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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Significant Fight Between Alvarez & Seals
By Daniel Cloutier
VERONA, New York - Ranked number nine by the WBC and seventh
by the WBO in the light heavyweight division, the Montrealer
Colombian Eleider Alvarez will have a very significant fight
Saturday evening in the ring of the Turning Stone Casino in
Verona, New York. Alvarez (24-1-0) will face the American
Michael Seals (24-2-0), from Georgia State, in a WBC light
heavyweight (175 pounds) Continental Americas championship.
“It will be a very intense fight,” said Alvarez this morning
at the Turning Stone Hotel. “I saw Seals in action, and I
know he is good fighter and he is a dangerous puncher. But I
know I have the weapons necessaries to beat him. I am a good
puncher myself, and I know I am better technically than him.
I will be prepared for a 12 rounds bout, but I will try
everything possible to win before the 12th round. I will try
to hurt him in each round. It’s a very important fight for
my future in boxing. I want to get an other opportunity to
fight a world title in 2020, then, it’s crucial to win this
bout.”
When we asked him if Seals has a good chin, Alvarez said: “I
really don’t know if he has a good chin, but trust me, I
will test several times his chin in this fight.”
Alvarez’s trainer, the Montrealer Marc Ramsay, is clearly
optimistic for his fighter. “Eleider got a very good
preparation, he trained very seriously, and I am expecting
from him a great performance Saturday evening, said Ramsay.
No matter if the fight goes the limit or finish by a KO or
TKO. I am positive that Eleider will be in the winning’s
corner. Eleider has great ambitions for 2020, then, he knows
he got to win this bout.”
Ramsay saw Seals in action in watching videos. “Seals is
like Allan Green (33-6-0),” said Ramsay, “He is a good
fighter and he is a powerful puncher. But Eleider knows
exactly what to achieve to win this fight. I am sure that my
fighter will fight with intensity from the beginning to the
end.”
Ramsay also believes that his fighter will dispute a world
championship bout in 2020. “Eileider is ready to face Sergey
Kovalev (34-4-1) for a third time, and he is ready to face
another Russian who is detaining a world title, Dimitry
Bivol. Elider has certainly the talent, the determination
and the motivation to win against the best light
heavyweights in the world.”
In his first fight with Kovalev in August 2018 in Atlantic
City, Alvarez won by KO in the seventh round. However, in
the rematch disputed in February 2019 in Frisco, Texas,
Kovalev won by unanimous decision in 12 rounds. It why that
Ramsay thinks that a third fight Alvarez-Kovalev is logical
in the circumstances.
Yvon Michel, the promoter of the GYM Group, the man who
signed Alvarez in 2009, believes that his fighter will
impress the crowd Saturday evening. “Eleider got a perfect
preparation and I am expecting that he will impress the
crowd Saturday evening,” said Yvon Michel. “It’s a crucial
fight for him and I really believe he is gonna win it.”
Bernard Barré, the GYM Group scout, said: “Eleider has a
very good technique and I think he will dominate clearly
this fight. My prediction? Alvarez going to win by KO or TKO
in the last three rounds, Eleider really wants to get
another shot for a world title, then, he knows that a win
over Seals is a must.”
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