News - Juan Carlos Gomez

Former WBC cruiserweight champion and current WBC #2 heavyweight contender Juan Carlos Gomez (43-1, 35 KOs)just moments ago sat down with Fightnews.com. Gomez, who had been reported as "missing" in Germany spoke about his current location, the mandated WBC heavyweight title eliminator with Vladimir Virchis, and the surprise announcement of his new trainer read more ...

Heavyweight contender Juan Carlos Gomez has not been heard from even through he is slated to face Vladimir Virchis in a WBC world title elimination fight. Only his attorneys and advisors have been in contact with promoter Arena Box-Promotion. Arena CEO Ahmet Öner has offered Gomez an extra $200,000 if he defeats Virchis. The fight with Virchis must take place in the next 90 days, and if Gomez doesn't resurface read more ...

It was a big day at WBC Headquarters in Mexico City as a number of major fights were up for purse bid. Below are the results from today's purse auction: Heavyweight Final Elimination: Vladimir Virchis vs. Juan Carlos Gomez Universum Box-Promotion won the bid with an offer of $411,980 out read more ...

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 read more ...

In an important heavyweight bout, #4 rated Juan Carlos Gomez (42-1, 35 KOs) scored a twelve round unanimous decision over #2 rated Oliver McCall (51-8, 36 KOs) to claim the WBC International championship on Friday night at the Estrel Center in Berlin, Germany. The quicker 34-year-old Gomez was able to outbox the 42-year-old former heavyweight champion to compile a big lead. McCall turned up the heat over the last few rounds read more ...

WBC International heavyweight titleholder Oliver McCall (#2 in WBC rankings) and Juan Carlos Gomez (#4) presented themselves well prepared and in perfect physical shape at the official weigh-in at Kroyman's car dealership for their big clash this Friday night in Berlin's Estrel Convention Center. "The Atomic Bull" weighed in at 235 lbs. while "The Black Panther" brought 228 lbs. 9 fights are scheduled for read more ...

McCall: "Our first fight was like a war without knowing you enemy. I didn't know Gomez and wasn't prepared for the fight. But I won't make the same mistake again. I will not underestimate Juan Carlos Gomez this time. He's a great champion. I did a lot of video studies and I know how to beat him. This is a redemption fight to me. It's the first time I get the chance to face somebody I have lost to in a re-match. Also I see the read more ...

WBC #5 heavyweight Juan Carlos Gomez is convinced he'll win his October 19th rematch with #3 ranked Oliver McCall. "The American will receive from me even a worse beating that in our first fight two years ago," says Gomez, who faces McCall in a battle of former world champions at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin. In all, twelve heavyweight bouts are scheduled, including bouts featuring world ranked Olympic read more ...

A purse offer was held today at 12:00 noon at the World Boxing Council’s executive offices in Mexico City for WBC International heavyweight champion Oliver McCall’s fight against his mandatory challenger, Juan Carlos Gomez, a native of Cuba living in Germany. “The only promoter to bid on the fight was Arena Boxing Promotions, GMBH, represented by Ahmet Oner, who presented an offer of $550,000 read more ...