МОНТРЕАЛ (Фебруар 8, 2017) – Група Ивон Мишел (ТЕРЕТАНА) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24тх BUTE VS. ALVAREZ mega-showdown, као Лучијан Буте challenges World Boxing Council (ВБЦ) Silver light heavyweight champion Елеидер “Олуја” Алварез 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 (ИБФ) 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 Адонис “Натчовек” Стивенсон (28-1-0, 23 КОс).
Integrated Sports Media will distribute “BUTE VS. ALVAREZ” live in the United States, са почетком у 8 п.м. И / 5 п.м. ПТ, on cable, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Вубикуити, ДИРЕЦТВ, 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,” ТЕРЕТАНА председник Ивон Мишел рекао. “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 КОс), who is a Canadian citizen living in Laval (Канада), held the IBF 168-pound division title for nearly five years (Нов. 19, 2007-Мај 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 КОс) record in world title fights and he has defeated six world champions: Dingaan Thobela, Саки Бик, Alejandro Berrio, Вилијам Јоппи, Brian Magee и Глен Џонсон.
The WBC No. 7-ranked Bute will celebrate his 37тх birthday four days after his fight with Alvarez. All three of his pro career losses have been to world champions: Јеан Пасцал, Царл Фроцх и Џејмс ДеГале.
 The 32-year-old Alvarez (21-0, 10 КОс), бори се за Монтреал, is a native of Colombia, where he was a decorated amateur, capturing a gold medalist at the prestigious 2007 Панамеричке игре, in addition to being a 2008 Olympian in Beijing, Кина. “Олуја” moved to Montreal and turned pro in 2009. He went on to become North American Boxing Organization (NABO) and North American Boxing Association (Такође) шампион у полутешкој категорији. 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, против Исидро Прието Ранони (24-0-3) and former world title challenger Исак Марка.
Now ranked No. 1 by the WBC and No. 4 по Прстен magazine, Алварез’ most recent fight was last month, in which he won a 10-round unanimous decision over Norbert Dabrowski (19-5-1) у Монтреалу.
Additional PPV fights will soon be announced by GYM.
ИНФОРМАЦИЈЕ:
Твиттер: ивонмицхелгим, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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