Arena Boxing: Juan Carlos Gomez Confident Ahead Of Klitschko Title Fight
11 days before facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Stuttgart, “The Black Pantherâ€, Juan Carlos Gomez, is very confident regarding his chances for the fight.
“I have never been this well prepared and this fired up for a fightâ€, states Gomez. “Vitali will be surprised to see what I am capable of. He thinks he can beat me up? I say it will be the other way around. I will destroy the legend of Vitali Klitschko.â€
Asked why he will be victorious although all odds are against him at the moment, Gomez replies: “I am a natural born boxer. I have been in the ring since I was eight years old. I have been world cruiserweight champion for four years.
“I am more experienced than Vitali though I am younger and faster than him. And I know exactly what to do in the ring. I will be too fast and too much to handle for the robot. Of course, I know that he can punch – but he will not even see me and you cannot hit what you cannot see.â€
“The Black Panther†is proud to step into the ring and fight for the gold in less than two weeks. “This is the chance I have been waiting forâ€, adds Gomez. “Nobody expected me to make it to a world championship fight again but now I am here and I will not blow this chance.
“My greatest dream is to present the world heavyweight championship belt to my father in Havana. I can only imagine what will be going on in Cuba when I make it and become the first ever Cuban world heavyweight champion. I will be a national hero – and maybe they will even elect me president when Fidel is gone.â€
Gomez and his team will hit Stuttgart this Sunday. “The hard work of preparation is done. From now on I will enjoy every minute. This is the first time in my long career that I am actually looking forward to a fight. It’s showtime! And in the end we will all here the ring announcer say: the winner and new heavyweight champion of the world ‘The Black Panther’ Juan Carlos Gomez!â€
