On March 21, 2009, Vitali Klitschko (36-2, 35 KOs), the heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Juan Carlos Gómez (44-1, 35 KOs).
Vitali Klitschko is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round RTD victory over Samuel Peter, 5 months and 10 days ago. Juan Carlos Gómez is on a 7-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Volodymyr Virchis, 5 months and 22 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Vitali Klitschko at 99-1 winning odds. Juan Carlos Gómez really doesn't have much to present against Klitschko.
Vitali Klitschko stopped Juan Carlos Gómez via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title. Klitschko improves his record to 37-2 (36 KOs), while Gómez adds a loss to his record at 44-2.