Tomasz Adamek's one-sided beatdown of Andrew Golota this past Saturday in Poland apparently was just a taste of the reigning cruiserweight champion at heavyweight, and that reigning champion tag may soon fall by the wayside. Adamek is targeting Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko for a 2010 fight:

"In a year I could fight the Klitscho brothers at the world championships. I'm not afraid of anyone. I was offered a chance a few weeks ago. But, that was three weeks before this match and I won't enter a ring when I am unprepared, just to earn a bit of cash."

I'm glad he's looking at it as realistically as possible, by wanting to take about a year to properly condition his body. I don't think any amount of time or conditioning helps him against Wladimir or Vitali, who honestly don't move as well as Andrew Golota still does, but who do protect themselves better and establish range far, far better. They also hit harder, way more accurately, and are just bigger, stronger men who are much, much better boxers than Golota.

For his part, Golota sounds ready to retire:

Golota, leaving his locker room one-and-a-half hours after losing in the match, apologized to fans, claiming that he boxed 'tragically.'

“Maybe boxing is no longer my thing,” claimed the 41-year-old, after a match that lasted almost 15 minutes. The boxer allegedly has problems with his left hand and elbow that require surgery.

Golota's wife never wanted him to take the fight, but I'm sure when he buys her some pretty new things with all the money he made, her tune will change -- WOMEN! AM I RIGHT?!

“There was no need to fight Adamek, but Andrzej wanted to and I couldn’t stop him,” Mariola Golota, wife of the fallen legendary boxer, Andrzej Golota, told press Monday. ... “I never want him entering the ring again."

Only in Poland is Golota "legendary," and only in Poland was this performance of his considered "embarrassing." Different worlds, man.

Reigning cruiserweight world champion Tomasz Adamek moved up to heavyweight to face fellow Polish superstar Andrew Golota today in Lodz, and from the opening bell, he dominated.

Adamek, fighting at 214 pounds, had a 42-pound disadvantage on the scales. But he outhustled, outworked, and busted up the 41-year old Golota, stopping him in the fifth round. Adamek scored a knockdown that appeared to be a shove in the first, but dominated every round until flooring Golota hard early in the fifth, on a right hand followed by a left hook. After a storm of power shots from every angle, referee Bill Clancy called a stop to the action.

Adamek (39-1, 27 KO) seemed to indicate after the bout that he will be moving up to heavyweight, where I think now he might have a lot more in him than I did before. I'm not saying beating Golota means a ton, but he can still fight some, and moves better than most guys do at heavyweight, even now. Adamek against someone like Eddie Chambers or Alexander Povetkin could be a hell of a good fight. He's simply not big enough to beat a Klitschko, and I think eventually a big hitter like Cristobal Arreola might catch him with a knockout blow, but he fought with some serious ferocity today and knocked the hell out of a much larger man.

For Golota (41-8-1, 33 KO), this was probably the end of the line. He hasn't been a serious contender in quite a long time, and this might have been a good way for him to cash out his career. He got a truck full of money for this one, and he fought until he just couldn't go anymore. Not the worst way for a career to end when you've had so many bizarre messes as he has.

Adamek thinks he can beat the world's best at heavyweight. Time will tell, I suppose, but best of luck to him. Adamek is one of those no-nonsense fighters that does his job time after time, and today he did it again.

Bad Left Hook will do our best to bring you live, round-by-round coverage and scoring of the Polish "Fight of the Century" between reigning world cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek and heavyweight veteran Andrew Golota, one of the most controversial fighters of his time.

Update: The show apparently will start at about 1:30 ET. Join us!

TOMASZ ADAMEK		ANDREW GOLOTA
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Tomasz Adamek and Andrew Golota weighed in for tomorrow night's massive fight in Poland

The cruiserweight champion Adamek, moving up for the money that this fight will bring, came in at a shade over 214 pounds. 41-year old Golota weighed in at 256, which is by far the heaviest weight of his career. I've said before that I have my doubts Golota is really taking this fight seriously, and that probably confirms it. His previous highest weigh-in was 249 against Jeremy Bates in 2007.

Bad Left Hook is going to TRY to have live coverage tomorrow, which will start at about noon eastern here in the States. For those in the New York City area, Brick says that Club Exit in Brooklyn will be showing the fight starting at 11:30am ET for a $20 cover charge.

Ring Magazine world cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek has vacated his IBF cruiserweight title, but has indicated he plans to return to the division after his Polish superfight with heavyweight Andrew Golota.

Main Events Promotions released the following statement:

This week, Tomasz Adamek, in a letter written to Marian Muhammad, President, International Boxing Federation, formally vacated his IBF Crusierweight Title. Adamek expressed his regret in having to vacate the title and thanked the IBF for the opportunities he was given.

He stated, "I am not leaving the IBF family. I will be fighting October 24 against Andrew Golota for the IBF International Heavyweight Title in Lodz, Poland. Further, when possible I hope to return to reclaim my IBF Title."

Adamek still holds the Ring Belt Cruiserweight Championship Title.

I really do wonder if Adamek (38-1, 26 KO) is biting off a bigger piece than he can chew against Golota (41-7-1, 33 KO), but then I think about it for a moment and decide that it's likely Golota is barely showing up to fight, but instead just there to collect a big paycheck in Poland and give everyone an attraction for which to come out. Golota hasn't won a significant fight this decade, except maybe Orlin Norris in 2000 if you count that as "significant." Other than that his best win was probably in January 2008 against Mike Mollo, who then went ahead and lost to a shot Jameel McCline, too.

Golota has size on Adamek. At 6'4" with a 79" reach, he's got two and a half inches or so on Adamek, plus four inches of reach. And he's just a bigger man. Adamek isn't a large cruiserweight. But Golota is 41 and I just don't expect him to be putting in maximum effort.

But what do I know? They'll both get a big payday and then life will go on for Adamek. I expect him to get a fairly wide decision victory and everyone will congratulate each other.