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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Kevin Bizier: "I Needed To
Stop,
Because I Could Lose My Left Eye"
By Daniel Cloutier
QUÉBEC CITY, Canada - The welterweight Kevin Bizier, from
Québec City, confirmed Monday in a press conference held at
the hotel Château Bonne Entente, that his boxing career is
over. Last fall in Miami, Bizier (25-3-0) won the most
significant bout of his career, when he beat the South
African Fredick Lawson (24-1-0) by TKO in the 10th round in
an IBF 147 pounds elimination fight.
However, last March at the Sheffield Arena in England,
Bizier lost by TKO in the second round against the IBF
welterweight champion of the world, the British Kell Brook
(36-0-0). “The loss against Brook is not the major factor
which is justifying my decision to ended my boxing career,
said Bizier, who is 31 years old. The major factor is this
one: my optimetris told me a coupe of weeks ago that I could
lose my left eye if I would stay active in boxing. I don’t
want to loose an eye. It’s too precious. I will get a
surgery next week to this left eye, and after, I am planning
to become a boxing trainer. I want so much to thank my
trainer Marc Ramsay and my promoter Yvon Michel, who helped
me a lot in the last four years. They really believed in me.
I was dreaming to become a boxer when I was a kid, and few
months ago, I was dreaming to become world champion. I
became a boxer, but not a world champion. I have no other
choice to accept the situation.”
The man who recruited Bizier for the GYM Group, is Bernard
Barré, the scout of the organization. “I never regretted my
decision to sign Bizier, said Barré. In the amateurs, he won
seven Canadian championships and several international
tournaments. In pro, he got two very close fights with Jo Jo
Dan (a Montrealer Romanian) and he won an IBF elimination
bout. He lost against Brook, but don't forget that nobody
beat Brook so far. He is an exceptional world champion.
Kevin can be proud of what he achieved in boxing. He was
never afraid to face most dangerous fighters of his
division. He did not become world champion, but he got a
very interesting amateur and pro boxing career.”
Yvon Michel said: “I agree with Bernard, Kevin can be proud
of what he achieved in boxing. He did extremely well in the
amateurs like in pro boxing. Recently, one of the greatest
fighter of all time, Sugar Ray Leonard, told me he has been
really impressed by the Bizier’s performance in Miami, when
Kevin became the first boxer to inflict a defeat to Fredrick
Lawson. Bernard Barré took the perfect decision when he
signed Bizier with our organization. And I am sure Kevin has
the personality to become an excellent boxing trainer.”
Bizier, who a solid puncher and a very aggressive fighter,
scored 17 KO or TKO in his 28 pro bouts.
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