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Live on PPV in North America ў гэтую пятніцу night from Videotron Centre of Quebec City
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(L-Р) – Лучиан Буте & Eleider Альварэс
Манрэаль (Лютага 21, 2017) – The “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” press conference was held today in Quebec City for ў гэтую пятніцу night’s championship fight between undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Бура” Alvarez and былы ў суперсреднем вазе свету Лучиан Буте (32-3-1, 25 КО) at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Канада.
“BUTE VS. ALVAREZ”, promoted by Groupe Yvon Michel (Спартзалу) and Gestev, is a presentation of Videotron and Mise-O-Jeu,
Integrated Sports Media will distribute “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” live in the United States, пачынаючы з 8 p.m. І / 5 p.m. PT, on cable, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and the FITE app for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
In Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will be available to watch, in English or French, on Canal Indigo, Shaw TV and Bell TV; English-only on Rodgers PPV, as well as in many of the top Canadian sports bars.
Outside of North America, “BUTE VS ALVAREZ” is being distributed by leading boxing television rights distribution firm, Protocol Sports Marketing Ltd.
The 12-round Bute vs. Alvarez main event will also be the final WBC eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for the winner’s GYM stablemate, reigning WBC and lineal light heavyweight champion Аданіс “Звышчалавек” Стывенсан (28-1-0, 23 КО).
Квіткі на “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” are on sale and available to purchase by going on line to www.Videotron.
Прэс-канферэнцыя Катыроўкі
Лучиан Буте: ”I am really, really confident going into this fight. I respect Alvarez; he is the WBC No. 1 ranked contender in the light heavyweight division. He is undefeated but my best moments as a professional boxer came here in Quebec City and I am sure it will be another one of those moments Пятніца ноч. And it will be a spectacular fight for the fans!”
Eleider Альварэс: ”I have to win for my future and for my family. I will give everything Пятніца ноч. My time has come and I will make the best of it.”
Івона Мішэль, promoter of show and both fighters: ”It is going to be an exciting fight and card. Eleider Alvarez said that he is ready to die in the ring and he means it. Lucian also is ready to do whatever it takes to win Пятніца. We have two fighters, two true competitors, who will give everything and leave everything in the ring Пятніца.”
Говард Грант, Bute’s trainer: ”Lucian had the best camp of his career. He had more energy in this camp than in the ones for James DeGale and Badou Jack. He had good sparring also and he will be ready Пятніца ноч.”
Marc Ramsay, Alvarez trainer: ”This is the third time in his career that Alvarez has been called out after a sparring session. First it was Andrew Gardiner…and he was stunned by Eleider in the ninth round of the fight. He was never the same after that, got knocked out by an unknown fighter, and retired. Than it was Nicholson Poulard. He was KO’ed in the third round and he retired after that. Lucian asked Eleider for a fight after seeing a sparring between Alvarez and a fighter from the Grant Brothers Gym. He intends to deliver the goods Пятніца. They asked for Alvarez, they will have Alvarez.”
ІНФАРМАЦЫЯ:
Шчэбет: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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A TRUE CHRISTMAS GIFT
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Манрэаль (Верасня 29, 2016) – Ottawa and Outaouais boxing fans in Canada will receive a special Christmas gift when Montreal’s adopted son and the most dangerous world title challenger, Артур Бетербиев (10-0, 10 КО), faces Paraguay slugger and reigning WBC Latino light heavyweight champion Исидро Прието Ranoni (26-1-3, 22 КО) in a real power punching affair, Снежні 23 in Gatineau as part of the GYM Boxing Series, presented by the Casino de Lac Leamy in collaboration with Videotron.
Beterbiev is world ranked by all over the major sanctioning bodies: Міжнародная федэрацыя бокса (IBF) #2, Сусветная баксёрская рада (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) #3, Сусветная баксёрская арганізацыя (WBO) #4, і Кальцо magazine #6.
WBO #10 rated contender Prieto has won his last two fights by knockout, since losing by unanimous decision to Eleider Альварэс in a spectacular 12-round fight, in which he refused to give an inch to the WBC # 1 challenger on August 15, 2015 у Bell Centre ў Манрэалі.
Expect fireworks as the KO ratio for Beterbiev and Prieto is an incredible 80-percent.
“Despite the claims of some promoters and light heavyweight challengers,” Groupe Івона Мішэль (Прэзідэнт GYM Івона Мішэль сказаў, “it’s a fact that Artur Beterbiev is the most dangerous and biggest threat to all of the world light heavyweight champions All contenders for titles change their minds when it comes to getting in the same ring with him,” said the president of GYM, Івона Мішэль.
“Isidro Prieto is a fierce fighter who accepted the challenge, also believing he has the style to repel even the most courageous boxer. He is determined to make a name for himself December 23rd. We certainly admire his determination.”
Артур Бетербиев
Beterbiev is a bright GYM prospect. A true jewel, the Chechen fighter brutalized the international amateur scene.
The ferocious Beterbiev represented Russia in two Olympic Games in Beijing and London. He also won a gold and silver medals at the prestigious World Amateur Championships, as well as gold medals in numerous amateur tournaments including the Wold Cup and European Championships.
У 2010, the International Boxing Association (АИБА) named him its Boxer of the Year, as the best pound-for-pound amateur fighter in the world. He also defeated current WBO light-heavyweight world champion Сяргей Кавалёў у аматарах.
The gladiator from Daghestan left behind family and friends to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional world champion.
“He has all the qualities required to become world champion,” highly regarded strength-and-conditioning coach Andre Kulesza said of Beterbiev when he first signed a promotional contract with GYM. “He is healthy and always positive. He is highest level of athlete who I have ever had the chance to work with in Montreal. He has a superior genetically than anybody I ever work with and that’s really saying something! Artur is naturally strong, agile and flexible. He will go up very quickly and destroy his rivals. Expect lots of KOs,”
Як прафесійны, Beterbiev has destroyed every opponent he’s faced. In only his sixth fight, he crushed former IBF champion Tavoris Cloud in less than two rounds to capture the NABA strap.
У яго Час Для Шоу дэбют, Beterbiev stopped previously undefeated Jeff Page Jr. Другі раўнд. Spaniard southpaw Габрыэль Кампильо was next in line, in an IBF eliminator bout for the IBF #2 world ranking, which was televised in the first Premier Boxing Champions show, live on CBS. Кампильо, a former WBA champion, was dropped and then viciously knocked out in the fourth round.
Beterbiev knocked out American southpaw Аляксандр Джонсан in the seventh round, live on Spike TV, Чэрвеня 12, 2015 ў Чыкага.
After a one-year absence due to a shoulder injury, Beterbiev climbed back in the ring, his first main PBC main event broadcasted on ESPN this past Чэрвеня 4 at the Bell Centre against Argentine Olympian Ezequiel Maderna, who failed to get through the fourth round.
Highly ranked by all the sanctioning bodies despite having only 10 пра баі, Beterbiev has opened eyes all around the boxing world, and the scariest part is that it is only the beginning for him.
“I’m really happy with the turn of events,” Beterbiev remarked. During his time in Montreal Prieto has shown that he is a true warrior and that’s the kind of opponent I want to face. “
“With his WBO #10 ранжыраванне, “Beterbiev’s trainer Marc Ramsay адзначыў, “Prieto is by far the best fighter available to fight Artur. He is very aggressive and his style insures a fight filled with action. “
Исидро “Воін” Прието
Prieto has dreamed of becoming the first Paraguayan world boxing champion.
After winning his first six pro fights and the Paraguay national title, he resettled in Argentina in 2009 to continue his development. In Buenos Aires, Prieto was taken under the wing of the first coach, Рауль Паниагуа, mentor and uncle of former world championСерхіа “Здзіўляцца” Марцінес. “We have always encouraged each other, me and Sergio,” Prieto said in an interview with a South American website. “He started from the bottom and that is why we have so many things in common.”
У цяперашні час займае # 10 па версіі WBO, “Воін” has wiped out South American competition, knocking out most of his rivals, including Brazilian brawler Jackson Junior.
His lone defeat was to WBC Silver champion Alvarez, and since then Prieto has won two bouts, both by knockout. Slick and freakishly strong with heavy hands, Prieto is a serious threat.
“I’ve worked in various places but the Casino du Lac Leamy is one of the places I love the most, ” дабаўленай Éric Bélanger, trainer and organizer of events in the Gatineau and Ottawa region “It’s beautiful and prestigious; intimate but the atmosphere is amazing. Everyone connects and is part of the show. Gatineau also has a fan base that loves boxing. With Artur Beterbiev, it will be a major league boxing card, and I am sure that the region will be happy to be part of it.”
Ticket information will soon be announced
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