By Dave Lahr: On October 24th, former heavyweight contender Andre Golota (41-7-1, 33 KO’s) will be trying to turn back time when he fights 32-year-old cruiserweight Tomasz Adamek (38-1, 26 KO’s) at the Lodz Arena, in Lodz, Poland. This is a case of two Polish fighters going at it for the Polish bragging rights.

However, it seems like an interesting fight to see how much the 41-year-old Golota has left and to further see how well Adamek, the International Boxing Federation cruiserweight champion, compensates for the huge size of Golota.

Adamek won’t have it easy in this fight. He has to move up in weight from the cruiserweight ranks and likely won’t come in much above 201 pounds. Adamek would be crazy if he bulks up beyond 210, because it would be that much harder on his body when he has to take off the weigh to get back down to the cruiserweight level.

Adamek isn’t insane enough to try and make a career out of fighting as a heavyweight, because it would be a waste of time for him. At 6’1”, Adamek would be too short, and besides that, he doesn’t have a big enough frame and fast enough hand to compete against the better heavyweights.

Quick, he’s not. However, Adamek won’t need to be fast or huge to beat Golota on October 24th. Adamek just needs to be busy enough to get the win and make sure that he keeps his guard up so that he doesn’t get nailed by any of Golota’s big right hands and left hooks.

Golota could probably take Adamek out if he landed a perfect shot with all his power thrown behind the punch. But it would take a stationary Adamek for that to happen, because Golota has lost much of the quickness that he had in his youth in recent years.

His jabs – at one time considered to be one of the best in the heavyweight division – appears to have lost some of the zip that it once had. Golota looked good last year in defeating smallish heavyweight Mike Molla by a one-sided 12-round unanimous decision in January.

However, Molla made it easy for Golota by actively trying to trade shots with the bigger Golota. It wasn’t a wise move by Molla and he ended up taking a lot punishment from Andrew. Incidentally, Molla is bigger than Adamek in terms of frame. They’re actually the same height at 6’1”, but Molla is much more solid and a sturdier fighter at 227 compared to Adamek’s 201.

Right now, we’re not sure what weight Adamek will be coming into the fight at, but unless I miss my guess, it probably won’t be more than 210, at the most. Anything more than that will make Adamek slow and hittable. At cruiserweight, Adamek already is a slow fighter, much slower than he used to be while fighting in the light heavyweight division.

Also, his punch rate has done down since moving up to the cruiserweight division and he seems to be getting by now by being able to hurt his opponents with single shots. Adamek has to hope that his power carries over to the heavyweight level, because if his power has no effect on Golota, then it will mean a long night and a lot of pain for Adamek. Golota will turn the fight into a slow war and land his heavier shots and make Adamek pay.