Gomez to Vitali Klitschko: I will give you a real fight!

source: East Side Boxing Gomez to Vitali Klitschko: Congratulations for beating the living sandbag! Don’t run away! I will give you a real fight! 13.10.08 - 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. “Congratulations, Vitali!” says Gomez. “You did a good job against the living sandbag. I am happy for you but for myself even more. I will enjoy taking the title from you and finally becoming heavyweight champion of the world. Although I already heard that you are trying to sneak out of the fight. Don’t run away, Vitali. Come and fight me like a man!.” Word is that Vitali considers a unification fight against WBA champion Nikolai Valuev instead of defending his title against no. 1 contender Gomez next. “Are you afraid, Vitali?” asks Gomez. “Do you need money or another tune-up bout before facing me? I understand that you prefer to step in the ring with guys who cannot fight. But I am your official challenger. You can’t run away forever. You know that I am the man who will beat you. You know how good I am!” Gomez and Klitschko know each other from the times when both fought for Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg. “I have always been the best fighter in the Universum gym”, states Gomez. “And both Klitschkos knew that. I have been WBC International Champion before Vitali made his pro-debut. When I won the world cruiserweight championship he was still beating up guys that my grandma could have knocked out. And, Vitali, in case you forgot how good I actually am, just ask your younger brother – he should remember!” As a junior Gomez had beaten Wladimir Klitschko at a fight in Denmark. “Now I will go for both brothers at the pros”, adds Gomez. “After I won the first title from Vitali I will take the other ones from Wlad. I am ready to finally become heavyweight champion of the world. It’s showtime!”

Comments (8)

gomez would beat david haye the wladimeir of today. i think he has problems with vitali but who wouldnt.

17y ago

Jim_Jeffries

Is this the point where we hype the hell out of Gomez, but then dismiss him as a bum after Vitali beats him?

17y ago

Mr_Ryan

Notice how he stops short of saying he'd win.

17y ago

paul750

Gomez is fast, he has good hand speed and is fast on his feet when he needs to be. He can however, leave himself open at times. I'm guessing he'd be a bit more alert if he was fighting Klitschko though. I'd also like to think he'd come in sharper and slightly lighter. He didn't look like he was anywhere near the best shape he could be in for the Virchis fight.

17y ago

Joe2608

Practically his whole fight with Virchis is on y o u t u b e. Watching it now, he looks good for a normal heavyweight nowadays, but i think he's too slow and too open for a proper athlete like Vitali, i think Vit would beat him in similar fashion to the Peter fight. He's just too big, fast and powerful for Gomez.

17y ago

Joe2608

I havn't seen Gomez fight i need to watch his fights.

17y ago

ejk22

Gomez is an exceptional boxer. He did a great job of staying away from Oliver McCall who is a great puncher. That is Gomez's strategy in most fights. Box from the outside to a decision. Let's also be honest here. Gomez has a suspect chin. One good overhand right from Vitali and Gomez is out. It would most likely lead to a boring fight however Gomez is the WBC mandatory so at some point this fight does need to come to fruition.

17y ago

paul750

The problem is that there's no real interest in this fight from most fans. Why would Klitschko want to go and face an awkward fighter like Gomez when he will get more accolades by beating an even bigger ''sandbag'' than Peter, Valuev? Gomez remains fairly anonymous and a no hoper by many. Add to that the fact his style can sometimes lead to fairly bad fights, and you have a fighter who will be waiting a while longer for his chance. It's a no win fight for Klitschko, as well as probably being the most dangerous.

17y ago