Vitali Klitschko Headlining WBC Night Of Champions

At the Cardiff International Arena on the dates of the 29th-31st in July 2010, the WBC (World Boxing Council) will hold a Night of Champions which is a 3-day international boxing festival. Vitali Klitschko and Roberto Duran will headline the event and many other ring legends will be in attendance.

Events that will take place will be the opening of the movie “Risen: The Howard Winstone Story”, which is a bio-pic of Merthyr boxing legend, Howard Winstone who was a sporting great who overcame all odds to win a World Boxing title despite losing the fingers on one hand in an accident.

Another event that will take place will be a official pre-Olympic tournament between British Olympic hopefuls in Team GB and some of the finest boxers from around the world in a “Rest of the World Team”.

The final event will be a Night of Champions gala awards dinner which will honor some of the sport’s greatest champions, as well as those that have made boxing great.

Throughout the event there will also be various activities each night including live music from top Welsh and international bands and meet and greet sessions with the champions.

McEvoy Quotes

** Deputy Leader of Cardiff Council, who are supporting the Festival

“It is our pleasure to house so many boxing legends in Cardiff at the Night of Champions Festival. It’s great to be able to get so many of the biggest names of the sport together, both old and new, in our great city.

“We are honoured to bring people like Vitali Klitschko, Shannon Briggs and Roberto Duran into Cardiff, and look forward to the people of Cardiff turning out to give them the warm Welsh welcome that they deserve.”

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Here are a list of confirmed champions who will be in attendance:


Alan Minter WBA/WBC Middleweight Champion
Ann Saccurato WBC Women's Lightweight Champion
Azumah Nelson WBC Featherweight Champion
WBC Super Featherweight Champion
Bradley Price
Carl Froch WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Colin Jones ABA Welterweight Champion
Earnie Shavers
Enzo Maccinerelli WBO Cruiserweight Champion
Erik Morales WBC/WBO Super Bantamweight Champion
WBC Featherweight Champion
WBC/IBF Super Featherweight Champion
George Louis Chuvalo
Glenn Catley WBO Super Middleweight Champion
Iran Barkley WBC Middleweight Champion
IBF Super Middleweight Champion
WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
James 'Bonecrusher' Smith WBA Heavyweight Champion
Jane Couch MBE Womens' IBF Welterweight Champion
John 'The Beast' Mugabi WBC Light Middleweight Champion
John Conteh WBC Light Heavyweight Champion
John H. Stracey WBC Welterweight Champion
Juan La Porte WBC Featherweight Champion
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
Junior Jones WBA Bantamweight Champion
WBO Super Bantamweight Champion
Junior Witter WBC Super Lightweight Champion
Ken Buchanan WBA Lightweight Champion
Leon Spinks WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion
Manuel Medina WBC/WBO/IBF Featherweight Champion
Mia St. John IFBA World Lightweight Champion
Nigel Benn WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion
Paul Hodkinson WBC Featherweight Champion
Richie Woodhall WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Roberto Duran WBC/WBA Lightweight Champion
WBC Welterweight Champion
WBA Light Middleweight Champion
WBC Middleweight Champion
Robin Reid WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Rocky Mattioli WBC Light Middleweight Champion
Sergio Gabriel Martiez WBC Super Welterweight Champion
WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion
Shannon Briggs WBO Heavyweight Champion
Steve Collins WBO Middleweight Champion
WBO Super Middleweight Champion
Steve Robinson WBO Featherweight Champion
Tim Witherspoon WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion
WBA Heavyweight Champion
Vitali Klitchtko WBC Heavyweight Champion
Vito Antuofermo WBC/WBA Middleweight Champion

WBC Declares Vitali Klitschko Greatest Puncher

From a official statement from the WBC organization today, Vitali Klitschko is declared by them as the greatest puncher ever in the heavyweight division with his knockout percentage now a high 97.2%! They also say he is the best pound for pound! Here is the official WBC statement:


“[Vitali] Klitschko proved that he is the best fighter in the world nowadays, pound for pound, after defeating Juan Carlos Gomez who had a record of 35 knockouts in 44 wins and only 1 loss. Klitschko has outdone all other fighters, no matter what division they belong to. The heavyweight world champion is the only one who can claim he is the greatest champion in the world of boxing as nobody can defeat him. With Vitali´s extraordinary wins, in fights that have been stunning to world fans, showing absolute control and power, our king of the heavyweights has silenced many mouths and media that had unfairly attacked him without any evidence, and been disrespectful to him, considering the great class he is showing. Jose Sulaiman, president of our organization, stated today that Klitschko is the pride the WBC as well as he is the pride of world boxing. Vitlai Klitschko’s record is now: 37 wins; 36 of them by knockout, and including his last win by KO, his percentage in this specialty went up to 97.2%, fact after which Klitschko is placed as the greatest puncher ever in the heavyweight division.”

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