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Heavyweights, 12 rounds.

Who wins the battle of two former WBC HW titlists?

Both were WBC HW title holders ?

goose 5 wrote: ↑15 Aug 2024, 18:54 Both were WBC HW title holders ?

Damn it. Man, I've no idea why I got confused here. Of course, Adamek held the WBC title at LHW and only challenged for the WBC HW title.

Thank you for the correction!

Who'd you pick to win?

Either Maskaev take a decision or vice versa for Adamek after outboxing Maskaev on the outside to take a decision.

scorpio83 wrote: ↑16 Aug 2024, 06:13 Either Maskaev take a decision or vice versa for Adamek after outboxing Maskaev on the outside to take a decision.

Interestingly, Maskaev never lost a decision. If/when he was losing - he was losing by knockout. And on his part, Adamek was quiet durable. He was bravely taking punishment from Vitali. Maskaev could've definitely hurt Adamek. But Adamek could suck it up.

despite oleg's fondness for being ko'd, i think this would be a distance fight either way. olegs losses to be to guys who were bigger and harder hitting than adamek was as a heavy. to name a similar case, kev mcbride had been stopped 6 times in 8 previous losses (and 1 of the decision losses was in a 3 rounder), but adamek couldnt budge him even though tommy won easily.

oleg the stronger fighter out of the two, more of a threat offensively, but adamek quicker and more mobile. would be a close one i imagine, probably lean adamek to just squeak it. at heavy both guys to me seemed like they were stuck between being strong euro level and full fledged world class. adamek's best weight was defo cruiser, he ended up draining and a bit sluggish at lhw but then could not carry his power to hw.

I'd take Maskaev on a decision.