By Dan Ambrose: I’ve seen heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (44-1, 28 KO’s) fight for a number of years and I haven’t been too impressed with what I’ve seen of him since he moved up in weight to the heavyweight division. Adamek was a good light heavyweight, but never the best one. Chad Dawson proved that by easily beating Adamek in 2007 in a 12 round decision.

To his credit, Adamek moved up in weight and found success at cruiserweight, winning the IBF title and beating the likes of O’Neil Bell, Steve Cunningham and Johnathon Banks before moving up in weight to the heavyweight division in 2009. But none of Adamek’s victories have shown that he’s got any chance whatsoever in beating WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (42-2, 39 KO’s) in their fight on September 10th at the Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw, Poland.

The Klitschko vs. Adamek fight looks like an ugly mismatch because of the size and power differences between the two fighters. Adamek is around 6’2″ or 6’3″ and weighs 224 compared to the 6’7″ 250 lb Vitali. The size and the power differences in this fight are going to be mind boggling. It’s like putting a good cruiserweight champion in with the best of the heavyweights and hoping the cruiserweight will be able to be competitive. Adamek won’t be. It’s going to be ugly, because Adamek is so easy to hit and he gets hit flush when he does get tagged. Adamek likes to run around the ring to try and not get hit, but it’s not going to save him in this fight.

Vitali is going to catch Adamek with a big shot sooner or later, hurt him and then take him out in front of all his many Polish fans that will be packing the 44,000 seat arena in Wroclaw, Poland. I see this as a fight where boxing fans will wonder why and how Adamek was able to get a title shot against someone like Vitali in the first place. And I’m wondering that myself after seeing the kinds of fighters that Adamek has fought recently to get this title shot – Michael Grant, 38, Andrew Golota, 42, Vinny Maddalone, 36 and Kevin McBride 37. Those aren’t exactly the kind so heavyweights that boxing fans think of when they’re talking about the top fighters in the heavyweight division.