Tomasz Adamek vs. Cristobal Arreola prediction thread

[The Hammer]

This fight is confirmed for April 24.

Who will win?

[revs1227]

adamek closed dec .arreola will have about 50lbs on adamek so he might be able 2 drop him

[thiefery]

Arreola wins easy.. KO within 4 rounds

[Silencers]

Adamek got hit more than I would've liked to see him get hit when he fought Estrada and he looked a bit tired towards the end. Estrada was also able to push Adamek back, Estrada has faster hands than Arreola but Arreola throws better combinations, is a harder puncher and is bigger than Estrada. I think Adamek is biting off a bit more than he can chew. Arreola by knockout in about 8 or 9 rounds in a war because Adamek won't go out without a fight.

[Drunken Cat]

I'd love to see Adamek pull it off, but it's hard to picture him not getting KO'd.

[Evil Abed]

I think Adamek puts on a boxing clinic.

Much like the Briggs fights.

He will continue to improve at HW.

I have no doubt they will concentrate on his footwork and he will be ready for Arreola.

He might go down but he gets back up and wins the majority of the rounds and wins a UD.

[Eric Holder]

Arreola should win, he's got the advantages in power and strength and he's got pretty good combinations for a guy his size...but I'm leaning towards Adamek in a close decision only because I don't feel very confident betting on a guy who isn't 100% committed to training.

[Joe2608]

I think people overrate Arreola a lot, he's had trouble with lesser fighters and Adamek has an iron chin. I'm picking Adamek by KO or UD.

[The Hammer]

Arreola is the much bigger man. He's 6'3.5" while Adamek is listed by BoxRec as 6'1.5" which makes sense having seen his fights.

That's 2" height difference, but the biggest difference is in bone structure. Arreola is naturally thicker, Adamek is naturally finer-boned and slimmer. His 220 pounds do not appear natural on him, he looked normal at 200.

At age 28, Arreola is 260 pounds. Adamek fought at 175 when he was age 30 - no way could Arreola fight at light heavyweight at this time.

People will say Arreola fought at 175 in the amateurs when he was age 18 or 19. At that age, Adamek fought at 160 or probably less. I remember being a slender kid at age 18 weighing 153, but my natural weight at nearly age 24 is about 182 (without weight training about 173). People "fill out" in their early 20s as their muscles continue to develop and their bones thicken, as was the case with Arreola.

Arreola is too big and too strong for Adamek. Tomasz will last longer than Minto, but eventually he'll get stopped, probably in the 8th or 9th round.

[dantheman1983]

Chris by KO, Adamek is going to come unstuck when facing a decent big heavyweight.