At Arena’s “heavyweight night” in Cuxhaven, Germany, Konstantin Airich, Ondrej Pala, Wladimir Virchis and Yakup Saglam scored convincing victories.

“Sandman” Airich beat ring veteran Cisse Salif by unanimous decision after eight rounds. The German, now 13-2-1, was the more active man in the ring connecting with some heavy hands without impressing tough Salif too much. Scores were 79-73, 79-75 and 78-74. More...

The 46th annual WBC Convention in Chengdu, China officially declared that world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has to face mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez in his very next fight.

Klitschko had requested to do a voluntary defense first but the Board of Governors chaired by President Dr. Jose Sulaiman decided in favour of no. 1 contender Gomez who had won the final elimination bout against Vladimir Virchis on September 27 in Hamburg. More...

At the official weigh-in for the WBC Final Elimination bout between Juan Carlos Gomez, 233.5 lb, and Vladimir Virchis, 240 lb, the “Black Panther” shouted out “It’s Showtime!” More...

On September 27, Arena Boxing fighter Juan Carlos Gomez and Universum’s Wladimir Virchis face off in their long awaited showdown for a WBC final elimination bout for the right to challenge the winner of Vitali Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter.

One week before the fight, Universum let Arena know that Gomez’ presence at the official press conference “will not be necessary”. The official reason for this is that the clash between Virchis and Gomez has no main event status at the Universum Champion’s Night in Hamburg which means that neither Gomez nor Virchis will be at the press conference. More...

When German Interim-Champion Konstantin Airich (9-0-1, 8 kos) faces “Brixton Bomber” Danny Williams (38-6-0, 30 kos) in Bilbao next week (Friday, May 30th) it seems very likely that the fight doesn’t go the distance. Both men are well known for their heavy hands – though Williams is far more experienced, of course. The question will be: Who punches harder? More...