In the spotlight: Tomasz Adamek

Later that day he won the Light Heavyweight championship of the WBC boxing federation, fighting with his nose broken from the second round on.

Tomasz Adamek has been a professional boxer for six years, starting his career in 1999 in the United Kingdom. For five years he had never been given a chance to earn the big bucks, but that all changed in September 2004, when Adamek signed a promotion contract with the most important person in the boxing world: Don King. A month later he received the offer of a lifetime: the position of number-one challenger for the WBC federation's World Championship title.

In May, 2005 - just four weeks before the title fight - Adamek broke his nose during training. He had a choice: to postpone the fight or to conceal the injury. He chose the second option. In the second round one of his opponent's punches broke Adamek's nose again, but Adamek never stopped the fight and finally won. On October 15 he defended the title, overwhelming Tomas Ulrich in the sixth round and winning by knock out.

Kamil Jach