By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KO’s) will return to action next month on May 29th against contender Alberto Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO’s) at the Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The bout has mismatch written all over it, as the 38-year-old Vitali has done a rare thing by dipping way down the rankings to hand pick the number #13 ranked Sosnowski for a fight at the Veltins Arena.

It’s hard to see what Vitali was thinking in selecting Sosnowski as an opponent, besides the likelihood that he’ll be able to easily blow the Polish fighter out of the water on May 29th. However, despite what looks like a painfully boring fight to the rest of the world, many European boxing fans are actually looking forward to this fight for some reason.

The Veltins Arena will also likely be completely sold out by fight time next month with over 60,000 fans crowded in together to watch Vitali destroy an over-matched opponent. For most people, there’s really not much to get excited about in looking at the Klitschko vs. Sosnowski bout next month. Sosnowski, 31, hasn’t done all that much, aside from capturing the European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title in his last fight against Italian Paulo Vidoz in a 12 round decision win last December.

Sosnowski has losses to journeyman fighter Zuri Lawrence in 2008, and was also stopped by Arthur Cook in 2001. Of all the opponents that Vitali could have fought, like Odlanier Solis, Nikolay Valuev, Denis Boytsov and James Toney, it’s disappointing that Sosnowski was picked rather than a better known fighter that boxing fans wanted to see Vitali again. In his last fight, Vitali defeated previously unbeaten American Kevin Johnson by a 12 round unanimous decision in December.

Vitali won the fight, but looked slow, like he had lost some hand speed. Vitali wanted to fight WBA heavyweight champion David Haye next, but Vitali’s brother IBF/WBO Wladimir Klitschko wants the first shot against Haye and has placed Vitali temporarily in the back seat. Haye and his manager/trainer Adam Booth were looking forward to fighting Vitali rather than Wladimir. One can only imagine what they saw in Vitali for them to want to fight him rather than Wladimir. Obviously, Haye and company might be thinking that he can use his hand speed and movement to win a dull 12 round decision, like he did against the slow-moving Valuev last November.

Sosnowski, 6’2”, a slow plodder, won’t likely last long against Vitali. Sosnowski doesn’t have the size for him to land his shots and will likely be eating jabs, hooks and right hands until getting taken out. However, Sosnowski could hang around for awhile and absorb punishment the same way that American Chris Arreola served as a punching bag in his 10th round stoppage loss to Vitali last year.