Tomasz Adamek beats Jason Estrada in heavyweight fight in New Jersey

Adamek beats Estrada in heavyweight fight

NEWARK, N.J. — Tomasz Adamek beat Jason Estrada by unanimous decision in a heavyweight fight in his return to the Prudential Center on Saturday night.

Most of the 10,000-plus fans were there to support Adamek, waving the Polish flag and cheering wildly for him.

The judges scored the bout 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110, all for Adamek.

“If everyone in this room were completely honest with themselves you would all admit that I got robbed. I mean I got played. I might as well have had a gun pointed to my head,” Estrada said. “At best I give Adamek three of the twelve rounds. I seriously think the last judge doesn’t need to judge anymore.”

Adamek (40-1, 27 KOs) knocked out Andrew Golota before an adoring crowd in Lodz, Poland, in his first appearance as a heavyweight last fall.

“It was the best Jason Estrada I’ve ever seen in my life,” Adamek said. “He was 50 percent better today, than he when he fought a top three heavyweight like Aleksander Powietkin. Quick, with a good defense and a very hard head. It was extremely difficult to locate precise punches, because of his defense.”

Estrada (16-3, 4 KOs), of Providence, R.I., outweighed Adamek by nearly 17 pounds.

The Polish-born, New Jersey-based Adamek has a huge following among the Polish community in New Jersey. His fans also previously packed the Prudential Center for the cruiserweight champion’s wins over Bobby Gunn, Johnathon Banks and Steve Cunningham.

“My trainer, Andrzej Gmitruk, wanted me to be more boxer than puncher, was screaming at me in the corner,” Adamek said. “But how can I fight differently when I have a 10,000 of my red and white fans screaming for me to do just that?

“They pay good money to see entertaining fight, not some boring, slow guys throwing 10 punches a round.”