By Luke Furman

Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (51-5, 30 KOs) is pushing forward with his career and the next bout of his latest run has been finalized.

Adamek will face veteran Fred Kassi (18-6-1, 10 KO) on November 18 as part of the big card in Czestochowa, Poland. Adamek, who turns 41 in December, has continued to fight despite calls from some of his loyal fans who would rather see him retire from the sport.

The Polish veteran is 2-3 in his last five fights. Adamek gained widespread popularity with hard fought fights in the United States, but he hasn't fought on American soil since March of 2014 - when he lost a decision to Czar Glazkov.

Adamek returned to the ring that November and was beaten soundly by countryman Artur Szpilka. He would later state that his career was likely over, but then Adamek returned nearly a year later and stopped another countryman, Przemyslaw Saleta.

In April 2016, Adamek was well ahead on the scorecards when he got caught cold and knocked out by Eric Molina. Once again Adamek said his career was over, but then he returned more than a year later, this past June, and won a unanimous decision over Solomon Haumono.

Kassi has a very awkward style, a decent chin and he may present some problems if Adamek is not at his best.

"He will surely come prepared. I hope this fight will be a war. I believe with all my heart that I will have another great fight," said Adamek.

Kassi has not scored a win since August of 2013 - but his last five fights have all been against top competition. He was stopped by Amir Mansour in November 2014, and then fought to a controversial draw with Chris Arreola in July 2015.

Kassi then went the full distance in a tough fight with Dominic Breazeale, who had a lot of trouble dealing with Kassi's style. Then Kassi lost a controversial technical decision to Hughie Fury in April 2016 - where it appeared that Kassi was coming on and the fight was stopped early due to a cut on Fury.

Kassi's last fight came in August 2016, when he was stopped by Jarrell Miller.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org.