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Q&A Tomasz Adamek: “I’m Stronger, Taller, Better” Than Hopkins

IBF Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek talked to BoxingInsider.com on Monday afternoon about

IBF Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek talked to BoxingInsider.com on Monday afternoon about the prospects of one of 2009’s biggest boxing events – a fascinating clash with living legend Bernard Hopkins which the world’s #1 cruiserweight still has hopes of being made:

BoxingInsider: What was your reaction when you heard Hopkins and Golden Boy offered you the paltry sum of $500,000?

Tomasz Adamek: I’m fighter. My job is in the ring. I have to depend on Ziggy (Rozalski, manager) and Pat English (lawyer), they work for me with Golden Boy. If Ziggy says we have a good deal for you, I’m ready. When Ziggy says, No good, we want to stop negotiation. This negotiation I give to Ziggy, he’s my boss. He’s a good businessman. He knows what is good for me.

BoxingInsider: Has there been any new news regarding this negotiation process with Hopkins and Golden Boy?

Tomasz Adamek: When the negotiation gets better I’m ready. I’m champion. I will give Hopkins great big fight. Whoever it is Hopkins, Jones, Johnson, I’m ready.

BoxingInsider: Hopkins is an extraordinary great champion, one of the greatest in history. If the fight ultimately does get made, what most concerns you about him and his style?

Tomasz Adamek: He’s a great boxer, great champion. But I think I’m stronger, I’m taller, I’m better. I’m ready to meet with him in the ring – only when my lawyer and Ziggy makes contract.

BoxingInsider: Going back to the KO win over Johnathon Banks, how did you feel about your performance?

Tomasz Adamek: I wasn’t tired. I felt fresh. Now I’m ready and hungry for hard training and fight. I had a short camp for Banks fight – maybe eight weeks. I can make weight now – I’m natural cruiserweight. After the fight with Banks I could have fought the next week because I felt fresh.

BoxingInsider: Did Banks do anything in the fight which you did not expect? Were there any surprises from Banks?

Tomasz Adamek: I expect everything from every opponent. Every opponent has two hands. Andrej (Gmitruk) my coach tell me what he think I should do, he’s a good smart coach, I did what he tell.

BoxingInsider: Back to Hopkins, do you still have hope that this fight can and will be made?

Tomasz Adamek: I hope. I have always hope. But I wait on the information from Ziggy and Pat English. I’m ready to come back to hard training. I’ll wait.

BoxingInsider: Bernard Hopkins will read this interview. Would you like to say a few closing comments directly to Hopkins? About how much money would be a fair offer.

Tomasz Adamek: I want to tell him I have respect for him. He’s a great champion but I want to fight with him. I have respect for every one of my opponents – it’s my job.

BoxingInsider: How much money should he pay you?

Tomasz Adamek: I would like the most (means I would like the most I can possibly get, not the lion’s share of the purse). The negotiation is with Ziggy and Pat English. When they say it’s a good deal with me, I’m ready.”

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