On February 3, 2007, Tomasz Adamek (31-0, 21 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against American challenger, Chad Dawson (22-0, 15 KOs).
Tomasz Adamek is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Paul Briggs, 3 months and 27 days ago. Chad Dawson is on a 22-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Eric Harding, 8 months and 1 day ago.
The winning odds are at 70.6-29.4 in favor of Chad Dawson, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Tomasz Adamek will put on a really good performance, Dawson will be required to be at his best.
Chad Dawson defeated Tomasz Adamek via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Dawson improves his record to 23-0, while Adamek adds a loss to his record at 31-1.