On the undercard of the WBO Heavyweight Championship bout between Lamon Brewster and Andrew Golota, undefeated Tomasz Adamek wins his first title in a thrilling and bloody battle with Paul Briggs for the WBC Light Heavyweight Championship vacated by Antonio Tarver. A clash of heads open a nasty cut over Briggs's left eye that bleeds throughout the remainder of the fight. He hurts Adamek with a right hand in the third round and busts his nose up in the fourth, but Adamek pulls ahead on the scorecards as they trade bombs. Behind on points, Briggs rocks Adamek with right hands twice in the eighth and carries his momentum for several more rounds, but Adamek comes on stronger in the championship rounds to win a majority decision.

Border War: Paul Briggs vs. Tomasz Adamek I

Paul Briggs experiences déjà vu as he loses a second majority decision to undefeated WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek in the same city as their first epic confrontation albeit controversially this time. Adamek is in control in the first round until he walks into a left hook from Briggs that puts the champion on the canvas for the first time in his career. He comes back to cut Briggs over the left eye - just like in the first fight - but this time with a right hand in the second round. Briggs, however, starts to take over for several rounds by landing jarring right hands and busting up Adamek's nose once more. In the eighth round, Adamek hurts Briggs with a right hand before they slug it out in epic fashion for two rounds. Adamek drops Briggs onto his hands and knees with a low blow in the ninth round and hurts the challenger again once they continue before being docked a point for another low blow by Referee Timothy Adams. After losing the next two rounds, Adamek - bleeding from the left eye, nose and mouth - comes up big in the twelfth and does enough in the eyes of the judges to escape with his title.

Border War: Paul Briggs vs. Tomasz Adamek I

Big Red October: Tomasz Adamek vs. Paul Briggs II

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