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Leila Beaudoin To Defend Against
Brisa Alfonzo Oct. 8 In Quebec City
Leïla Beaudoin’s opponent is now known! The Quebecer will
make the very first defense of her WBA interim
super-featherweight world title against the top-2
super-featherweight contender, Brisa Alfonzo, on the card
presented by Eye of the Tiger on October 8 at the Théâtre
Capitole de Québec.
“I’m happy we didn’t have to go down the rankings to find an
opponent. Brisa Alfonzo is ranked No. 2 in the world and
hasn’t lost since turning professional, so the message will
be clear when I deliver a flawless performance on October
8,” commented Témiscouata’s pride, Leïla Beaudoin.
“Alfonzo has a very offensive style. She is a boxer who
likes to move forward, apply pressure and dictate the pace.
We therefore expect a very intense fight – and an
entertaining one for the fans – in which Leïla will have to
be very disciplined to prove superior against an opponent of
this caliber,” added the champion’s head coach, Samuel
Décarie-Drolet.
Leïla Beaudoin (15-2, 2 KO) will look to continue her
dominant run in Québec! In June, at the Capitole, she
captured the vacant WBA interim 130-pound world title
against Colombia’s Paulina Angel. For the Bas-Saint-Laurent
athlete, it marked her second consecutive unanimous decision
victory, in a fight in which she won every round. In April,
at the Casino de Montréal, she had similarly dominated
former Argentine world champion Victora Bustos throughout
all 10 rounds. That performance allowed Beaudoin to get back
on the winning track after she courageously battled unified
champion Alycia Baumgardner for 12 rounds – in front of
nearly 15 million viewers on Netflix last December.
Brisa Alfonzo (9-1-2, 1 KO) will also look to continue her
impressive run. The 26-year-old Argentine is currently
riding an 11-fight unbeaten streak after suffering her only
professional loss in her pro debut in June 2023. During that
stretch, she notably defeated fellow Argentine Laura
Carabajal to capture the Argentine Championship in August
2025. In March 2026, she then captured the WBA Latin
American Championship, handing Bolivia’s Melissa Bascope her
first loss in eight fights. Now, in her first appearance in
North America, she is challenging Beaudoin for the world
title, with the goal of bringing it back to Argentina on
October 8.
The WBA interim world championship #BeaudoinAlfonzo will be
the third main event of a record-setting event featuring a
total of nine titles on the line at the Théâtre Capitole.
Headlining the card, unified super-middleweight world
champion Osleys Iglesias (15-0) will defend his IBF and IBO
titles against top-5 world contender Oliver Zaren (19-0-1).
In the co-main event, Québec City’s pride, Wilkens Mathieu
(16-0), will put his NABF title on the line against
dangerous Russian boxer Vladimir Shishkin (17-2).
Also in action, Olympic medalist Imam Khataev (12-1) will
defend his NABF light heavyweight title against Irish
contender Padraig McCrory (20-2). In a highly anticipated
local matchup and the first 100% EOTTM showdown in more than
five years, no fewer than three continental titles – WBC,
IBF and NABF – will be on the line as Dzmitry Asanau (13-0)
takes on Luis Santana (16-0). The warrior from Thetford
Mines, Thomas Chabot (13-1), will make the first defense of
his WBC featherweight continental title against Spanish
veteran Jose Antonio Sanchez (18-3-1). Earlier in the
evening, EOTTM prospect Erik Israyelyan (6-0) will face
Ontario’s Jesse Sallows (6-1), while Trois-Rivières native
Daylen Pepin (2-1) returns to the ring against Chilean
Matias Pinilla (1-2).
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