Adamek camp quashes rumor

Duva, Rozalski: "zero contact" with McCline

By Przemek Garczarczyk

“I have no idea how Jameel McCline can say that we offered him an Adamek fight. We’ve had zero contact with him or his people,” says Adamek advisor Ziggy Rozalski. Adamek’s promoter Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events, is also mystified. “I don’t know anything about it either. McCline’s manager called us Friday to find out if it’s true because nobody spoke to him either!”

McCline (39-10, 23 KOs), who fought last in April 2009, losing by fourth round KO to Chris Arreola, said in a recent boxing website interviews that the Adamek Team make him an offer to fight the popular Polish heavyweight contender. It was a surprise statement, to say the least, to the people who are helping manage “Goral’s” career.

“I did not speak with anybody from Jameel’s camp, not to one person. The only time I mentioned his name was when I talked to Tomek before his departure to Poland, like three weeks ago. Just one sentence in countless conversations we have every week, nothing more,” said Rozalski.

“The only thing we are thinking about now are what we will be doing on Thanksgiving Day and where to go skiing on Christmas. No serious boxing conversations now. I’m too long in this business to not know that people are just making stuff up.”

October 15th, 2011

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