Adamek ended his losing streak, Saleta quit the fight. Rekowski lost victory in the closing seconds
In the main event of Polsat Boxing Night, Tomasz Adamek (50-4, 30 KO) ended his losing streak by stopping Przemysław Saleta (44-8, 22 KO). “Góral” came out firing as he had in his best years, much like in his bout with Andrzej Gołota. He attacked high and low in combinations and, after just 20 seconds, landed a powerful right hook. The former European heavyweight champion tried to respond from behind a tight guard, but the former two-division champion was too fast for him. Adamek ended the opening round with a right cross to the jaw.
After the break, Adamek kept landing his lightning-fast jab. From time to time, he also darted in with three- or four-punch combinations. Saleta could not find the right distance, so he tried attacking the body. In the third round, following Robert Złotkowski’s advice, he exposed himself to Adamek’s right hand, trying to catch it on his shoulder or glove and counter immediately. The plan worked partially. In the fourth, he landed on Tomek several times, but for every clean punch, his opponent answered with a whole combination.
Saleta clearly slowed down in the fifth round. He absorbed a lot of punches, but during the break before the sixth he retired because of an injury. “A shoulder injury. I can’t move my left arm,” he told referee Leszek Jankowiak. “In fact, I had been boxing with only my right hand since the second round. I hoped I would somehow catch Tomek, but the pain kept getting worse and I had increasing difficulty lifting my left arm,” the defeated fighter later admitted.
It was a genuine war with a dramatic finish. Marcin Rekowski (16-2, 13 KO) was leading Nagy Aguilera (20-9, 14 KO), but a controversial referee’s decision cost him victory with two seconds remaining. “Rex” imposed a high pace from the opening bell. In the first round, he landed a right-left combination, but Aguilera immediately answered with a right hook and sent the Pole to the canvas.
At the start of the second round, Aguilera followed up with a right, but moments later Rekowski hurt him with a left hook. In the following rounds, both men searched for the finishing punch. In the fourth, the Pole landed a right uppercut and left hook, but his opponent was unfazed. In the sixth, Marcin worked effectively with his left hand, using both the jab and the hook.
The turning point came in the eighth round. After a clash of heads, Aguilera suffered a cut to his eyelid. Moments later, he headbutted Rekowski and was penalized a point. When the clock showed ten seconds remaining, he turned away as if he had mistaken the signal for the bell. Rekowski took advantage of the lapse in concentration, landed a left hook and knocked his opponent down. He won the round 10-7.
In the ninth round, the Pole battered his helpless opponent for a long time, but in the closing seconds he himself absorbed a left hook and resorted to clinching. The final three minutes were a war of attrition. The excitement reached its peak, but the result ultimately went against the Pole.
In an entertaining though one-sided light heavyweight bout, Dariusz Sęk (24-2-1, 8 KO) defeated Pedro Otas (29-3, 25 KO). The Pole came out aggressively from the start. He looked for a left hook upstairs and a right hook under the Brazilian’s elbow. In the second round, Otas briefly drove him into a corner, but Andrzej Gmitruk’s charge quickly regained control.
In the third round, Sęk slipped his opponent’s right and, stepping back, landed a left hook around the liver. Otas clearly felt the punch but did not take a knee. In the fourth, a short right hook made his legs buckle, yet he continued to apply pressure. In the fifth, he broke through the Pole’s defense several times and the fight became more competitive.
Following instructions from his corner, Sęk began attacking the body more often with his left hand in the sixth round. He moved well and countered accurately, although after the bout he admitted to his trainer that he was feeling tired. Despite that, he boxed comfortably and controlled the contest. In the ninth round, he battered Otas with powerful punches and came close to a knockout. The Brazilian survived to the bell, but the final three minutes were simply a fight for survival.
Michał Cieślak’s (10-0, 6 KO) reign of terror continues. The bomber from Radom delivered another lightning-fast demolition. His opponent, Shawn Cox (18-7, 17 KO), was expected to be particularly dangerous early on, but the very first right uppercut clearly shook him. In the 40th second, Cieślak landed a short right hook and sent the representative of Barbados to the canvas in Łódź. Cox rose after the count of eight, but half a minute later he again took a right hook. This time, the fight was over. Referee Leszek Jankowiak counted him out.
There had been more than enough emotion before the bout between Ewa Brodnicka (9-0, 2 KO) and Ewa Piątkowska (7-1, 4 KO), and there was no shortage of it in the ring either. Brodnicka was knocked down, but got back up and won a split decision. Both women started nervously, but “Tygrysica” settled her emotions more quickly. Near the end of the first round, she dropped her opponent with a left hook.
Piątkowska punched harder, but Brodnicka had more energy and was more dynamic. The fourth round was close, although swelling appeared under Piątkowska’s left eye. Brodnicka grew more comfortable, putting together longer combinations and clinching whenever she was in danger. Andrzej Gmitruk’s charge returned to good form in the sixth round. The penultimate round was fiercely contested, and everything could have been decided in the final two minutes. That is exactly what happened. The judges awarded Brodnicka a split decision.
Of the foreign fighters taking part in the card, Patrick Mendy (16-9-1, 1 KO) looked the most dangerous. Kamil Szeremeta (12-0, 1 KO), however, dealt with the Gambian fighter and won on points. Mendy moved around a lot, throwing loose, not especially powerful punches, but he did so frequently. The Pole initially had problems with his style, although he ended the first round with two good left hooks.
At the beginning of the second round, Szeremeta suffered a split to his right eyebrow. The blood ran down his cheek rather than into his eye. The Pole again gave away much of the round, but finished with a countering left hook. The following minutes were difficult to score. Szeremeta punched harder, but his opponent threw more punches. In the fourth, Andrzej Liczik’s charge began to judge the distance better and landed with increasing frequency.
Mendy hit a crisis point, and Szeremeta took over. The Pole also had a weaker moment near the end of the sixth round, but he boxed in bursts and did so intelligently. In the final minute, he landed cleanly several times, sealing the victory. The judges scored it 79-73, 78-74 and 78-74.
Tomasz Gargula (17-1-1, 5 KO), returning to top-level sport after several years away, faced Maciej Miszkiń (18-3, 5 KO). The latter won relatively comfortably. In the opening minute, both men landed right crosses, but after Miszkiń connected with a powerful right hook to the jaw, the initiative shifted to Andrzej Gmitruk’s new charge.
After the break, the fight was even for a minute, but then Miszkiń landed a straight right and battered a helpless opponent until the bell. At the start of the third round, Gargula was bleeding heavily from the nose. He tried to respond, but lacked punching power. Miszkiń attacked the body more and more often, and in the fourth he landed the decisive blows. First, he connected with a right cross-right uppercut combination, then added several more powerful punches. After a count of eight, the referee stopped the fight. “But I’m still standing,” Gargula protested. That night, however, he had no chance against “Przystojniak.”
Source: bokser.org
