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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Alvarez Established 5-1 Favorite Against Michael Seals
By Daniel Cloutier
VERONA, New York - If the Las Vegas bookies are right, the
Montrealer Colombian Eleider Alvarez will beat the American
Michael Seals in this vacant WBC Light heavyweight (175
pounds) Continental Americas championship, Saturday evening
at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. Alvarez is
established favorite by 5-1 to win this fight.
Seals was laughing in hearing the Las Vegas bookies odds.
“Alvarez got his chance in world championships bouts in 2018
and 2019 (both against the Russian Sergey Kovalev), but it’s
my turn now,” said Seals at the weigh in. “I am gonna win
this bout and get my chance to become world champion.
Alvarez is an excellent fighter, but I know what to achieve
to beat him. I know I am a powerful puncher, but I have my
technique and my strategy also. I got a great preparation
for this bout and I am ready to deliver a great
performance.”
Alvarez also has the conviction he will be in the winning
side. “I have the experience, the technique and the power to
win this bout,” said Alvarez. “I saw Seals in action on
videos, then, I know exactly what to do to dominate the
rounds and win the fight, no matter if it’s by KO, TKO or
judge’s decision. The key for me, it’s to win it, because I
want absolutely to dispute another world championship in
2020. And I know that a win over Seals will certainly help
me to get another opportunity to dispute a world
championship bout in 2020.”
Marc Ramsay, Elder Alvarez’s trainer, said: “I am more than
satisfy by the preparation of my fighter. I know that he is
considering this bout crucial for his future in boxing. and
he is right, I really believe he’s gonna win by KO or TKO in
the last three rounds, and he will be in position to get
other participation to a world championship bout. Eleiider
has a very special talent. He is not only a good puncher, he
is excellent technically and he has a solid chin. I am
positive he will dominate more rounds then his opponent, and
he will finish the bout on a spectacular way.”
Alvarez won 12 times by KO or TKO, Seals 18 times, including
his last three fights.
At the weigh in, Alvarez posted an official weight of 174
pounds, versus 173.6 for Seals, a fighter from Fairborn,
Georgia State.
“Marc Ramsay is right, Eleider Alvarez has a very special
talent,” said the promoter of the GYM Group, Yvon Michel. “I
really believe he is gonna win this important fight and he
will be back in position to get another shot for a world
championship fight.”
For the main event, the referee will be Danny Schiavone,
from Hartford, Connecticut, and the judges will be Dion
Ackerman, from Oneida, New York, Glenn Feldman, from Avon,
Connecticut, and John McKale, from New York City.
The lightweight (135 pounds) Felix Verdejo (25-1-0), from
Porto Rico, the super bantamweight (122 pounds) Jonathan
Guzman, from Dominican Republic, the featherweight (126
pounds) Christopher Diaz (24-2-0). from Porto Rico, the
super featherweight (130 pounds) Abraham Nova (17-0-0), from
Albany, New York, the heavyweight Devin Vargas (21-6-0),
from Sylvania, Ohio, and the heavyweight Jared Anderson
(2-0-0), from Toledo, Ohio, will be involved in the
preliminaries bouts of the evening.
The fight Verdejo-Rojas is scheduled for 10 rounds. All the
other preliminaries bouts are scheduled for eight round,
except the opening fight of the evening, the bout
Anderson-Satterfield, scheduled for four rounds.
Verdejo will fight Manuel Rey Rojas (18-3-0), from Dallas,
Texas, Guzman will face the Mexican Rodolfo
Hernandez-Montoya (30-8-1), Diaz will be opposed to the
Brazilian Adelson Dos Santos (19-7-0), Nova will challenge
the Mexican Pedro Navarrete (30-24-3), Vargas will fight
Victor Brisbal (23-4-0), from Porto Rico, and Anderson will
face Andrew Satterfield (5-3-0), from Ohio State.
At the weight in, Verdejo posted an official weight of 136.8
pounds, Rojas 135.8, Guzman 122, Hernandez-Montoya 122.3,
Diaz 126.6, Dod Santos 126.4 Nova 132, Navarrete 133, Vargas
223, Brisbal 272, Anderson 215 and finally, Satterfield
239.5 pounds.
This boxing show will be televised in USA by ESPN.
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