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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Théroux vs. Alfaro Weigh-In At The Montréal Casino
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The welterweight David Théroux, from Sorel,
Québec, will be involved in the main event of the boxing
show presented by the GYM Group Saturday afternoon at the
Montréal Casino Cabaret.
It will be the 62nd boxing show presented by the Group GYM
at the Montréal Casino. Théroux (14-3-0) will face the
veteran Jose Alfaro (31-11-1), from Nicaragua, in a 10
rounds fight.
“Alfaro was world champion in 2007, it was his glorious
moment, but now, it’s my turn to have my glorious time,”
said Théroux Friday afternoon at the weigh in. “ really hope
to dispute a North American championship in the months to
come. A North American champion has strong chances to see
his name in the international ratings.”
Théroux believes he gonna win this fight by KO. “I am sure
that Alfaro will try to surprise me with power shots, but
trust me, he won’t surprise me,” said Théroux. “I will fight
with intensity and concentration from the beginning to the
end, and I really believe I gonna win this fight by KO or
TKO.”
The scout of the GYM Group, Bernard Barré, is also persuaded
that Théroux will be in the winning shoes.
“Alfaro has been world champion, it’s the reality, but he is
35 years old now,” said Barré. “Théroux, who is only 25
years old, is strong physically and he is punching solidly.
My prediction? Théroux gonna win this bout by KO or TKO
before the end of the seventh round.”
At the weigh in supervised by the Québec Athletic Commission
(Régie provinciale des sports de combats), Théroux and
Alfaro posted identical weights of 146.6 pounds.
The Montrealer light heavyweight Terry Osias (5-0-0), the
Montrealer middleweight Jean-Michel Bolivar (5-2-0), the
cruiserweight Yan Pellerin (4-1-0), from Granby, Québec, the
light heavyweight Dieudonné Wilfried Ntsengue (2-0-0), a
fighter from Cameroon who is living in Montréal since a
year, the cruiserweight Alexandre Beaule, a boxer from
Granby who will make his pro debut, the middleweight Danyk
Croteau (4-2-0), from Gatineau, Québec, and finally, the
light heavyweight Simon-Pierre Adde (3-0-0), from Los
Angeles, will be involved in the preliminaries bouts of the
evening.
Osias will fight the Mexican Francisco Rios (13-7-3),
Bolivar will face the Mexican Jesus Manuel Beltran (5-3-0),
Pellerin will challenge Justin Schmit (2-3-0), from
Strathmore, Alberta, Ntsengue will be opposed to the Mexican
Marco Antonio Morales (1-0-0), Beaule will fight the Mexican
Alexander Rosales Cruz (0-2-0), Croteau will face the
Mexican Carlos Zavala (3-0-0) and finally, Adde will
challenge the Mexican Fernando Galvan (4-2-0).
At the weigh in, Osias posted an official weight of 173.8
pounds, Rios 174.8, Bolivar 164.6, Beltran 163, Pellerin
188.8, Schmit 189.2, Ntsengue 172.4, Morales 171.4, Beaule
188.4, Cruz 186.4, Croteau 165.2, Zavala 164.2, Adde 177 and
Galvan 177.4 pounds.
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