According to a German newspaper "Bild", Albert Sosnowski (45-2-1, 27 KO) will be the next opponent of the WBC heavyweight champion – Vitali Klitscho (39-2, 37 KO). The bout for the belt will take place on May 29 th in Schalke, Germany. Originally, Klitscho had to face a Russian giant -  Nikolay Valuev (50-2, 34 KO) but the teams of both fighters could not reach an agreement concerning financial issues.

Sosnowski, the EBU heavyweight champion confirms the information on his website. - I thank the Klitscho's team for the fight. I appreciate my rival's class and I respect him a lot – the 31-year-old Pole writes on the website. - However, it doesn't mean that I fear the opponent and don't notice my chances to win. Quite and contrary, I'll try to achieve something which Golota couldn't make.

WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko defends his title against European Champion Albert Sosnowski from Poland at Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on May 29. The arena is the home field of the famous soccer club Schalke 04.

Vitali Klitschko: „I am very happy to have my next fight in Germany again. The arena in Gelsenkirchen and the fans there are very special. I experienced that last year when my brother Wladimir had his fight there in front of 61,000 spectators. The atmosphere was simply electrifying. I saw Sosnowski’s fights on DVD and must admit that he is a very experienced, quick and tough opponent. He will do anything to get my belt but I promise that this is not going to happen.”

42-year-old Wojciech Bartnik (24-4-1, 9KO) presented his best in the bout against Rene Huebner (25-15-2, 11 KO) in Katowice, Poland. The experienced cruiser was fightning like a genuine box professor teaching the German cruiser a severe lesson. Bartnik won by points, the scorecards were: 100:90, 100:92 and 99:94.

Bartnik, an olympic bronze medallist from Barelona '92 was hitting Huebner with combinations of punches and shooked him several times in the rounds of five The "Warrior" completely dominated the opponent. It seemed that Bartnik is close to finish the job before the last bell but Huebner turned out to be extraordinarily resistant.

Experienced Maciej Zegan (41-5-1, 21 KO) won a majority decision over Pierre Franscois Bonicel (17-4-2, 7 KO) in a penultimate fight of Diamond Boxing Night in Katowice. The victory let the Pole win the vacant WBO European Lightweight belt and will certainly help "Boom Boom" to be rated in the list of WBO's top 15 lightweight fighters. The judges scored 115:112 and 114:113 for Zegan and 114:113 for the '84 born Frenchman. Hovever, the verdict looks quite controversially.

The beginning of the contest was very promising for the Polish lightweight who floored Bonicel in the first round by a short right hook. The opening four rounds passed to Zegan's dictation but, starting with the fifth one, "Boom Boom" was moving back and let Bonicel to take the initiative. The French lightweight who was attacking still stronger and stronger and was even close to finish the Pole in the last three minutes. Ultimately, Zegan managed to survive and win the whole clash. It's worth adding that the experienced Pole wouldn't have to feel deceived if the final score looked differently.

Mateusz Masternak (18-0, 13 KO) retains the interim WBC Youth Cruiserweight title after knocking out Faisal Ibnel Arrami (11-2, 8 KO) in the eight round of the main event of the Diamond Boxing Night in Katowice, Poland. That's another fight which will certainly let the Polish crusier gain higher positions in the important federation's rankigns.

The Pole completely dominated "The African King" who hadn't much to say during the whole clash and finished it with a badly damaged face. After the seventh round, all the three judges scored 70:63 for the 22-year-old prospect who finished the work in the subsequent one. Then, Masternak shook Arrami with a solid punch on his chin and was continuing the attack when the Tunisian's corner reasonably decided to stop the uneven bout. Who will stop this promising cruiser?

KnockOut Promotions group won the purse bid for the fight between Krzysztof Włodarczyk and Giacobbe Fragomeni. The contest for the WBC Cruiserweight belt will probably take place on June 5th in Warsaw, Poland. The offer of the Polish group amounted to 616 thousands dollars and exceeded the OPI 2000 tender by 139 thousands.

The contest will be a rematch for the exualized fight which took place in Rome one year ago and finished with a draw. The hall of the second bout between the Pole and the Italian will be most likely Torwar Hall in Warsaw. The arena seems to be a fortunate place for Włodarczyk who managed to win the IBF title there by outpointing Steve Cunningham in November 2006.

Only a few hours remain to the finish of the purse bid concerning the rematch fight between Krzysztof Włodarczyk and Giacobbe Fragomeni for the WBC Cruiserweight Title. The final decision is scheduled at 12.00 of the Mexican time.

The promoter of Włodarczyk, Andrzej Wasilewski hopes for the best and strongly believes that "Diablo" will have a chance to box for the second championship belt in the professional career in Poland on June the 5th. The place proposed by Wasilewski is Torwar Hall in Warsaw.

- As far as purse bids for professional bouts in Poland, we have never had bigger sum of money than the amount located in our envelope – reveals the promoter. - I hope it will be sufficient to overbid the OPI 2000 group which represents Fragomeni.

The upcoming Saturday promises very exciting for the boxing fans in Katowice, Poland. Several top Polish fighters, including Mateusz Masternak (17-0, 12 KO), Matt Zegan (40-5-1, 21 KO) and Wojciech Bartnik (23-4-1, 9 KO), will appear in the ring during "Diamond Boxing Night". The show promoted by Andrzej Grajewski will take place at a well-known "Spodek" hall.

Mateusz Masternak, a promising cruiserweight will try to remain unbeaten after a 12-round contest against a 25-year-old Tunisian – Faisal Ibnel Arami (11-1, 8 KO) and retain the interim WBC Youth World cruiserweight title. In the professional career, Arami was defeated only once by tough and respected Rachid El Hadak. However, a 22-year-old Pole realizes who is the favourite of the Saturday encounter and seems to be self-confident.

- I feel very well, I've been working hard with Andrzej Gmitruk and Piotr Wilczewski. As far as my rival, I saw his fights, he's physically strong. My advantage will come from my left jab and the foot work. If he'll be chasing me, I'll engage and the fans will get what they like – said Masternak.

A 25-year-old Pole, Grzegorz Proksa (20-0, 13 KO) defeated Tyan Booth (11-6-1, 2 KO) in a bout for the vacant EBU-EU (European Union) middleweight belt which took place at York Hall, London. The Polish prospect finished the contest by dealing several devastating liver punches in the fifth round. Thus, the "Super G" became the first Pole who managed to win an EBU-EU title.

Post Fight Quotes From Jason Estrada:

“If everyone in this room were completely honest with themselves you would all admit that I got robbed. I mean I got played. I might as well have had a gun pointed to my head. At best I give Adamek three of the twelve rounds. I seriously think the last judge doesn’t need to judge anymore. Yeah I’m angry. I fought my a_ _ off. I trained harder than I ever have. I was in the best shape I’ve ever been in. People talked about me possibly running out of gas, but I never did. All he (Adamek) did was run. If I learned one thing tonight it was that I can’t go into anyone’s hometown to fight. What do I have to do bring a gun?”

Quotes from Tomasz Adamek:

“It was the best Jason Estrada I’ve ever seen in my life. He was 50 percent better today, than he when he fought a top three heavyweight like Alexander Povetkin. Quick, with a good defense and a very hard head. It was extremely difficult to locate precise punches, because of his defense. Maybe, I should have use more than three punches combination, maybe risk a little more? I wanted to do it, but my trainer Andrzej Gmitruk was telling me all the time in the corner to be more boxer than puncher, avoid his punches first, then use different temp to throw him of his strategy. It was another test in heavyweight division, versus very difficult to fight boxer. “

Tomasz Hutkowski (17-0-1, 12 KO) easily defeated Jozsef Nagy (21-6, 14 KO) during boxing night in Rzeszów, Poland. The promising Polish cruiserweight gave the Hungarian no chances in a two-round clash finished via TKO in the second round.

It was probably the most spectacular Hutkowski’s performance in the career. Not very tall Nagy started aggressively but 23-year-old “Tommy” safely blocked all of his blows. After that, Hutkowski shook the Hungarian rival with a few straight rights and finally dealt a powerful blow on his chin. However, the 34-year-old Hungarian, who inconvenienced another Polish prospect – Paweł Kołodziej two years ago, managed to survive this severe crisis. The undefeated Pole continued his show in the second bout. Firstly, he strongly hit Nagy on the trunk several times. When the Hungarian lowered his hands, Dave Paris, an experienced referee, had to stop the fight because of Hutkowski’s series of effective hooks.  

After a superb performance, Dawid Kostecki (33-1, 23 KO) defeated Dario Cichello (18-7-2, 5 KO) in a fight for vacant IBC light heavyweight title which took place in Rzeszów, Poland. Kostecki finished his Italian rival in the seventh round when he floored Cichello with a powerful right hook. The Italian managed to stand up but Daniel Van de Viele, an experienced referee, mercifully stopped this uneven contest.

’81 born Kostecki fully controlled the fight from the first gong, He seemed to be too fast for his 31-year-old opponent who looked bewildered in a few moments of the battle. The Polish light heavyweight was close to finish the fight in the fourth round knocking Cichello down with a right hook. The Italian survived thanks to the bell announcing the round’s end. In the next two bouts, constantly attacking “Gypsy” did not let Cichello to respond properly and finished the job in the seventh one. When the Italian unexpectedly started his hasty attack and tried to hit Kostecki in the corner, the Pole dealt the final blow of the clash, winning by TKO.

22-year-old heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk (17-0, 10 KO) remains unbeaten after the 8-round battle against Harvey Jolly (10-13, 5 KO). The fight which took place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago was his first performance in America and finished with unanimous decision. Scores were: 79-73, 79-73 and 78-74.

Despite the defeat, '76 born Jolly gave an important lesson of American boxing to the still unexperienced Pole. "Candy Man", whose weight was only 220 lbs (92 kg), turned out to be very inconvenient and managed to floor Wawrzyk in the fourth round with a powerful right. Fortunately, Polish prospect immediately pulled himself together and seemed to control the course of events. During the whole contest, Wawrzyk was pointing the American with straight left which made it possible to win clearly via scorecards. When Jolly started losing his strenght in the seventh round, Wawrzyk truly dominated the clash, hitting him effectively time after time. In the final bout, the Pole was close to finish "Candy Man" bombarding him with series of punches in the corner but the 33-year old opponent survived skilfully.

Heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KOs) held a media workout Tuesday to promote his February 6th fight at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, against Jason “Big Six” Estrada (16-2, 4 KOs). Adamek is training at the World Boxing Gym and Fitness Center in Jersey City, NJ. In regard to Estrada’s comments that Adamek will have a problem with his hand speed, Adamek commented, “I’m fast too! I think I am stronger. He must know this: my jab is very strong and my right has the most power.”

When asked about his weight now and whether he prefers cruiserweight or heavyweight, Adamek stated, “This weight is natural for me so its very comfortable. I’m eating more and I am not hungry. For the fight maybe I will weigh what I weigh today which is 222 lbs. This is my natural weight which makes me happier when I go into training. Cruiserweight was more difficult for me because I always had a problem getting to the weight, especially when I was 175. I feel very good at this weight; I feel faster.

Undefeated Polish prospect Grzegorz Proksa (19-0, 12 KO) will come face-to-face against 29 years old British Marcus Portman (20-7-2, 3 KO) on Februarry 12 in York Hall (Bethnal Green), London. The winner of the fight will gain EBU-EU middleweight belt, currently vacant in connection with the decision of the previous champion - Affif Belghecham (19-4-1, 4 KO).

Proksa is preparing to the bout with his coach and friend Ian Johnson in Great Britain.The sparringparners of "Super G" are, among others, a recent pretender to Commonwealth (British Empire) middleweight title Danny Butler (18-3, 3 KO) and unbeaten Martin Robins (5-0, 0 KO). The fighters conduct their sparrings in Bristol. The local gym was one of the first in the glorious career of Lennox Lewis.

- I've been training for two months so I believe that will come into the ring in the best possible fit – said '84 born Proksa who seems to be a strong favourite of the upcoming bout.

Undefeated heavyweight, Andrzej Wawrzyk (16-0, 10 KO), considered by numerous boxing experts as the successor of Andrew Golota will fight for the first time in the United States on January 29 th. The rival of  the Polish prospect will be a 33-year-old American, Harvey Jolly (10-12-1, 5 KO). The bout will take place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.

'87 born Wawrzyk is a current WBC Youth heavyweight title holder. He is 6'5'' (195 cm) tall and weighs about 230 lbs (105 kg). On December 18 th, the Polish prospect outpointed a silver medallist of the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships - Alexey Mazikin (13-4-2, 3 KO). As an amateur, at the junior age, Wawrzyk won EU super heavyweight title in 2006.

During a press conference which took place on Jaunary 25th and concerned Diamond Boxing Night, Andrzej Grajewski – the promoter of the event revealed numerous significant informations about the show scheduled on March 6th at Spodek in Katowice, Poland. It turned out that there will be an opportunity to see top Polish fighters in action.

The main event of the show will be a Damian Jonak's (24-0-1, 17 KO) fight for vacant EBA light middleweight title. The name of the '85 born Pole's rival is currently unknown. Another interesting part of the evening will be a performance of undefeated Mateusz Masternak (17-0, 12 KO). The promising cruiser will defend his interim WBC Youth cruiserweight belt.

The event which Polish fans have been waiting for seven years is close to come true. 33-year-old Matt Zegan (45-5, 21 KO) seeks sweet revenge on Artur Grigorian (38-1, 22 KO) he lost to in controversial circumstances on January 2003. The second fight will probably take place during Diamond Boxing Night scheduled on March 6th in Katowice, Poland. The first meeting of both fighters was a clash for WBO lightweight title in Essen, Germany. The clash finished after 12 rounds of Zegan's solid boxing but the judges established the '67 born Uzbek as the winner.

- I want this revenge to come true. In the past, there was somebody who didn't want this bout and interfered with the organization matters. Klaus Peter Kohl accepted the possible fight as well as Grigorian so certailny we will carry it through – said Zegan who recently rejected, i.a. in order to face Grigorian again, the offer of unbeaten Kevin Mitchell's (30-0, 22 KO) team concerning a bout for WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title - A fight for an inter-continental title is an interesting offer, but the financial issues looked not as good as I would like to. I know the rates of money possible to earn in Great Britain but the profits they offered me are not so enticing so I turned down the proposal.

To solve the situation with the recently vacated WBC cruiserweight title, the sanctioning body has ordered two eliminators. The winners will meet for the vacant title.

In the first fight, the WBC ordered ex-champ Giacobbe Fragomeni to face Krzystof Wlodarczyk and a second eliminator ordered will pit Herbie Hide against Francisco Palacios.

Light middleweight Paweł Wolak made another significant step approaching him to a fight for a professional title. This time, the 28-year old Pole outpointed an American Ishmail Arvin during a boxing night at Madison Square Garden, NY.

Wolak did not disappoint his fans and showed his trade mark again – constant pressing and permanent attack. "Raging Bull" bombarded the opponent with series of left and right hooks. When Arvin raised his hands, Wolak was hitting with body punches. The bout finished after eight rounds with unanimous decision of judges. The scores were: 80:72, 79:73 and 79:73 again.

Undefeated since 2006 Dawid Kostecki (32-1, 22 KO) will stand a chance of winning vacant IBC light heavyweight belt during "Wojak Boxing Night" on February 6th in Rzeszów, Poland. His opponent will be a former pretender to EBU-EU title – Dario Cichello (18-6-2, 5 KO).

'78 born Cichello is a bit taller than Kostecki, he is 1,84 m. In 2008, the Italian lost via unanimous decision to Antonio Brancalion in a fight for EBU-EU light heavyweight title. The bout turned out to be the only Cichello's defeat in three years time.

Originally, Kostecki's promoters announced Carl Handy as the rival of "Gypsy" in Rzeszów but the decision was changed in connection with possible problems of the opponent's leaving his country – Canada.

Polish-German businessman Andrew Grajewski has begun a new Polish-German boxing team. Main star is jr middleweight Damian Jonak and lightweight veteran Matt Zegan is also part of the team along with Daniel Urbanski, reigning IBF Youth jr middle champ. Grajewski´s first show goes ahead in Berlin February 6 under GBA license. Jonak was previously with Bullit Knockout in Poland and there are lawsuits in both German and Polish courts in this matter for breach of contract.

The show February 6 is billed as "Brunch-Boxen"; and begin at noon. Andrew Grajewski have in the past collaborated with Universum for many of Dariusz Michalczewki´s title fights.

Promoter Dan Goossen informed boxingtalk.com that Chris Arreola (28-1, 25 KO) most likely will face Tomasz Adamek (37-1, 26 KO) on HBO's Boxing After Dark on April 24.

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Currently this fight is in works and nothing is decided yet, but Tomasz Adamek is the short list of opponents.

Ending a prolific and breakthrough year of 2009, the Baltic Boxing Union (BBU) board (via its pre-scheduled meeting) has finally announced its annual awards. Among the award winners, there are three Poles. First is Tomasz Babilonski, who won title of "PROMOTER OF THE YEAR". He promoted totally four BBU or BBU International title fights in 2009. Those fights were: Krzysztof Cieslak (POL) W8 Sergejs Savrinovics (LAT), Pawel Glazewski (POL) TKO5 Martins Kukuls (LAT), Krzysztof Glowacki (POL) W6 Lukasz Rusiewicz (POL) and Pawel Glazewski (POL) W6 Leo Tchoula (CAM/GER). Tomasz Babilonski with his Babilon Promotions is one of the most active Polish professional boxing promoters after having promoted nine (9) shows this year.

Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KO) is getting heavier and heavier before his upcoming fight against Jason Estrada (16-2, 4 KO) scheduled on February 6 in Newark. According to the interiew given to the Polsat News channel, "Goral" currently weighs 101 kilograms (223 lb) and feels that his muscles are still growing.

The best Polish heavyweight is being prepared to the bout by the tandem of coaches. Andrzej Gmitruk who stands in Adamek's corner for years will remain the head trainer and Roger Bloodworth who joined the team recently is there to assist.

- There will be no conflicts between me and Gmitruk. I'm not a quarrelsome man. I can get on well with everybody – said Bloodworth, previously known as a coach of another Polish heavyweight, Andrew Golota. - At this stage of his career, Adamek needs a whole team working for him. A coach exists for a fighter, not the other way around.