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Cloutier’s Canada Corner
Dicaire & Zewski Determined
To Win These Significant Bouts
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL - The Montrealer Marie-Eve Dicaire and Michael
Zewski, from Trois-Rivières, Québec, will have significant
bouts Friday evening at the Montréal Cabaret Casino. Dicaire
(15-0-0) will proceed to the second defense of her IBF
female super welterweight (154 pounds) championship of the
world, against the Swedish Maria Lindberg (17-4-2), and
Zewski (32-1-0), the WBC International welterweight
champion, will face Abner Lopez (27-9-1), from Phoenix,
Arizona, in a NABO and IBF North American championships.
“I saw Lindberg in action, then, I know exactly what to
expect from her,” said Dicaire Thursday afternoon at the
weigh in held at the Montréal Casino. “Lindberg has a big
experience, she is a good puncher, but she does not have my
mobility in the ring. Lindberg loves to attack, but I am
positive I will dominate the fight with my counter-attacks.
And with my mobility in the ring, I am positive I will
confuse her in most of the rounds. I am more than confident
to keep my world title in few hours.”
Lindberg, who scored nine KO or TKO in pro boxing replied:
“I am sure it will be a great fight. Dicaire has a lot of
skills, but my power and my experience will certainly make
the difference in the result of this world championship
bout. No doubt in my mind, I will leave Montréal with the
IBF female crown in my luggage.”
On his side, Zewski is determinate to reach back the Top 10
of the international boxing ratings. “After my win over
Lopez, my name will certainly appear in the Top 10 of the
international boxing ratings,” said Zewski. “As you know, I
was ranked few years ago before my only defeat in pro boxing
(against the Russian Konstantin Ponomarev in 2015), and I am
impatient to see again my name in the Top 10. I am actually
ranked 14th by the WBC, then, I am close to my objective. I
will take care of Lopez, and after, I will challenge two of
the best welterweights in the world, Shawn Porter and Danny
Garcia.”
Zewski has the conviction that he will score a spectacular
win Friday evening. “I really want to win this fight by KO
or TKO, and I believe I will do it in the sixth or seventh
round, said Zewski. But the main thing is not to score a KO
or a TKO, it’s to obtain a win which help me to take back my
place in the Top 10 of the international boxing ratings.”
Lopez looked very calm at this weigh in. “I am perfectly
prepared for this challenge, and I am more than optimistic
to be in the winnings corner,” said Lopez. “Zewski is a good
fighter, he proved it several times, but I know I have the
technique and the power to win this important bout. I am
very excited to get this opportunity to be ranked in the Top
10 of the international boxing ratings.”
This boxing show is presented by the GYM Group, with Yvon
Michel as promoter.
At the weigh in supervised by the Québec Athletic Commission
(Régie provinciale des sports de combat), Dicaire posted an
official weight of 152.8 pounds, versus 150.2 for Lindberg,
and Zewski posted an official weight of 147 pounds, versus
146.4 for Lopez.
“The two main fights of the evening are promised a lot of
action,” said Bernard Barré, the scout of the GYM Group,
“Dicaire is efficient technically, and her rival never lost
a fight by KO or TKO. And I am extremely impatient to see
the fight between Zewski and Lopez. Zewski has a great
potential, he is good technically and he is a solid puncher,
and his opponent proved many times he can give a lot of
trouble to fighters ranked in the world.”
The super welterweight Francis Lafrenière (18-7-2), from
Cöteau-du-Lac (Montréal West Island), the Montrealer light
heavyweight Wilfred Seyi (5-0-0), the cruiserweight Yan
Pellerin (7-1-0), from Granby, Québec, and the female
welterweight Marie-Pier Houle (1-0-0), from Trois-Rivières,
will be involved in the preliminaries bouts of the evening.
Lafrenière will fight the Mexican Jose Luis Zuniga (16-4-1,
Seyi will meet the Mexican Brian Galvez (4-0-1), Pellerin
will challenge the Mexican Michel Meija Borja (1-1-0) and
finally, Houle will be opposed to Veronica Diaz Marin
(0-2-0), also from Mexico.
At the weigh in, Lafrenière posted an official weight of
162.2 pounds, Zuniga 163.8, Seyi 171.6, Galvez 170.6,
Pellerin 188.8, Borja 188.4, Houle 145.4 and finally, Marin
146.4 pounds.
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