Things heated up at today's press conference for the WBC cruiserweight eliminator between #1 rated Matt Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs) and #2 Rudolf Kraj (13-0, 10 KOs), who meet Saturday night on the big Universum Champions Night card at the KönigPALAST in Krefeld, Germany. Godfrey took some exception to the German translation of his nickname "Too Smooth" to "Zu Weich," which could also be understood as "Too Soft." Godfrey stated "I'm glad to have the big opportunity here in Germany to take the next step to the world championship. I'm called "Too Smooth," by the way, not something like "Too Soft." Like my fight name says, I box very smoothly and elegantly. In the analysis with my trainers, we've seen big weaknesses with Rudolf Kraj, which naturally we won't reveal, but will take advantage of."
