World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the second heaviest of the male Semi-Contact tournaments being the equivalent of super heavyweight when compared to Full-Contact's weight classes.
There were fourteen fighters from three continents (Europe, Africa and North America) taking part in the competition.
As there were too few fighters for a tournament designed for sixteen, two of the men received a bye through to the quarter-finals.
The gold medal was won by Pero Gazilj from Croatia who defeated opponent Michael Decain from Switzerland in the final by points decision.
The two defeated semi finalists, Petr Kotik from Czech Republic and Great Britain's Mark Brown, won bronze medals.