WROCLAW, Poland -- Vitali Klitschko will put away thoughts of retirement when he defends his WBC heavyweight title against Tomasz Adamek on Saturday night. . Local favourite Adamek will be roared on by a partisan crowd of 42,000 at the soldout municipal stadium in Wroclaw, Poland and eager to seize his chance. "I know it will not be easy, because it is never easy in the boxing ring, but I am well prepared," the 34-year-old Adamek said. "Theres no point waiting. If Im to be a world champion, I will be one now." The Polish challenger, who fought his way up from light heavyweight and cruiserweight to build a 44-1 record, spent 10 weeks in the United States preparing for the fight and says he is ready to win. Adamek would be Polands first heavyweight champion if he wins. However, the 40-year-old Klitschko, whose record of 42-2 includes 39 knockouts, says he is in "very good shape" and "cannot wait to show once again that I am the best." It will be the first heavyweight championship fight held in Poland, in a stadium newly built for next summers football European Championship, and televised in more than 120 countries. Klitschko said it will be a demanding fight. "Tomasz is quick, has good technique, moves perfectly in the ring and its not easy to fight with a shorter competitor," he said. "I need to be faster than him and I need to be in better condition." Adamek said he was ready for "everything he can come up with." "I know his style and the quality of his boxing. He usually starts very carefully, but it may be different this time," Adamek told Polish sports daily Przeglad Sportowy on Friday. "Maybe he will start with an attack. Speed and good condition are my specialties, and he knows that." The challenger added: "Im not saying I will knock him out, Im not thinking of that. I want to win, no matter the means. I know I will be the champion, you will see." Klitschko enjoys a considerable height and reach advantage but remains respectful of a younger and lighter opponent he is expected to dominate. "After my brother Wladimir and me, Adamek is the third best heavyweight in the world. He is definitely better than David Haye who is just a world champion in talking," Klitschko said. Haye was beaten by unanimous decision by the younger Klitschko for the WBA title in July, giving the brothers a clean sweep of the major heavyweight titles, but the Britons trash talking in the lead up to the bout in Hamburg clearly riled the older brother. "After he only made an impression against Wladimir with his big mouth, he can prove whether he is a real man against Vitali," Klitschkos trainer Fritz Sdunek said Thursday. "Another challenge would be (Nikolai) Valuev, the Russian giant ... It would be interesting to find out whether Vitali can send Valuev to the canvas." It was Sdunek who revealed the older Klitschko would only fight two or three more bouts before retiring for the second time. He retired in 2005 before mounting a successful comeback three years later. "Hes not getting any younger and his political activity in Ukraine requires a lot of time and energy," Sdunek told Die Welt newspaper. "If I notice that he no longer has the reflexes, that hes taking more punches than usual, I would say, Vitali, stop. I had to promise him that." But, Sdunek added, Klitschko has "never been so fit" ahead of Saturdays bout. "He is mentally and physically so strong, nothing can happen ... Vitalis getting better." Adamek and his wife Dorota met with Wroclaw Archbishop Henryk Gulbinowicz for a 20 minute talk after training on Wednesday. He was given a special ring by the Archbishop, marking 1,000 years of the church in Wroclaw. "I want to win. Im not going to test anything new. This is not a kind of a fight where you can do that," Adamek said. 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Still, a banged-up Penner defeated Tim Chemelli by unanimous decision in that Sept. 16 AMMA 8 fight in Edmonton, keeping his UFC option open. The 31-year-old fighter from Blumenort, Man., who now calls Edmonton home, will make his UFC debut on Friday in Sydney, Australia, against local favourite Anthony (The Hippo) Perosh. Thiago (Pitbull) Alves (24-7) takes on Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann (18-5) in the welterweight main event of the televised card, which takes place Saturday local time at the Allphones Arena. Penner was cutting weight for Chemelli last September when the UFC told him they might need him for an upcoming show. While a dream come true, the timing didnt exactly help his focus. "My head was a little bit of a mess," Penner acknowledged. "I had already stopped eating and drinking and I had just started my weight) cut. So I was already cranky to begin with," he added. His mood went from bad to worse in the fight as the injuries mounted. Especially since Penner had been told there would be no UFC contract if he lost. "The pain really started kicking in halfway through that (second) round," he recalled. "I remember being in the ring, being like What the heck am I supposed to do? And I just froze. I was like a tree, like a punching bag almost." Apart from the immediate need of a win over Chemelli, Penner was thinking ahead to the UFC. Keep throwing and he might damage his hands even more. Stop throwing and he could lose. His cornermen were yelling at him and he ignored them, trying to figure out what to do. He didnt throw many punches in the second round. In the third, he started throwing more but mainly to keep his opponent at bay. "I tried to slow the fight right down, to save myself a little bit." Its proof of Penners toughness that he didnt bother going to the doctor right away. "I had family in town," he explained. They popped the dislocated joint back in place the night of the fight. He saw a doctor two days later about the other hand but they didnt pick up on the break. So Penner, who was sidelined all of 2010 after knee surgery, went back to the gym. "I tried to hit pads and every time it touched the pad, my hand hurt. I remember being like Well, they X-rayed it. Its supposed to be fine, even though theres a huge weird lump in the middle of my hand.. wholesale nfl jerseys. I may as well just suck it up and try and punch through. "Then one of my coaches said Youve got go back and check that out." It turned out that X-rays sometimes dont catch small breaks in the hand. A scan is needed. Penner (12-1) has prepared for Perosh at the renowned American Top Team camp in Florida. "The people are awesome, the training is awesome. Its been a really, really good experience," he said. Penner has never been to Australia and is looking forward to the experience. He only sees positives in fighting Down Under. "Im actually really stoked that the fights there," he said. "You know itd be nice for the fight to be in Canada, but you cant pick and choose your fights. And in a way, I think its nice too because theres a lot more pressure fighting at home than there is away. "I mean theres no pressure on me down there at all. Im supposed to lose the fight anyways, so who cares? Im going out there and Im going to go have some fun." Penner has plenty of respect for Perosh (12-6). The 39-year-old Australian is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who has proved in his last two UFC outings that if he can get his opponent to the ground, he can finish fights. "Without a doubt, hes a tough individual,"Penner said. "Hes been doing this a lot longer than I have. His ground game is phenomenal." Despite that, Penner says his training at ATT, which is known for its quality of black belts, has more than prepared for whatever submissions he will face in Sydney. 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"Ill say this, I got hooked up with a pretty cool job with a couple of ex-military guys when I got out. Pretty fun job." Like security, he was asked? "Kind of," he replied. NOTES@-- Penners fight resume includes an early win over the super-sized Eric (Butterbean) Esch. Penner submitted him in the second round. ... Penners nickname comes from his habit of not saying much in post-fight interviews. ' ' '