Манрэаль (Лютага 8, 2017) – Groupe Івона Мішэль (Спартзалу) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24й BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, як Лучиан Буте challenges World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Бура” Альварэс in the 12-round main event, will air live worldwide on pay per view from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Канада.
In addition to Alvarez defending his WBC Silver title against former International Federation Boxing (IBF) super middleweight champion Bute, their fight 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).
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. “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” will also air around the world on an international satellite feed.
“We are very happy to provide the opportunity for the fans in the United States and around the world to watch this great fight live from the beautiful Videotron Center in Quebec City,” Прэзідэнт GYM Івона Мішэль сказаў. “This is an extremely significant fight in the highly talented light heavyweight division. The bout will also determine the next opponent for WBC champion Adonis Stevenson in a clash that will be one of the most important and the biggest fights in Canadian boxing history.”
 Romania-born Bute (32-3-1, 25 КО), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (Канада), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (Кастрычнік. 19, 2007-Мая 26, 2012), when the wildly popular southpaw ranked among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Bute has a sterling 10-2-1 (8 КО) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, Сакі Цялец, Alejandro Berrio, Уільям Джоппи, Brian Magee і Глен Джонсан.
The WBC No. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37й birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: Жан Паскаль, Карл Фроч і Джэймс DeGale.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 КО), змагаюцца з Манрэалі, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Панамерыканскія гульні, in addition to being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing, Кітай. “Бура” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (NABO) and North American Boxing Association (Таксама) light heavyweight champion. У 2014, he stopped previously undefeated Ryno Liebenberg (16-0) in the seventh round of their fight in Monte Carlo to capture the WBC Silver 175-pound division championship, which he has successfully defended twice, both by 12-round decision, супраць Исидро Прието Ranoni (24-0-3) and former world title challenger Ісаак Марк.
Now ranked No. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 па Кальцо magazine, Альварэс’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) ў Манрэалі.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
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Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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