MONTRÉAL (Février 8, 2017) – Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24e BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, comme Lucian Bute challenges World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion des poids lourds légers d'argent Eleider “Tempête” Alvarez dans le cas de 12 tour principal, will air live worldwide on pay per view from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
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, WBC en titre et champion des poids lourds légers linéaires Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (28-1-0, 23 KOs).
Intégré Sports Media distribuera “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” vivre aux États-Unis, à partir de 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, sur le câble, pay-per-view par satellite et Internet via la demande, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH et l'application FITE pour un prix de détail suggéré de seulement $29.95.
Au Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” sera disponible pour regarder, en anglais ou en français, sur Indigo Channel, Shaw TV et Bell TV; En anglais uniquement sur Rodgers PPV, ainsi que dans plusieurs des meilleurs bars sportifs canadiens. “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,” président de GYM Yvon Michel dit. “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 KOs), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (Canada), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (Octobre. 19, 2007-Mai 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 KOs) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, Saki Taurus, Alejandro Berrio, William Joppy, Brian Magee et Glen Johnson.
Le WBC Non. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37e birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: Jean Pascal, Carl Froch et James DeGale.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs), combattant de Montréal, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Jeux panaméricains, en plus d'être un 2008 Olympian in Beijing, Chine. “Tempête” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (VOISINS) and North American Boxing Association (Aussi) champion poids léger léger. En 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, contre Isidro Prieto Ranoni (24-0-3) et ancien challenger pour le titre mondial Isaac Mark.
Maintenant classé Non. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 par The Ring magazine, Alvarez’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) à Montréal.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
INFORMATIONS:
Gazouillement: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
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