Kownacki shines in Barclays spotlight fight
Outlasts Arreola in brutal Brooklyn slugfest to set up potential title bout
Adam Kownacki shouldn’t have to wait in line anymore for a heavyweight title fight.
Unfortunately, the Brooklyn resident and native of Poland will have to do just that despite surviving an epic slugfest with Chris Arreola Saturday night at Downtown’s Barclays Center.
Kownacki, also known as “Babyface,” went 12 tough rounds with the 38-year-old Los Angeles native of Mexican descent and emerged with a unanimous decision victory (118-100, 117-111 and 117-111) on a night that saw the two pugilists combine to throw a CompuBox record 2,172 punches.