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by Per Ake Persson
March 16, 2009
(MAR 16) Former WBO heavyweight champ
Chris Byrd, who fought both Klitschko-brothers looks to continue his
career at cruiser and face German Ralf Riemer in the chief support to
Klitschko vs Gomez March 21 in Stuttgart. Riemer, 8-6-2, is not exactly
the toughest opponent around even at national level. Another former
Wladimir K opponent, Tony Thompson is in against Adnan Serin - a brave
German heavy who always gives his best. K 2 East bring in big Belorus
Alexander Ustinov, who square off against American Danny Batchelder.
Kronkīs new heavy Nathan James is also on the bill. The show is
supervised by the BDB.
Irish middle Andy Lee face German Alexander Sipos March 21 in Dublin on
the Cordoba - Dunne undercard. The press release from Brian Peters
Promotions indicate that Sipos fell victim off a bad decision in Finland
against then EBU champ Amin Asikainen - well, he didnīt but is still a
decent fighter.
Arena Box Promotionīs latest press release highlights one of the most
important men behind Juan Carlos Gomez and his career: his cousin Oscar
Millan Collazo. Oscar has been with Juan Carlos all through his
procareer, the ups and downs, to Germany, to the US and back to Germany
and is now residing in Rostock. Gomez is now trained by Orlando Cuellar
with Moritz Klassen handling the conditioning but without Oscar in the
background it just wouldnīt be the same.
Source: This material is provided by Boxing Press, and Per is the
BP European Feature Writer.
