
Video: Adamek on Beating Chambers, The Next Step
Bill Emes catches up with former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek to discuss his big twelve round decision win over Eddie Chambers, what's next and more.
Eddie Chambers: record, next fight and profile →

Bill Emes catches up with former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek to discuss his big twelve round decision win over Eddie Chambers, what's next and more.

Bill Emes catches up with top heavyweight contender Eddie Chambers to discuss his twelve round decision loss to Tomasz Adamek, his arm injury, what's next and more.

Eddie Chambers had edge in power shots landed and also landed the cleaner punches. Fighting in Tomasz Adamek's backyard, Chambers inactivity cost him- only 46 punches thrown per round to 92 per round for Adamek, who was a step behind all night.

NEWARK — Eddie Chambers made it to the ring late Saturday night, but the injury-prone heavyweight contender didn’t waste much time getting hurt again. Chambers said he suffered a torn biceps muscle in his left arm during the first round of his 12-round heavyweight fight against Tomasz Adamek, which limited a game Chambers throughout the bout. The right-handed fighter from Philadelphia fought from a southpaw stance at times, landed some hard right hands and used his tremendous defensive skills to admirably make the fight about as competitive and interesting as he could.

In a tense, entertaining Heavyweight affair, Polish 35-year old former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion Tomasz Adamek (46-2, 28 KO) of Jersey City, New Jersey, kept alive title hopes in boxing’s flagship class with a hard earned twelve-round unanimous decision over 30-year old Eddie Chambers (36-3, 18 KO) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. While a fair verdict, it was marred by a single atrocious scorecard from judge Allan Rubenstein casting a pall on the conclusion.

Bill Emes catches the post fight press conference for the heavyweight bout between former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek and "Fast" Eddie Chambers.

Eddie Chambers looks more like a musician, with his neatly trimmed facial hair and dark dress attire, than he does a boxer. On Thursday for a press conference for his upcoming fight with Tomasz Adamek, the lead promoter of the show, Kathy Duva, referred to him as “charming” during introductions. Chambers, sitting a few feet away from Duva, smiled, appreciative of the remark.

Once upon a time, networks would be fighting over rights to air a matchup between two Top 10 heavyweights. Times have drastically changed, however, as promoters are forced to scope out new outlets in hopes of restoring old glory. Promoter Kathy Duva and Main Events have done just that, convincing NBC Sports Network that there are still plenty of good fights to be made north of 200 lb. With that comes Saturday’s clash between Tomasz Adamek and Eddie Chambers, which airs live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (Saturday, NBC Sports 9PM ET).

Eddie Chambers doesn’t have anything against any of the three judges who’ve been assigned to score his fight against Tomasz Adamek later tonight. But Philadelphia’s Chambers can’t help but be concerned about what might occur if, as expected, their 12-round heavyweight fight goes to the scorecards at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley debacle has dominated headlines this week, but to Chambers it was just the continuation of a disturbing judging trend in a sport already beset by more problems than it can correct.

Though they are different fighters stylistically, Tomasz Adamek and Eddie Chambers share similarities. First, they are moderately sized heavyweights in height (6-1 for Chambers, 6-1 1/2 for Adamek) and weight (Chambers has averaged 208.5 in his last three while Adamek averaged 217.8).