Adamek too good for Estrada

Tomasz Adamek retained his IBF International heavyweight title when he beat Jason Estrada 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110 in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday night.

Taking his record to 40-1, with 27 knockouts, the former light-heavyweight champion had a 12-round battle against the 2004 Athens Olympic Games fighter.

Estrada dropped to 16-3; 4 and also dropped to his knees in disappointment when the result was announced.

Adamek, 33, and fighting out of New Jersey, was making the first defence of his heavyweight belt after holding the WBC light-heavyweight and IBF cruiserweight titles.

The 29-year-old Estrada, from Providence, Rhode Island, put on a courageous performance but lacked the scoring ability of the champion who had won the vacant title when he stopped countryman Andrew Golota in the fifth round.

The only blot on Adamek’s record was when he lost against the unbeaten and highly talented Chad Dawson in February 2007. It cost him his WBC light-heavyweight belt.

On the same bill, super middleweight Peter Quillin won 98-92, 100-90 and 100-90 against Fernando Zuniga in his first fight in 18 months. Quillin now stands at 21-0;15 and Zuniga at 28-10.

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Santa Ynez, California: welterweight Freddy Hernandez (28-1; 19) knocked out former WBO junior welterweight champion DeMarcus Corley (36-13-1; 21) in the fifth round.

On the same card junior welterweight Francisco Contreras (13-0; 12) knocked out Juan Castaneda, Jr (16-3; 12) in the first round.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida: In an IBF light-heavyweight title eliminator, 41-year-old former champion Glen Johnson (50-13-2; 34) stopped Yusuf Mack (28-3-2; 17) in the sixth round.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Guillermo Rigondeaux (5-0; 4) stopped Adolfo Landeros (20-13-1; 9) in 28 seconds of the first round of a super bantamweight bout.

Welterweight Ed Paredes (23-3-1; 15) knocked out previously unbeaten Joey Hernandez (15-1-1; 8) in the second round.

Former Olympic silver medallist Yudel Jhonson (5-0; 3) beat Dorian Beaupierre (12-6-2; 6) by first-round tko in a junior middleweight bout.

Merida, Yucatan: Jorge Solis (38-2-2; 28) won the WBA interim super-featherweight title with a seventh-round knockout over Likar Ramos (21-3; 15). Solis came back from a third-round knockdown to drop Ramos in the sixth. The fight ended at 2:59 of the seventh round.

Tokyo: Japanese super-featherweight champion Takashi Miura (18-1-2; 14) retained his title with a split decision over Seiichi Okada (10-1; 6) over ten rounds.

Montreal, Canada: David Lemieux (21-0; 20) had to go the distance for the first time when he outpointed Jason Naugler (18-12-1; 11). The scores were 100-89 on all three cards.

Welterweight Hermann Ngoudjo (18-3; 10) returned to action for the first time in a year and stopped Silverio Ortiz of Mexico in the sixth round.

Philadelphia: Junior middleweight Derek Ennis (20-2-1; 13) won on a fifth-round technical knockout against Edwin Vasquez (22-15-2; 8).

Featherweight Eric Hunter (12-1; 5) stopped Roberto Bonilla (22-12; 13) in the first round.

Minneapolis: Middleweight Andy Kolle (20-2; 15) stopped Pat Coleman in the fifth round.