Shocker - Gomez Threatens To Pull Out From Klitschko Fight

[bestboxingonly]

Originally quoted by Gomez
Juan is ready to go – and he doesn’t care about the ring size. He said he would even outbox Vitali in a phone booth.

Classic Gomez quote

[sebspeed]

They are better than any American heavyweights.

If they are average, how bad are the American heavyweights right now?

They are really bad,but still,Arreola and Haye(even if he's british) have a chance to knock out Wladimir ''Glass Chin'' Klitschko .I don't say they would win for sure,but they could pull out an upset. Wladimir and Vitaly are not and they will never be ATG,face it,the division sucks and they would get killed against Prime Tyson,Hollyfield,Lewis or any other good heavyweights of last 10 years.

[Ben_London.]

Wladimir and Vitaly are not and they will never be ATG,face it,the division sucks and they would get killed against Prime Tyson,Hollyfield,Lewis or any other good heavyweights of last 10 years.

No, those guys weren't as great as you think. But they were hyped by the same media that ignores and discredits the Klitschkos.

[MELLY-MEL...]

No, those guys weren't as great as you think. But they were hyped by the same media that ignores and discredits the Klitschkos.

Tyson, Holy, and Lennox were not great? they are atg's ffs!!!

[-Mustang-]

They are better than any American heavyweights.

If they are average, how bad are the American heavyweights right now?

are you serious??? did you not read my post or are you not that far along in school? THEY ARE ALL BELOW AVERAGE i don't care if they are american, euro's , mexicans... aliens or whatever... heavyweight division is all below average.. and you can't even logically argue the point

[Spacey1991]

What the **** are they playing at making it too small? Get a new ring in asap... the fight shouldn't be allowed to go on if its below the minimum allowance, I just want Vitali to beat Gomez so I can win my bet!

[βetamax]

No, those guys weren't as great as you think. But they were hyped by the same media that ignores and discredits the Klitschkos.

So apparently he and other boxing fans can't think for themselves. They only believe that because of "the media" *wink wink*.

[paul750]

Gomez' camp tried for anything they could find to be able to pull out of the fight. Looks like they will get their wish. What a joke. I wouldn't want to lead my cash earner to the slaughter either. Huh, Ohner?

JC Gomez is a cowardly fighter who wants lots of ring space to run from Vitali.

That is not cool fellas. If the rules are being broken then the Gomez camp have every right to complain. Boxing is about being given the chance to express yourself, whether that be fighting at close range, or moving. Why should one fighter give the other an advantage?

[Scott9945]

if it really is 4 feet than that's not right or fair by any stretch, and klit fan's don't act like you would not cry foul if it was your fighter who was getting the shaft. what's right is right. i don't think the klits are 2 blame, but the promoter sure is.

I'm a fan of the K brothers, but I think they are the promoters of this event and bear some responsibility. A heavyweight title fight should always be in a 20 foot ring.

[classicbuzzbox]

Everyone is jumping to conclusions here. I don't see any proof of this besides a promoter howling and the ring being changed to ensure the fight goes ahead.

On a similar point though, did Vitali fight Chris Byrd years ago in a fairly subsize ring? I've never seen the fight but I do remember a somewhat biased writer having a a bit of a sook about it. Perhaps Byrd and Gomez present similar movement problems to the lanky Klitschko.