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“SHOOTOUT“IN QUEBEC
STEVENSON vs. WILLIAMS
WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
Lub Xya hli ntuj 29 airing live on Spike TV from Videotron Centre
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MONTRÉAL (Lub Xya hli ntuj 19, 2016) – Former lineal Word Light Heavyweight champion“Bad” Chad Dawson (34-4, 19 KOs) will not face Eleider “Storm” Alvarez (19-0, 10 KOs) in the co-main event on “SHOOTOUT,” headlined by the light heavyweight world title bout between defending champion Adonis “Superman“ Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) thiab Thomas ❏ Jr ❏ Hmong/Williams. (20-1, 14 KOs), Lub Xya hli ntuj 29 thaum lub Centre Videotronnyob rau hauv Quebec City. The 34-year-old Dawson, fighting out of New Haven, Connecticut, injured his shoulder during training camp.
“While we were waiting for Chad Dawson to join the planned conference call today (Hnub), we learned from his manager that he injured his shoulder in training, and that he has withdraw from his July 29th fight against Eleider Alvarez,” Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) president Yvon Michel Hais.
Alvarez, the reigning WBC Silver light heavyweight champion and World Boxing Council (WBC) Tsis yog. 1-ranked light heavyweight, will still fight on the July 29th daim ntawv. “We are already looking for a replacement opponent so Eleider retains his spot on Spike TV,” Michel added. Tickets for the SHOOTOUT event are in sale at www.ticketmaster.ca, thaum lub Centre Vidéotron box office, or by calling at GYM’s office (514) 383-0666, Champion boxing club (514) 376-0980 or at 1-855-790-1245, starting at $50.
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