"Universum Champions Night“ at October 10 in StadtHalle Rostock: Denis Boytsov collides with Jason Gavern this Saturday. First live TV coverage in Germany

Reigning WBA Intercontinental heavyweight champion Denis Boytsov faces at Rostock the US-American Jason Gavern (18-5-3, 8 KOs). Boytsov (23) is currently rated WBA # 5 and WBO # 6.

Q & A with the hottest Universum heavyweight prospect.

This Saturday will be your first bout with live TV coverage on ZDF. Is this something special?

Denis Boytsov: “Not really. It shows me that people love my style of boxing. But inside the ring I don´t see any cameras. I just see the fists of my opponent.”

For the past five years you have been living in Hamburg. How is life in this city, in this country?

Denis Boytsov: “People in Hamburg are very friendly. Here you have a lot of water and a lot of churches. It´s a very beautiful city. Russia is my homeplace, but I really love Hamburg. For me it´s the capital of heavyweight boxing right now. The Klitschko’s also live and train here, Ruslan Chagaev – and me.”

What´s your next goal?

Denis Boytsov: “To beat Jason Gavern. But my biggest goal is, to become a world champ. Next year will be my year. In 2010 you´ll see a boombastic Boytsov. I hope I´ll get a world title fight. Universum is working for me in order to realise this dream. They did it with the Klitschko’s, they did it with Chagaev. Hopefully they will achieve it with Denis Boytsov. I am happy here. But I am just 23 years. I know that my time will come.”

You and Vitali Klitschko share the same coach. How is the relationship to Fritz Sdunek?

Denis Boytsov: “To me he is like a father. I like to work with him very much. I learn a lot of him. The Klitschkos, Michalczewski, Grigorian, Erdei, Balzsay -he worked with big champions. For me he is the greatest coach on this planet.“

TAMPA, FL: One Punch Productions and Fight Factory Promotions are proud to present the final 2009 installment of Ballroom Brawl! at the Downtown Tampa Hyatt Regency on Friday November 6th.

The feature bout of the evening will feature rising heavyweight contender Lenroy “TNT” Thomas (13-1, 8 KO's). Thomas, originall from St. Catherine Jamaica, now makes his home in St. Petersburg, and is promoted by TKO Boxing Promotions of Las Vegas. Tampa cruiserweight contender Nick “The Showstopper” Iannuzzi (12-1, 7 KO’s) also returns to action in the evening’s co-feature bout, as he regroups from his shocking one round loss at the hands of Harvey Jolly on September 19th. Also on the card will be Sarasota light heavyweight Adam Jaco (7-3), Tampa heavyweight Lamar Davis (3-1), St. Pete jr. middleweight Manny Woods (1-0), undefeated jr. lightweight Cordaro Simpkins (2-0), undefeated Ft. Myers jr. middleweight brothers Quinton Willis (4-0-1) and Marcus Willis (3-0-2), and Tampa welterweight Reynaldo Cepeda (1-0). An additional bonus bout will be announced in the coming weeks.

Ballroom Brawl! is the last professional boxing event in the Tampa Bay area for 2009, and is expected to sell out. Tickets for this event are priced at $20, $35, and $75, and go on sale this Saturday October 10th at 10am at all Ticketmaster locations and online at ticketmaster.com.

 Doors open at 7:00pm, with the action starting at 7:30pm. Additional information is available at www.onepunch.net or www.tampafightfactory.com , or call 813-503-8109.