * | SD |
36 | Jul 11, 2008 | 31 | Gary Gomez | Win | RTD7 |
35 | Apr 19, 2008 | 31 | O'Neil Bell | Win | TKO8 |
34 | Dec 29, 2007 | 31 | Josip Jalusic | Win | UD |
33 | Jun 9, 2007 | 30 | Luis Andres Pineda | Win | TKO7 |
32 | Feb 3, 2007 | 30 | Chad Dawson | Loss * | UD |
31 | Oct 7, 2006 | 29 | Paul Briggs | Win * | MD |
30 | Oct 15, 2005 | 28 | Thomas Ulrich | Win * | KO6 |
29 | May 21, 2005 | 28 | Paul Briggs | Win * | MD |
28 | Sep 10, 2004 | 27 | Ismail Abdoul | Win | UD |
27 | Apr 17, 2004 | 27 | Dzhabrail Dzhabrailov | Win | KO5 |
26 | Dec 20, 2003 | 27 | Olivier Beard | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Oct 4, 2003 | 26 | Ed Dalton | Win | KO2 |
24 | Aug 30, 2003 | 26 | Roberto Coelho | Win | UD |
23 | Apr 6, 2003 | 26 | Zoltán Béres | Win | UD |
22 | Feb 15, 2003 | 26 | Andrei Karsten | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Dec 14, 2002 | 26 | Varuzhan Davtyan | Win | RTD4 |
20 | Oct 18, 2002 | 25 | Laverne Clark | Win | TKO3 |
19 | Jul 27, 2002 | 25 | Mihai Iftode | Win | UD |
18 | May 24, 2002 | 25 | Siarhei Karanevich | Win | UD |
17 | Apr 6, 2002 | 25 | Willie McDonald | Win | TKO3 |
16 | Feb 23, 2002 | 25 | Dzianis Salomka | Win | TKO5 |
15 | Dec 29, 2001 | 25 | Ruslan Hladkykh | Win | UD |
14 | Nov 10, 2001 | 24 | Zdravko Kostic | Win | UD |
13 | Aug 11, 2001 | 24 | Timofey Maklakov | Win | TKO3 |
12 | May 18, 2001 | 24 | Ion Voica | Win | KO1 |
11 | Mar 2, 2001 | 24 | Rudi Lupo | Win | UD |
10 | Nov 3, 2000 | 23 | Nino Cirilo | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Oct 14, 2000 | 23 | Stanislav Schreiber | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Jun 10, 2000 | 23 | Glenn Odem | Win | TKO4 |
7 | Mar 25, 2000 | 23 | Terry Ford | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Feb 21, 2000 | 23 | Mark Lee Dawson | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Dec 10, 1999 | 23 | Melvin Wynn | Win | TKO3 |
4 | Oct 22, 1999 | 22 | Kevin Whaley-El | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Jun 26, 1999 | 22 | Milko Stoikov | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Apr 29, 1999 | 22 | Smokey Enison | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Mar 13, 1999 | 22 | Israel Khumalo | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Tomasz Adamek (Góral) is a 47-year old retired Polish professional boxer. He was born in Żywiec, Polish People's Republic on December 1, 1976. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1999 to 2018.
Adamek made his professional boxing debut against Israel Khumalo at the age of 22 on March 13, 1999, defeating Khumalo via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 30 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 20 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on May 21, 2005 after 28 professional fights, against Paul Briggs for the light-heavyweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Briggs via 12 round majority decision to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Adamek has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Adamek's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Adamek had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against American boxer Jarrell Miller on October 6, 2018. Adamek lost the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 5 years, 6 months, and 20 days since this fight.
Adamek had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost two.
Tomasz Adamek fought for world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 11, 2008 | Steve Cunningham | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring* | SD |
May 21, 2005 | Paul Briggs | Light-heavyweight | WBC* | MD |
Tomasz Adamek had five world-title defense fights across two weight classes — light-heavyweight (x3) and cruiserweight (x2). He won four of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 11, 2009 | Bobby Gunn | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring | RTD |
Feb 27, 2009 | Johnathon Banks | Cruiserweight | IBF, The Ring | TKO |
Oct 7, 2006 | Paul Briggs | Light-heavyweight | WBC | MD |
Oct 15, 2005 | Thomas Ulrich | Light-heavyweight | WBC | KO |
Tomasz Adamek lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Feb 3, 2007 | Chad Dawson | Light-heavyweight | WBC | UD |
Adamek fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
May 21, 2005: Adamek wins his first world title by defeating Paul Briggs via 12 round majority decision. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.
October 7, 2006: Adamek successfully defends the WBC light-heavyweight title against Paul Briggs, winning the fight via 12 round majority decision.
April 19, 2008: Tomasz Adamek beats O'Neil Bell via 8th round TKO.
December 11, 2008: Adamek wins the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles from Steve Cunningham, by beating Cunningham via 12 round split decision.
April 24, 2010: Tomasz Adamek beats Chris Arreola via 12th round majority decision.
August 21, 2010: Tomasz Adamek beats Michael Grant via 12th round unanimous decision.
March 24, 2012: Tomasz Adamek beats Nagy Aguilera via 10th round unanimous decision.
Adamek knocked out 31 of his 59 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 52.5%. Of his total 53 wins, 31 of them were via KO (58.5%).
Adamek's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Paul Briggs via 12 round majority decision to win the title.
Adamek won three world titles at two weight classes.
Adamek had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.