Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-26, heavy exchanges from the first bell: Adam Kownacki vs Gerald Washington gets three stars.The undefeated Adam Kownacki entered this fight with a perfect record of 18-0-0 (14 KOs=78%) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. In his last three fights he has won over Artur Szpilka (Szpilka vs Kownacki), Iago Kiladze (Adam Kownacki vs Iago Kiladze) and Charles Martin (Adam Kownacki vs Charles Martin).
His opponent, Gerald Washington, has an official boxing record of 19-2-1 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.44 in the same weight class. But he lost two out of his last three fights, against Deontay Wilder (Deontay Wilder vs Gerald Washington) and Jarrell Miller (Jarrell Miller vs Gerald Washington); after this bout he has beat John Wesley Nofire. Kownacki vs Washington is on the undercard of Keith Thurman vs Josesito Lopez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-01-26
Where: Barclays Center, New York, USA
Division: heavyweight (over 200 lbs, 90.7 kg)
Kownacki’s previous fight: Adam Kownacki vs Charles Martin
Washington’s next fight: Robert Helenius vs Gerald Washington
Kownacki’s next fight: Adam Kownacki vs Chris Arreola
Kownacki vs Washington full fight video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUVec8dC7yQ
Official video
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Sorry but Kownacki is not elite. I’d like to see him fight Ortiz, Big Baby or even Kauffman. He’s a plodder and they easily get outboxed. Washington is a stiff.