On Wednesday afternoon, Polish-American heavyweight Adam Kownacki met with the media in anticipation of his 2022 return to the ring. And, the person who as soon as was nearly assuredly headed for a title shot earlier than being overwhelmed twice in a row by Robert Helenius, is aware of that he has to maintain enterprise coming on the finish of July.
Kownacki spoke via video conferencing to the press, as he readies to fulfill fellow up and comer Ali Eren Demirezen on the Showtime/Premier Boxing Champions undercard of Danny Garcia- Jose Benavidez Jr. at Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, NY, for July thirtieth,
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“It’s wonderful to be again at Barclays Middle. I can’t wait to be again in there,” Kownacki stated. “I’m able to get again in line for a championship struggle.
“I simply have needed to work on my footwork and maintaining my fingers up. I’ve to be good. One shot can change the whole lot. It was some unhealthy luck getting caught in every struggle. I attempted to make the very best out of it and depart the whole lot within the ring. It was a life lesson…”
That “life lesson” that the 33 12 months outdated is speaking about are the defeats to the veteran Helenius. The primary got here in gorgeous trend on a 4th spherical TKO in entrance of Kownacki’s 1000’s of followers on the Barclays Middle in March 2020. That bout noticed him down a number of occasions earlier than being saved, whereas out on his toes from Helenius.
Put up-Covid 19 pandemic and the shutdown of the game in 2020, the fighters and PBC put collectively the rematch for final October on the undercard of the third Tyson Fury-Deontay Wilder bout in Vegas. And, that was a lot of the identical as Helenius battered Kownacki, knocking him down again and stopping him, again, in the 6th spherical this time.
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These two defeats have clearly raised Helenius on this planet rankings, whereas on the identical time tremendously diminishing Kownacki, now 20-2, 15 KOs. One thing, the massive punching Pole is aware of he wants to change round.
When requested about getting again on monitor for a doable shot a minimum of a portion of the heavyweight crown, Kownacki took the proper method,
“Proper now I’m simply targeted on Demirezen. That’s the person in entrance of me. I’ve to tear down that wall that’s in entrance of me. That’s all I’m targeted on.
“I’m dealing with a powerful Olympian who’s bought good dimension, so I’m anticipating an ideal struggle. It’s going to be take a look at for me, however I’m trying to ace it and transfer on to higher issues. Proper now, Demirezen has all of my consideration.”
And he ought to, the Turkish born Eren Demirezen who now fights out of Germany is 16-1, 12 KOs, together with a TKO win over American vet Gerald Washington in January 2021.
So, the problem is there for Kownacki to get again on monitor in a giant manner or one other decisive loss might all however erase him from heavyweight significance. We’ll quickly see which it is going to be.
