MONTREAL (Februari 8, 2017) – Groupe Yvon Michel (SPORTSCHOOL) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24th BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, als Lucian Bute challenges World Boxing Council (WBC) Zilveren licht zwaargewicht kampioen Eleider “Storm” Alvarez in het 12-round main event, 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, regerend WBC en lineair licht zwaargewicht kampioen Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (28-1-0, 23 KO).
Integrated Sports Media zal verspreiden “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” woon in de Verenigde Staten, vanaf 8 p.m. EN / 5 p.m. PT, op de kabel, satelliet en internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Vubiquity, DirecTV, DISH en de FITE app voor een adviesprijs van slechts $29.95.
In Canada, “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” zal beschikbaar zijn om te bekijken, in het Engels of Frans, op Canal Indigo, Shaw TV en Bell TV; Alleen Engels op Rodgers PPV, evenals in veel van de beste Canadese sportbars. “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,” GYM president Yvon Michel zei. “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 KO), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (Canada), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (Oktober. 19, 2007-Mei 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 KO) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, Saki Taurus, Alejandro Berrio, William Joppy, Brian Magee en Glen Johnson.
The WBC No. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37th birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: Jean Pascal, Carl Froch en James DeGale.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 KO), uitvechten van Montreal, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Pan-Amerikaanse Spelen, in addition to being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing, China. “Storm” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (BUURMAN) and North American Boxing Association (Ook) licht zwaargewicht kampioen. In 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, tegen Isidro Prieto Ranoni (24-0-3) and former world title challenger Isaac Mark.
Now ranked No. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 door De Ring magazine, Alvarez’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) in Montreal.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
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