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WBC Eliminator: Gomez-Virchis!
For the first time, rival Hamburg promoters arena Box-Promotion and Universum Box-Promotion will directly clash when #2 Juan Carlos Gomez steps into the ring with #1 Vladimir Virchis in a "final eliminator" for the WBC heavyweight championship, which was announced by WBC President Jose Sulaiman in Manila today. The winner will get the chance to challenge the reigning World Champion by the middle of 2008. Before that Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev will fight on February 2nd, then the winner has to defend the title against "champion emeritus" Vitali Klitschko. After that, the Gomez-Virchis winner will get his shot. "That's the chance I've been waiting for," said Gomez. "I'm gonna prove to the world that I am the real champion. First I'll take out Virchis and then I can finally go for the Klitschkos. It's Showtime!" Manager Ahmet Öner added, "Now we got Juan exactly where we wanted him. He could be arena's first world champion. Now we're in for big business!"
Wednesday, November 14 2007
WBC Eliminator: Gomez-Virchis!
For the first time, rival Hamburg promoters arena Box-Promotion and Universum Box-Promotion will directly clash when #2 Juan Carlos Gomez steps into the ring with #1 Vladimir Virchis in a "final eliminator" for the WBC heavyweight championship, which was announced by WBC President Jose Sulaiman in Manila today. The winner will get the chance to challenge the reigning World Champion by the middle of 2008. Before that Samuel Peter and Oleg Maskaev will fight on February 2nd, then the winner has to defend the title against "champion emeritus" Vitali Klitschko. After that, the Gomez-Virchis winner will get his shot. "That's the chance I've been waiting for," said Gomez. "I'm gonna prove to the world that I am the real champion. First I'll take out Virchis and then I can finally go for the Klitschkos. It's Showtime!" Manager Ahmet Öner added, "Now we got Juan exactly where we wanted him. He could be arena's first world champion. Now we're in for big business!"
Wednesday, November 14 2007
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