GEVOR READY FOR ABRAHAM!

fightnews.com
niversum168.htm
Aug 9 2007

Finally the wait is over. Universum middleweight Khoren Gevor has
his world title fight. The IBF #5 ranked mandatory challenger and
world champion Arthur Abraham will face each other on August 18 at
the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin in an intriguing battle between
German citizens with Armenian roots.

Not only has the ring career of the Gevor had some eventful and
unusual moments but also his private life. He started boxing when he
was 12 years old. Ever since, the Armenian-born fighter has dreamed of
winning a world championship belt. As a amateur he won six national
Armenian titles. But Khoren didn’t see his boxing future in Armenia
and therefore he immigrated to Germany at the age of 16 in order to
fulfil his dream there. When he arrived in Germany he lived in a
children’s home in a town named Gunzenhausen in Bavaria for three
years. As there was no boxing club nearby he had to travel 2½ hrs
every day to Nuremberg and train there. The survivalist Gevor had
more obstacles to take than expected to remain in Germany and continue
his boxing dream in the following years.

After a very successful amateur career with 72 wins in 75 fights
and six national Armenian titles he turned pro in 2000. Khoren Gevor
signed a contract with Universum Box-Promotion and worked together with
Torsten Schmitz for 13 fights. Afterwards he was trained by Michael
Timm and Magomed Schaburow before his final switch to Fritz Sdunek. He
is a very ambitious athlete, sometime a bit overly ambitious. His
trainer and father figure Sdunek says "if I don’t kick him out of the
gym he won’t stop his training." Gevor goes as far as keeping daily
records of his weights and his meals. Although they are a great team,
Gevor states about his daily notes, "He is not inside my body and
I’m doing this for myself."

The 28-year-old middleweight is an absolute family man. He and his
wife Nenel are expecting their first child in September but he is
also a stepfather to her sons Abel (14) and Norayr (16). Both are
also boxers – fighting for a club in Hamburg and have already become
Northern Germany champions. Whenever they have some free time they
are studying boxing videos of their idol: "Dad" Khoren.

Gevor doesn’t have a driver’s license, but he loves to build car
models and gets around by riding a bike. He often spends time in
front of his computer. After his boxing career he wants to work as
a 3D graphic designer to devote to his passion of cars although he
can only currently drive them with a controller.

His only two defeats were in 2002, against Lukas Konecny in fights
for the International German Championship at light middleweight. He
lost both fights due to what he says were intentional head butts
by the Czech which caused heavy cuts above the eyes. Since than he
has won the WBO and IBF Intercontinental belts. After a long wait,
he is now ready to face Abraham for the IBF world championship at
middleweight. It will be his 30th fight.

"I have waited for this moment for so long and here I am. I’m
undertaking a tough training preparation to be in the best shape for
this challenge and dethrone the world champion," the highly motivated
Gevor states. "When I know that there is somebody better than me than
I will retire!"

Also Coach Fritz Sdunek is happy for Khoren and is looking forward to
this tough challenge. "Khoren deserves this chance more than anybody
and he worked so hard. He was already so close before this chance
came up. Our preparation was very intense and we know that Abraham
can be beaten."

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