Tomasz Adamek Beats Eddie Chambers, But Look, Another Interesting Scorecard

Tomasz Adamek Beats Eddie Chambers, But Look, Another Interesting Scorecard
Mark E. Ortega
Queensberry-Rules.com
June 17, 2012


Saturday night, an NBC Sports televised intriguing heavyweight crossroads bout between New Jersey based Pole Tomasz Adamek and Philadelphia's Eddie Chambers went head-to-head against the big league broadcast by HBO, with Adamek getting the unanimous decision.

 Those that stuck with the network in their third hour saw a spirited scrap, as well as an interesting decision; though it wasn't an action-packed affair, it was as competitive as advertised, despite judges seeing it one way. Scores of 116-112 twice and 119-109 in favor of Adamek was the verdict reached.

 Chambers showed impressive movement and precise punching in the opening round as Adamek allowed his opponent landed the only meaningful punches of the round.

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Main Events Gambles Big

Main Events Gambles Big
Mark E. Ortega
Queensberry-Rules.com
March 23, 2012

Immediately following this Saturday’s telecast of the NCAA men’s basketball regional finals will be the second round of Main Events' NBC Sports “Fight Night” aired simultaneously with a solid HBO doubleheader.

Despite this, both NBC and Main Events nurse high hopes as their card, featuring former two-division champion Zab Judah against the unbeaten Vernon Paris in an intriguing junior welterweight scrap, capitalizes on both the former’s star power and the sports fanaticism of a captive audience.

“What we are trying to take advantage of is two things -- Zab's name recognition and being right after the quarter-finals of the NCAA Tournament,” explained Main Events CEO Kathy Duva, who spoke with TQBR earlier this month.

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