Two new titlists crowned in Germany

27/09/2008

Two new titlists crowned in Germany

Guillermo Jones TKO10 Firat Arslan...  A former junior middleweight claimed the WBA 200-pound title in Hamburg, Germany tonight. Guillermo Jones stopped Firat Arslan in the tenth round to take Arslan's cruiserweight title. The fight was stopped with 27 seconds left in the tenth. The 36-year-old Panamanian was the mandatory challenger even though he hadn't had a serious fight since beating Wayne Braithwaite in 2005. He improved to 36-3-2. This was Jones' fourth world title bid, and many thought he deserved a share of the junior middleweight crown in 1998, when he went 0-1-1 against Laurent Bouduani. Arslan, who turned 38 during the fight as it went past midnight, dropped to 29-4-1. He was bleeding heavily from the lip and nose and had to be taken to a hospital to have his injuries examined.

Dennis Inkin W12 Fulgencio Zuniga... On the same show, Denis Inkin of Russia (34-0) won a paper title, the vacant WBO super-middleweight title, by unanimously outpointing Fulgencio Zuniga of Colombia (21-3-1). Joe Calzaghe held the WBO 168-pound title for many years, became the true super middleweight world champion and then the true light heavyweight world champion.

Juan C. Gomez W12 Vladimir Virchis... Also on the card, Juan Carlos Gomez of Cuba (44-1) won a unanimous decision over Vladimir Virchis of Ukraine (24-2) in a heavyweight contest. With the win, Gomez becomes the WBC mandatory contender at heavyweight, and hopes the winner of October 11's Samuel Peter vs. Vitali Klitschko fight in Berlin will agree to a fight. Undoubtedly, it was a sweet win for Gomez's promoter Ahmet Oner, as Gomez defeated Virchis, a Universum fighter. Oner was attending a Universum show for the first time since being beaten to a bloody pulp by Universum security guards last year. source for all results: universum website