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What’s been going on?

2/17/2016

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It’s been a quiet month for the sport of boxing but no worries because things are bound to pick up starting this weekend with local card and then the following weeks promises to deliver more intriguing matchups. Here are some recent developments: 

Sunday Feb. 21 

Eye of the Tiger Management goes back to Gatineau at the Lac Leamy casino for a boxing card showcasing some of the best prospects from their stable of fighters. Among the boxers to keep an eye on are super middleweight Schiller Hyppolite who is headlining the vent, Mathieu Germain, Quebec’s 2015 prospect of the year, brothers Ayaz and Mian Hussain, two former Canadian amateur standouts, Simon Kean, a newly signed heavyweight and former Olympian. In addition, an all-Montreal matchup features Louisbert Altidor facing Roody Rene and former amateur Dany Croteau, Taylor Page and Vanessa Lepage Joannisse will make their pro-debut.

Saturday Feb. 27

The following weekend, get ready for a boxing marathon. First off, from Manchester arena in the UK, England’s Scott Quigg & Carl Frampton meet for a super bantamweight unification match with Quigg and Frampton putting their IBF and WBA world title on the line. 


Later in the day on HBO, Terence Crawford will defend his WBO super lightweight title against Henry Lundy while the undercard features talented prospect, Puerto Rico’s Felix Verdejo.

In a different broadcast on Showtime, Leo Santa Cruz will headline the event, defending his WBA super featherweight title versus Spain’s Kiko Martinez.

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More updates:

Following his impressive win over Bryant Jennings, Cuban heavyweight has a dance partner for his schedule March 5th return. Veteran Tony Thompson will serve as an opponent for Ortiz. 

Andre Ward has a date, finally. His comeback is schedule for March 26 against light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera. If everything works out, Ward his heading for a clash versus Sergey Kovalev later in the year.


Pound 4 Pound reigning king, Roman Gonzalez finalized a deal to face Puerto Rico’s McWilliams Arroyo on the under card of Gennady Golovkin vs Dominic Wade on April 23. An excellent matchup, Arroyo is sturdy challenge for Gonzalez, who is the current WBC flyweight champion.

- René, @amongstfishes

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​Kovalev Remains King

2/3/2016

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This past Saturday was the rematch between Sergey Kovalev and Jean Pascal following their initial encounter on March of 2015. Pascal’s hopes of exploiting Kovalev’s weaknesses were quickly dissolved, as Kovalev administered a beating until the corner threw in the towel to halt the onslaught.

Pascal’s motivation for the rematch was the hiring of trainer Freddie Roach with whom he felt he discovered the strategy to defeat Kovalev. What Pascal didn’t take into consideration was that Kovalev had already solved him first, having been beaten by TKO in 8 one-sided rounds 14 months ago. The changes he hoped for with Freddie Roach were never on display, most likely neutralized by Kovalev’s concussive power. But let’s face it as well, for a fighter at 33 years old and at this stage of his career, he’s not going to reinvent his style even with a hall of fame trainer in the corner.

As if the first match wasn’t conclusive enough, the beat down in the rematch proved to be far worse. Hard thudding jabs and massive right hands from Kovalev landed at will. Pascal attempted to fire back with the same counters he had landed successfully in their prior bout, but Kovalev anticipated each move. As the rounds progressed, the beating worsened with Pascal slowly being picked apart. The 5th round was a brutal one, hard body shots hurt Pascal and trapped him on the ropes where Kovalev was able to unleash combinations at will.

Pascal just may have the biggest heart and hardest chin in boxing, using all his might to stay on his feet. At the end of the 7th, Roach signaled to the referee they had seen enough, attempt of redemption had failed.

Sergey Kovalev remains king in the light heavyweight division and with the Adonis Stevenson match dead in the water, Andre Ward has stepped up to the plate to challenge the Russian destroyer later this year, which turns out to be a more intriguing fight than Stevenson.  

Hard to say if Jean Pascal is done as an elite fighter, but by his own words, he still considers himself a top 175 pounder and is willing to take on any other opponent, curious to see where he goes from here.

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Lafreniere & St-Juste Go to War

On the undercard, an all-Quebec affair between Francis Lafreniere and Renan St-Juste turned into a grueling 10 round war. Lafreniere and St-Juste stood toe to toe, landing bruising shots on each other. Lafreniere, the fresher of the two, constantly moved forward and backed up St-Juste who countered with power shots. More than once, St-Juste was out on his feet but never went down and stood his grown, resulting in savage exchanges.

After the final bell, Lafreniere was the winner by unanimous decision. By far, it was the fight of the night, stealing the show, and reaping a standing ovation from a crowd of almost 10,000 at the Bell Centre.

Canelo and Khan Break the Internet


Some breaking news coming from the Golden Boy Promotions camp sent the online boxing world in frenzy. In fact, they announced an agreement was reached for Canelo Alvarez to defend his middleweight title against Amir Khan on May 7th, on an agreed catch weight of 155lbs. An unexpected choice from Canelo as Khan was never in the conversation as a potential opponent for this spring. Khan finally gets the big fight he’s long coveted for after being snubbed by Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao, while Alvarez finds an opponent for his interim defense as he prepares for a September showdown with Gennady Golovkin.

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- René, @amongstfishes / @Boxeboutique

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    Marketing and social media enthusiast currently studying in the field of Public Relations, I'm fighter, writer, and blogger. I love sharing stories and news about the sport keep you up to date. Read about my views on what goes on in the unpredictable world of the sweet science.

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