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In only 10 days, WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko and no. 1 contender Juan Carlos Gomez will finally meet at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. Gomez’ promoter Ahmet Öner thinks that this fight will help bringing heavyweight boxing back into the focus of public interest. Question: Mr. Öner, what do you …

11 days before facing WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Stuttgart, “The Black Panther”, 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 fight”, states Gomez. “Vitali will be surprised to see what I …

In a four round super featherweight contest in Baden-Baden, Germany, Gabor Veto from Hungary took on tough opponent Arthur ʽKingʽ Hambardzumyan from Armenia for his professional debut. Veto came off a very successful amateur career, having fought in many EABA tournaments and international championships as a member of Hungarian national …

Jeff Lampkin – IBF 22nd March 1990 – 27th July 1991 Jeff Lampkin won the IBF cruiserweight title when he stopped Glenn McCrory with a heavy left to the body in the third round when they met at the Leisure Centre in Gateshead on the 22nd March 1990. Lampkin defended …

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and his mandatory challenger Juan Carlos Gomez met at Hamburg airport yesterday for the first time before stepping into the ring on March 21 in Stuttgart, Germany. Klitschko’s ‘warm reception’? “Juan, my friend, I am sorry that I have to beat you up!” The “Black …

It’s official: former world cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez, 44-1, will face WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, 36-2, on March 21 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany. “I have been waiting for this chance for a very long time”, states Gomez who has started his preparation in L.A. four weeks …

At the boring world heavyweight championship bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman this past Saturday, the only man who brought some excitement to the show was former undisputed world cruiserweight champion David Haye, who showed up in Mannheim, Germany, to call out both Klitschko brothers.

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 …

By Per Ake Persson Russian junior welter Dennis Shafikov, 16-0, faces former WBA Lightweight Champ Raul Balbi from Argentina in a non-title ten-rounder on P3 Boxing´s big show at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on November 28 in what should be an interesting fight.

© ARENA Box-Promomtion When Vitali Klitschko beat Samuel Peter for the WBC world heavyweight champion title in Berlin on Saturday, Juan Carlos Gomez was sitting in his house in L.A. watching the fight on TV. Now the “Black Panther” is looking forward to face the winner next.

After many years as a nearly man, Panama’s Guillermo Jones finally fulfilled his promise as he ripped the WBA Cruiserweight title from reigning champion Firat Arslan at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Arslan began the bout applying the kind of pressure that had won him the title against …

Two world title bouts and a world title eliminator are on tap tonight at Hamburg’s Color Line Arena in one of the year’s biggest German shows. Top of the bill is WBA Cruiserweight Champion Firat Arslan’s defense against slick challenger Guillermo Jones in what could very well turn out to …