Adamek, who is also a former IBF and IBO junior heavyweight champion and a contender for the WBC heavyweight belt, will slug it out again on April 24 during a boxing gala in Radom south of the Polish capital Warsaw, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported.
The opponent has not been contracted yet, but most likely this will be a high-profile American boxer, the newspaper said.
The 45-year-old Adamek (53-6, 31 KOs), nicknamed ”Góral,” has already had several “farewell” fights, including with countrymen Artur Szpilka and Przemysław Saleta.
Most recently he fought in October 2018 when he was heavily knocked out by Jarrell Miller.
His upcoming fight promises to be a "serious bout," but it is difficult to say whether Adamek is making a comeback for money, Gazeta Wyborcza reported.
According to the paper, Adamek has made a fortune in the ring, including USD 10 million for a fight he lost to Ukraine's Vitali Klitschko, and has invested it well.
But he is feeling bored leading what he calls a “landlord’s life” in New Jersey, so if he does well in the spring, he’d like to have one more fight at the end of the summer or fall, Gazeta Wyborcza reported.
“And this will be the definitive end of my professional career,” it cited Adamek as saying.
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Source: Gazeta Wyborcza