The highly anticipated Eye of the Tiger Management gala will take place on Thursday, featuring several of the organization’s top prospects, and everything is in place for this event at the Montreal Casino.
The weigh-in took place on Wednesday and all boxers involved met the limit. This was the occasion for a final face-to-face between the IBO super-middleweight world champion, Osleys Iglesias (12-0-0, 11 KOs), and his challenger Petro Ivanov (18-0 -2, 13 KO).
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The two pugilists are used to stopping before the limit and their duel could be short, but explosive. This will be a fourth fight in Canada for Iglesias, who is originally from Cuba. His Ukrainian opponent, meanwhile, sets foot in North America for a fight for the very first time.
In the semi-final, we will be treated to the return of a crowd favorite, Steven Butler (34-5-1, 28 KOs). For the occasion, “Bang Bang” will climb into the ring with Fernando Farias (12-2-3, 4 KOs).
Butler, 29, lost his most recent fight, on June 24, against fellow Quebecer Patrice Volny.
Fans will also be able to closely observe rising stars Dzmitry Asanau (8-0-0, 3 KOs), Thomas Chabot (11-0-0, 8 KOs), Wilkens Mathieu (11-0 -0, 7 KOs) and Jhon Orobio (11-0-0, 10 KOs).
Remember that Leïla Beaudoin was to face the Argentinian Claudia Andrea Lopez, but the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux (RACJ) refused the fight due to the danger for the Quebecer’s opponent. Beaudoin was to defend his WBO International super featherweight title for the first time.
