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Erik Bazinyan & Steven Butler Plan To Send Message On
Mar. 3 At The Casino De Montreal
On March 3, Eye of the Tiger continues its 10th anniversary
series at the Casino de Montréal with the long-awaited
return of Erik Bazinyan (26-0-0, 20 KOs), contender for the
world title. “BZO” will confront Reinaldo Paniagua (17-1-0,
16 KOs) in the main event in a championship fight with the
NABF super middleweight titles at stake. Steven “Bang Bang
Butler” (28-3-1, 24 KOs) will re-launch his career back home
in Quebec against Hector Manuel Zepeda (20-3-0, 6 KOs). Also
featured on this card will be Quebec prospect Christopher
Guerrero, Hamza Khabbaz, Martine Vallières-Bisson and Jean-Gardy
François.
Bazinyan, Marc Ramsay’s protegé, is ranked 7th in the world
by the WBA, 8th by the WBO, and 16th by the WBC. Paniagua
was hand-picked by Marc Ramsay’s team to challenge Bazinyan
in a fight that will give him the tools for the challenges
to come in 2022. A decisive win against Paniagua would allow
him to move up in the world classifications. An aggressive
hard-hitter, Paniagua will force Bazinyan to focus
throughout the fight and never let his guard down.
“Paniagua has an impressive collection of KOs and he’ll be a
great challenge for Erik, but we’ll really be watching how
Erik reacts to a heavy-hitter who also is trying to move up
in the world classifications. This duel will prove to be a
great start to a year filled with challenges for Bazinyan”,
explains Antonin Décarie, EOTTM general manager.
Following his heartbreaking loss by KO in January to Jose de
Jesus Macias, Steven Butler hopes to give a flawless
performance to kickstart his career and start ascending the
world classifications. “Bang Bang” will face Hector Manuel
Zepeda, a boxer who has confronted worthy contenders such as
ex-world champion Carlos Molina, and Sebastian Fundora.
Zepeda will come to the Casino de Montréal with the firm
intention of causing a third consecutive defeat to the
Quebecer. “Bang Bang” knows that he is working with a very
slim margin of error and he has every intention of emerging
victorious from this fight. “I want to get back to the top
and in order to do that, I know that I have to knock out
fighters like Zepeda. My team and I worked really hard in
training camp so that I can win on February 19”, explained
Steven Butler.
The start the show, Christopher Guerrero (2-0-0) will take
on Joaquin Aguilar Talavera (6-3-0, 3 KOs) in a 4-round bout
in the super-middleweight division. In addition, Martine
Vallières-Bisson (4-0-0, 1 KO) will try to remain undefeated
against Yolanda Vega (5-0-0) in their 6-round
super-featherweight fight, and Jean-Gardy François (1-0-0, 1
KO) will face the more seasoned Francisco Javier Rodriguez
Juarez (7-1-0, 5 KO) in a 4-round super-featherweight bout.
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