By Tomasz Adamek

On 12/09/10 in the Prudential Center I had my fifth fight in the heavyweight division. Before the fight we had a moment of silence at my request for my first trainer, Stanislaw Orlicki, who passed away on December 4th.  I remember my first steps in amateur boxing and my first boxing lessons with Stansilaw Orlicki and Stefan Gawron. Its thanks to them that I quit soccer and picked up boxing. 

I said in many interviews that training with Roger Bloodworth does me well and the proof was shown with my tactics in the ring [against Vinny Maddalone and others]. While working with me for a year, Roger focused on my weaknesses. Step by step he patiently applied to me new excercises like a teacher would to a student. Our team work from the beginning has since translated into a friendship. This also connected me with my last trainer, Andrzej Gmitruk. Almost for 10 years Gmitruk taught me ways of boxing and led me to my first successes. Sam Colona also had a part in it, who led me to my first world title.  Along the road there were many trainers who had their influence on me. My road from Stanislaw Orlicki to Roger Bloodworth is long and full of life lessons.

All of those lessons I used the ring [against Maddalone]. I did what I said I would when I fought Maddalone. I prevented him from using his tactics. A reporter told me after the fight that Maddalone was not weak or unprepared, and that I was just excellent. Maybe there is something in that because in my interviews I was saying that I was feeling stronger and faster. I executed Roger's schooling and tactical plan perfectly. Even Maddalone's words after the fight in the conference are proof of my improvement.

Roger Bloodworth wants to eliminate all of my weaknesses and I want that as well and you can see the effects of this in my fighting. The win with Maddalone is not a reason to be overly excited. During this fight I had to prove to my trainers that all of our hard work brings results. My win with Maddalone should set in stone my boxing style with different fighters.

Now comes the time to decide what comes next. The situation in the heavyweight division is hard to forsee. Some fights get called off within days, even hours before the actual fight. Because of this, planning for any future fight becomes very difficult. This creates a lot of work for promotors behind closed doors...hidden from the public eye. Things will be released here and there, to gain an upper hand in negotiations.

Conversations about future fights will last for a long time. Our line of attack on how to become a contender in two boxing federations is known. I believe that, while I do what I have to do in the ring, my promotors will also do everything they can to get me to a world title.