Boxing Interview & Photos w/ Tomasz Adamek, Travis Walker, Roger Bloodworth, Kathy Duva & more...
Boxing Interview & Photos w/ Tomasz Adamek, Travis Walker, Roger Bloodworth, Kathy Duva & more... By SecondsOut, special to Doghouse Boxing (Aug 3, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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By SecondsOut.com on Doghouse Boxing. Tomasz Adamek, 46-2, 28 KO’s, will defend his IBF North
American Heavyweight title on Saturday afternoon, September 8th at
Prudential Center in Newark, NJ when he takes on Travis Walker, 39-7-1,
31 KO’s.
Below are quotes from Whednesday press conference and post conference interviews held at the Prudential Center.
Kathy Duva, Main Events CEO: "We are calling this fight "The Ironbound Throwdown". This will actually be Tomasz’s 10th fight at Prudential Center in Newark. This is one of the great runs in
the history of the sport, to have a local fighter who is so dominant,
who has such a beautiful, big fan following. We are pleased here at Main
Events to bring him back to Prudential Center, the best venue in the
world. This fight will be for the IBF North American Heavyweight title
which Tomasz won in his last fight against Eddie Chambers."
Kathy Duva: "This event is going to pit
Tomasz, who has a 46-2 record with 28 knockouts, the former Light
Heavyweight Champion of the world, the former Cruiserweight Champion of
the world and the #4 contender in the IBF against Travis "Freight Train"
Walker. He has a 39-7-1 record with 31 big knockouts. Travis comes here
from Houston, Texas. He is rated #12 in the IBF and he is coming off of
a great big win over Kali Meehan in Australia. And like Tomasz, Travis
began his career in the amateurs. He is the 2003 National United States
Super Heavyweight Golden Gloves champion. By all accounts this is going
to be a fun fight. We have two guys who are not afraid of anything, most
especially each other. They are going to get in the ring and entertain
the fans as they both always do."
Ziggy Rozalski, Adamek Advisor: "I’ve been
working with Tomasz since the first day he came to America. Shortly
after that we hooked up with Kathy (Duva). Kathy has been a great
partner. She does all the work because I am busy with other things. She
does a great job. We keep on going. We keep beating everybody. We want
to get to the top and get another shot at the title."
Dwight Pratchett, Travis Walker Trainer: "We are excited to be here and looking forward to the fight on the 8th.
It’s going to be a real throw down. Travis is ready and we are going to
be ready for this fight. We are in extremely good shape. It’s going to
be a real exciting fight. I am just getting him ready for the fight, but
he’s the man that’s going to be doing it.
Roger Bloodworth, Tomasz Adamek Trainer: "We
know he’s (Walker) strong, we know he can throw punches. He (Walker) is
sure he’s gonna catch Tomasz, I’m not sure he is! But I do know this,
it’ll be an exciting fight. It’s going to be a good card. It’ll be well
worth watching because it’ll be good fireworks.
Travis Walker: "I’m here to put on a good
show, I came to camp in better shape to deal with Tomasz’s speed and
movement. I’m going to bring a different kind of a fight for myself as
well because I know he is going to throw a lot of punches so I have to
be ready to throw a lot of punches as well. The best thing about me is
that I have power of mind, so it’s going to be a real good fight. They
run as much as they want, they’re going to get caught. I’ve got a great
show for y’all."
I want to make this fight a showcase of my skills. I’m already
in a very good form, but this is just a beginning. I’m expecting Adamek
to throw a lot of punches, but I also want to be busy in the ring. Maybe
busier than usual. I will have special tactics for this fight. I have
nothing personal against Adamek, I want to thank him for the
opportunity, but I will also hit him with a purpose"
Tomasz and Travis -
Photo Credits to Mike Gladysz
Tomasz Adamek: "I don’t run, I just have great
foot work, I love combinations. I love making big fights for my fans. I
will fight Travis, no worries. I like to hit my opponents with quick
combinations, you could see this in my Nagy Aguilera fight. Travis likes
to throw the leather, I’m known to do the same, so it will be a fan
friendly event."
"I’m expecting Travis to be an aggressive fighter, because he
believes than he can overwhelm me with just his size and his jab. I
heard this before. For the last three weeks I’m training hard, I have
five more weeks of hard training with Roger Bloodworth in front of me.
It should answer Travis’ question of have I overlooked him. Don’t count
on it, Travis".
"Nobody can tell me that I’m choosing easy fighters to fight.
First of all - I don’t choose them, I just say OK when my people tell me
the name of the next guy. Second, after fighting possibly one of the
most skilled heavyweights in the world, Eddie Chambers, in my next
fight, I battled a hard hitting, big guy like Travis Walker. Not an easy
thing to do, but boxing is a sport for fans, and I try to deliver every
time I step into the ring."
"This (Walker fight) will be also an important bout for my
countryman in Poland - they will be able to see me in primetime, without
the necessity of waking up in the middle of the night on September 8.
And celebrate afterwards, of course".
Adamek and Walker -
Photo credits to Wojciech Kubik
Kathy Duva: "The undercard of this show
has not been announced yet, it will be announced in the coming week or
so. At this point we know for sure that Bryant Jennings who appeared on
Tomasz’s last show will on this card. We will announce hisopponent
and several other heavyweight matches that will be on this card, so for
fans of boxing there will be a lot more action and a lot more to get
excited about. Most of that will be televised, as well as the undercard
leading up to the main event will be televised in Poland."
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