Matchroom´s International heavyweight tournament May 7 in London is now joined by no other than German-based Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez, 50-2. That completes a lineup that already includes Mike Perez, Fres Oquendo, Kevin Johnson and Tye Fields.
Gomez, a southpaw, turned pro with Universum back in 95 and was as a cruiser WBC champ and in a class of his own despite a well know wild lifestyle. In 2002 Gomez moved up to heavyweight and have since then blown hot and cold with erratic performances in and out of the ring.
With Ahmet Oener and Arena Box Promotion Juan Carlos reched all the way to a fight against WBC king Vitali Klitschko but while Gomez could box the ears of the big Ukrainain he wasn´t strong enough to hold him off and was stopped.
In June of last year Gomez returned to Universum and looked good last time out stopping Harold Sconiers in four.
It shapes up as Gomez vs Perez in an all-Cuban matchup in the finals.
23.04 Gomez joins Int´l Prizefighter
