Klitchsko vs Gomez

[J]

DEF ON ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide GO TO SAT 5 PM
March 21
At Stuttgart, Germany (ESPN): Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title; Alexander Ustinov vs. Danny Batchelder, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Tony Thompson vs. Adnan Serin, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Chris Byrd vs. Mathias Sandow, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Fatjon Murati vs. Steve Kroekel, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Gabor Veto vs. Perparim Hajdini, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Kira Schuerer vs. Mariel Faber, 4 rounds, female featherweights; Nathan James vs. Michael Matysik, 4 rounds, heavyweights

[hitman_hatton1]

DEF ON ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide GO TO SAT 5 PM
March 21
At Stuttgart, Germany (ESPN): Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title; Alexander Ustinov vs. Danny Batchelder, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Tony Thompson vs. Adnan Serin, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Chris Byrd vs. Mathias Sandow, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Fatjon Murati vs. Steve Kroekel, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Gabor Veto vs. Perparim Hajdini, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Kira Schuerer vs. Mariel Faber, 4 rounds, female featherweights; Nathan James vs. Michael Matysik, 4 rounds, heavyweights

espn in america.

not here though right.

[J]

DEF ON ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnGuide GO TO SAT 5 PM
March 21
At Stuttgart, Germany (ESPN): Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's WBC heavyweight title; Alexander Ustinov vs. Danny Batchelder, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Tony Thompson vs. Adnan Serin, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Chris Byrd vs. Mathias Sandow, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Fatjon Murati vs. Steve Kroekel, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Gabor Veto vs. Perparim Hajdini, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Kira Schuerer vs. Mariel Faber, 4 rounds, female featherweights; Nathan James vs. Michael Matysik, 4 rounds, heavyweights

espn in america.

not here though right.

dunno mate im in barbados arent I so no idea what channels you get there these days, but we get the above hence I know ...thing is you will be able to find a stream though possibly even an above board one from german tv. Worst case scenario is someone will stream the above id imagine.

[The_Don1]

gutted this isn't on setanta - looks like a real test for Vitali.

All the other recent Klitschko fights have been on Setanta, wonder why this one isn't? Something do with the Sauerland deal perhaps?

[Exoddus]

Vitali by KO around the 5th.

[alexpaterson]

I think Klitchko will win hes a good boxer and will be 2 big and powerful i think mid 2 late stoppage

[TheGoods]

Gomez WILL beat Klitschko this weekend. Stand on me.

[MightyWarrior]

How's this for complicated - Gomez used to "date" the daughter of Vitali's trainer, Fritz Szdunek, and has a kid by her too.

And who is Szdunek's daughter now married to?? Ahmet Öner, the promoter of Gomez.

[BABY BLUE]

the problem with klitchsko is that he boxes from the outside never from the inside .if this gomez guy roughs him up from the inside klitchsko gonna have hugh problems.

[nfc90210]

It's frustrating that it's not on TV. I wish that Setanta, or even Eurosport, had picked it up. I can’t imagine the rights would have cost that much.

[Neri]

So it looks like we will all be jamming the streams to complete failure then!

[Max Molyneux]

Gomez WILL beat Klitschko this weekend. Stand on me.

Not with his shaky chin.

Dr Ironfist is going to get educated on his arse. D

[Smit]

Less than 24 hours before the WBC heavyweight championship between titlist Vitali Klitschko and no. 1 contender Juan Carlos Gomez the show may be called off because the ring is too small. At a measurement Friday night the ring was almost 4 feet shorter than the minimum allowed by the WBC rules for championship bouts. ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner: “This is ridiculous! I really don’t understand how a promoter can be so arrogant and ignorant not to follow the rules and build a ring that is almost 4 feet too small. We are not talking about a few inches here!”

“In fight week we have been confronted with all kinds of provocation and unprofessional behaviour by the Klitschko management – for instance they still refuse credentials for my closest office staff and parts of Gomez’ team – but that caps it all! Team Klitschko is either very stupid or very nervous. I have no other explanations for their mistakes. They have been talking a lot about using the smallest possible ring but obviously never even checked the rules. It is nothing but embarrassing – after all we are not talking about a small fight just for fun. This is a world title fight. The world is watching and the Klitschkos have nothing to do but to humiliate themselves.”

After the ARENA team informed the Klitschko management and K2 promotions about the problem the ropes were rearranged. Still the problem is not solved. Öner: “Now the space between the ropes and the canvas is only 12 inches instead of 36 inches (as stipulated in the WBC rules)! This is extremely risky and dangerous. If a fighter stands against the ropes he might easily slip and fall. In the worst case one of the guys could break his legs. And we do not want this to happen to either Vitali or Juan. So we will not allow our fighter to step into this ring!”

How can things be solved? Öner: “Well, team Klitschko still got enough time to sort things out and set up a new ring. I hope they are working on this already. We will measure again tomorrow morning and hope that the fight can still go on. 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. But the rules are the rules. We will not disrespect the WBC and we will not allow the Klitschko management to do so.”

Very interesting

[Eraserhead]

This fight is now on ESPN Classic.

Does that mean we get it in the UK? I've definitely got ESPN Classic.

Anyone checked yet?

[U.F.O]

Unfortunatly its a differnt ESPN Classic than they get in the us, so no it's not on :x

[Exoddus]

Oh well, only a few rounds out.

Gomez WILL beat Klitschko this weekend. Stand on me.

[Colesy]

Yep, poor fight. Both looked very tentative in the first few rounds, playing touch with the jab, pathetic really. The look on Vitalis face though every time he gets touched, its like he's half way through his prostrate exam.

I really can;t get past the way him and his brother fight. Its a jab followed by a right hand and thats fckuing it...but the worst part is I really can't see anyone beating Vitali in the division. Maybe Haye has the best chance, an ex cruiser with one fight in the division. Says it all really.