May 19, 2010 - 15:16 AMT
Gevor vs. Zbik fight set to take place July 17

Germany-based middleweight Armenian boxer Khoren Gevor (31-4-0, 16KOs) will remain under anexclusivecontract withUniversum's boxing stable.

Universum-Promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl said: "After Khoren had indicated that he would like tostay with us further, wedid not hesitate. Hehad somegreat battles and more great fights that have the potential to become classics are possible with him. We look forward toJuly 17 for a fight betweenZbik and Gevor to which both boxers immediately agreed."

Gevorgoes for aworld title fight under the Universum banner for the third time. In 2007 he was defeated by former world champion Arthur Abrahamin a great fight. In 2009 he lost to Felix Sturm. After his clear victory in January 2010 against the Brazilian Jeferson Luiz Goncalo, he now has his big chance tobe world champion at middleweight. The fight is for July 17, 2010at the Sports and Convention Hall in Schwerin, Germany. Sebastian Zbik (29-0-0, 10KOs) has had the WBC interim-middleweight title since 2009. This tense duel will be broadcast live on ZDF, boxingscene.com reported.