FF's Mehmet Pierre 'Memzero' Storsberg (left) with Yuriorkis Gamboa

WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa 18-0 (15) succesfully defended his title on Saturday in Hamburg, Germany with a tenth round stoppage of Jonathan Victor Barros in a tough, exciting bout. After the fight FightFranchise’s Mehmet Pierre Storsberg caught up with Gamboa to ask him a few questions.

1.) Congratulations on your victory tonight. Please a little statement on this.
“I think I fought a good fight against a strong opponent. I am happy with my win. It was a great feeling to fight in Hamburg again where so many people still remember me.”

2.) After a short pause of only 2 monthssince  your last fight against Mtagwa, now comes the well-deserved holiday. How long will it be?
“I heard that my next fight is set for July but I leave that part to my promoter Ahmet Öner. I could fight every other week if I was asked to.”

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FF's Mehmet Pierre 'Memzero' Storsberg (left) with Mahir Oral

Following on from his chat with middleweight contender Mahir Oral 28-2-2 (11), FightFranchise’s Mehmet Pierre ‘Memzero’ Storsberg caught up with Mahir after his impressive tenth round WBA International title victory over Colombian Juan Camilo Novo last Saturday on the big Arena card in Hamburg, Germany to hear his reaction on the win and his options and goals in the future.

Fight three, victory three after the Abraham loss. They say all good things come in threes. Congratulations, great fight and now you are the WBA International champ. What’s next for Mahir Oral?
Mahir: Well the title and victory today was very important for me, to take a good place in the WBA rankings. Maybe I’m now in the top 10 or top 5, and we all know that Felix Sturm is the WBA champ.

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