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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Yvon Michel: "We Will Be Very
Active Before The End Of The Year"
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The promoter of the GYM Group, the Montrealer
Yvon Michel, confirmed that his organization will be very
active before the end of the year. “We will organize five
boxing shows at the Montréal Casino before the end of the
year, and we are working to organize a WBO light heavyweight
elimination bout between our fighter Elder Alvarez, and the
Mexican Gilberto Ramirez,” said Yvon Michel Wednesday
afternoon in a press conference held at the Montréal Casino.
“The WBO will hold a purse bid for this crucial fight in
March. And we are working with Top Rank Inc. to organize an
important boxing show March 28th at the Videotron Centre in
Québec City. On that show, the Montrealer Russian Artur
Beterbiev will defend his two world championships (WBC and
IBF) against the Chinese Fanlon Meng. No doubt in my mind,
this year will be great one for our organization.” Beterbiev
has a pro record of 15-0-0, Meng 16-0-0.
The five boxing shows presented at the Montréal Casino will
be March 21st, May 2nd, June 6th, October 24th and December
12th. “March 21st, it will be our 67th boxing show at the
Montréal Casino,” said Bernard Barré, the scout of the GYM
Group. “I hope that this event will be a memorable one."
In the main event, March 21st, the Montrealer female Kim
Clavel (11-0-0), who is NABF flyweight North American
champion, will face a former world champion, the Mexican
Esmeralda Moreno (35-12-2).
“Clavel has a great talent, she is excellent technically,
she is intense, but it will be a big challenge for her March
21st,” said Yvon Michel, “Moreno has a solid experience, she
will fight in Montréal her 50th pro bout, and she won world
championships bouts in 2012, 2013 and 2017.”
The Montrealer light heavyweight (175 pounds) Terry Osias
(9-0-0), the Montrealer female welterweight (147 pounds)
Marie-Pier Houle (2-0-1), the Montrealer super lightweight
(140 pounds) Mazlum Akdenis (11-0-0), the lightweight
heavyweight Kare Heron (16-0-1), from Etobicoke, Ontario,
the light heavyweight Simon Pierre Adde (7-1-0), from Los
Angeles, the Montrealer super lightweight Abed-Almothy El-Safadi
(3-0-0) and the Montrealer middleweight Dizon Belfon (2-0-0)
will be involved in the preliminaries bouts.
Osias will fight the Bolivian champion Javier Saucedo
(7-3-1), Houle will face the Mexican Claudia Paola Rangel
(2-2-0), Akedenis will challenge Lavisas Williams (9-1-1),
from Rochester, New York, Heron will be opposed to the
Mexican Alejandre Chavez Meneses (12-4-0), Adde will fight
the Italian Stiven Leonetti (5-0-0), El-Safadi will face the
Polish Jakub Laswoski (1-0-1), and the opening bout of this
boxing show, Belfon will challenge the Greek Alexandros
Kirsanidis (1-0-0).
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