Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018.
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24 Facts About Tomas Adamek
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Tomas Adamek held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the IBF and Ring magazine cruiserweight titles from 2008 to 2009.
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Tomas Adamek held the IBO cruiserweight title in 2007, and challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2011.
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Tomas Adamek was born in Zywiec, Poland, as of 2012 he resided in Kearny, New Jersey.
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Tomas Adamek made his professional boxing debut on 13 March 1999 in Manchester, England against Israel Khumalo.
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Tomas Adamek won the vacant WBC light-heavyweight title defeating Paul "Firepower" Briggs by majority decision on 21 May 2005.
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Tomas Adamek then defended his title in a rematch with Paul Briggs in 2006, again winning by majority decision.
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On 19 April 2008, in Poland, Tomas Adamek fought former undisputed cruiserweight champion O'Neil Bell in an IBF Cruiserweight title eliminator.
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Tomas Adamek floored Bell in round one and had good success by outboxing Bell.
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Tomas Adamek successfully defended his title against Johnathon Banks on 27 February 2009, at the Prudential Center in Newark.
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Tomas Adamek then went on to defeat Bobby Gunn before a large crowd at the Prudential Center on 11 July 2009, with the referee stopping the bout at the ring physician's advice between rounds four and five.
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Tomas Adamek vacated the IBF title on 18 October 2009, choosing to move up to the heavyweight division.
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On 24 October 2009 in Lodz, Poland, Tomas Adamek defeated Andrew Golota by TKO in the fifth round to win the IBF "International" Heavyweight Title.
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Tomas Adamek then took on fellow heavyweight contender Chris Arreola on 24 April 2010, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California.
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Tomas Adamek defeated veteran American Michael Grant by unanimous decision on 21 August 2010.
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On 10 September 2011 Tomas Adamek faced the WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Poland, losing by TKO in the 10th round, in the first ever PPV fight in Polish TV history.
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The referee stopped the bout after Tomas Adamek received punishing blows and was ruled out, as he was no longer able to defend himself.
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Tomas Adamek returned on 24 March 2012, after signing a contract with Main Events, defeating Nagy Aguilera by unanimous decision.
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Tomas Adamek then agreed to face former heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers.
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Tomas Adamek was more active since round 3, frequently switching up from counterpuncher to aggressor.
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Tomas Adamek defeated Travis Walker on 8 September 2012 via fifth-round technical knockout at 1:51 due to a stoppage by the referee.
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Tomas Adamek defeated Steve Cunningham in a very close and somewhat controversial split decision on 22 December 2012.
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On 15 March 2014 Tomas Adamek was defeated by Vyacheslav Glazkov by unanimous decision after 12 rounds, losing his IBF North American heavyweight title.
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