MONTREAL (פבואר 8, 2017) – Groupe האיבון מישל (GYM) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24ה BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, כ לוסיאן ביוט challenges World Boxing Council (WBC) אלוף כסף קל משקל כבד אליידר “סערה” אלוורז באירוע המרכזי של 12 העגול, will air live worldwide on pay per view from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, קנדה.
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 אדוניס “סוּפֶּרמֶן” סטיבנסון (28-1-0, 23 קוס).
מדיה ספורטיבית משולבת תפיץ “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” לחיות בארצות הברית, החל משעה 8 p.m. ו / 5 p.m. PT, על כבל, לוויין ואינטרנט בתשלום לפי צפייה באמצעות iN Demand, חדות, 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,” נשיא GYM האיבון מישל אמר. “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 קוס), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (קנדה), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (אוקטובר. 19, 2007-מאי 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 קוס) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, סאקי מזל שור, Alejandro Berrio, ויליאם Joppy, Brian Magee ו גלן ג'ונסון.
ה- WBC לא. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37ה birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: ז'אן פסקל, קרל Froch ו ג'יימס דה גאל.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 קוס), נלחם מתוך מונטריאול, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Pan-American Games, in addition to being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing, סין. “סערה” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (שכנים) and North American Boxing Association (כמו כן) light heavyweight champion. ב 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, נגד איסידרו פרייטו Ranoni (24-0-3) and former world title challenger יצחק מארק.
Now ranked No. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 על ידי הטבעת מגזין, אלוורז’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) במונטריאול.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
מידע:
טוויטר: yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
עקוב אחר לוחמים אלה בטוויטר: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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