Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez

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WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko makes the first defense of his second reign against blown-up cruiserweight Cuban southpaw Juan Carlos Gomez. Although Gomez wins the opening round, Klitschko takes over with his jab and straight right hand and has the challenger bleeding from a cut over his right eye by the fifth round. Klitschko also suffers a cut on his forehead from a clash of heads in the sixth but lands a right hand in the seventh that wobbles Gomez into the ropes, where the challenger takes a knee. The champion again freezes Gomez with shots at the end of the eighth round before they clash heads again in the ninth, resulting in a cut over Gomez's left eye. Referee Daniel Van de Wiele apparently believes it to be an intentional butt by Klitschko and docks the champion a point. Klitschko ends the fight moments later, however, dropping Gomez onto his hands and knees with a right hand. Although he beats the count, Gomez continues to take heavy punishment until he finally turns his back on the champion, prompting Van de Wiele to stop the bout.