When is Adamek going to fight someone good?

By Chris Williams: I’ve been waiting for ages for Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KO’s) to fight someone good, and it looks like I’m going to have to wait little longer with Adamek taking on Jason Estrada (16-2, 4 KO’s) on February 6th, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek, 32, moved up in weight from the cruiserweight division late last year with a 5th round TKO win over 41-year-old Andrew Golota in October 2009.

That fight may have been interesting for boxing fans from Adamek’s native Poland, but I saw the fight as a dull mismatch. Golota was far too slow and old by the time that Adamek fought him to put up an interesting fight. But I want to see Adamek fight someone good and who can test him. Estrada, 29, has zero power and was beaten recently by Alexander Povetkin last year in a 10 round decision loss.

Adamek, as long as he doesn’t run out of gas, he should be able to beat Estrada without too many problems. Adamek’s goal is to land a fight against one or both of the Klitschko brothers. At 6’1” 222, Adamek is kind of on the small side for a heavyweight.

It’s scary to think what would happen to Adamek if he was to be put in the ring with either of the Klitschko brothers. I can’t see him landing a glove on either one of them, and he doesn’t have the hand speed or the one punch power needed to knock either of them out. At best, all I can see is Adamek losing by a lopsided decision, that is, if he doesn’t get knocked out by them.

However, Adamek is going to have to speed things up and start taking on some better heavyweights at a much quicker pace if he wants to land a fight against either of the Klitschko brothers before they turn 40. Adamek needs some solid wins over the likes of Odlanier Solis, David Tua, Chris Arreola, Denis Boytsov, Povetkin or Kevin Johnson before he lands a title shot against the Klitschko brothers.

Right now, with only a win over Golota to show for his heavyweight experience, Adamek is short on experience. Estrada, who can’t punch, isn’t what Adamek needs. The guy needs to step it up and take on some real punchers and some named fighters if he wants to get a title shot. At 32, Adamek doesn’t have a whole lot of time to slowly work his way into position to fight for a title because he’s aging.

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