Stiverne-Hayes Ready For Battle, Lontchi-Miranda is Off
By Richard Cloutier, netboxe.com
All of the boxers involved with tomorrow's show at the Corona Theatre in Montreal, made their required weight. However, the confrontation between Olivier Lontchi (18-1-2) and Colombian Oswaldo Miranda (9-2-0) had to be canceled because of visa problems with Miranda. It was Lontchi's first fight since losing to Juan Manuel Lopez in June 2009 in Atlantic City. This is the first event presented by Fight for Life Promotions.
Heavyweight Bermane "Bware" Stiverne (18-1-1) who will face American Ramon Hayes (15-31-1) in the main battle, will also see action in Miami on Dec. 17. For their part, Dierry Jean (18-0) who will compete against Puerto Rican Wilfredo Negron (26-15-1), as well as heavyweight Sylvera Louis (2-0-0) who will face Ukrainian Andriy Ivanov (3-6-0) on tomorrow's card - could very well see their names appear on the big December 18 card at the Quebec Coliseum, which will pit Jean Pascal against Bernard Hopkins in the main event.
Other boxers in action tomorrow at the Corona Theatre are middleweight Ahmed Cheikho (3-2-2), who faces against Hugo Pacheco (12-17-1) of Mexico, as well as lightweight Montrealer Ghislain Maduma who will make his professional debut by confronting Tadeo Francisco (0-4-0) of Mexico. The latter lost a decision at the hands of Tyler Asselstine on October 29 at the Bell Centre during the first leg of the series "Fast & Furious."
PICTURE: Dierry Jean VS Wilfredo Negron