
Artur Beterbiev's Promoter Outlines Path To a World Title Fight
Yvon Michel of GYM, who promote top light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10KOs), has outlined the path to a world title for the Russian puncher.

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Yvon Michel of GYM, who promote top light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10KOs), has outlined the path to a world title for the Russian puncher.

The future looks promising for light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev. While he's scheduled to take part in a stay-busy fight against Isidro Ranoni Prieto on December 23rd in Canada, the protégé of the Goupe Yvon Michel (GYM) could very well get a championship bout in 2017.

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (52-3-1, 37 KO) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Leon Harth (14-2, 10 KO) at Hala Orbita in Wroclaw, Poland. The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 116-112.

Quebec superstar Lucian Bute will have one more chance at fighting for some gold when he returns against undefeated Colombian Eleider Alvarez, who is the WBC's mandatory challenger.

Light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev (10-0, 10KOs) will fight in an IBF final eliminator on the 24th of February at the Videotron Center in Canada, according to his promoter Yvon Michel of GYM.

Last Saturday's fight between Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev is still generating a lot of debates between fans and industry experts alike. Ward (31-0, 15KOs) had a disastrous start after going down in the second and Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) controlled most of the first six rounds. He boxed his way to a close twelve round unanimous decision to capture the WBA, IBF, WBO light heavyweight titles.

A crossroads fight at the light heavyweight limit is in play for January 14th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight would match Andrzej Fonfara (28-4, 16 KOs) against former WBC world champion Chad Dawson (34-4, 19 KOs).

Former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (30-4-1, 17KOs) will return to the ring on December 16, and everything suggests that it will be at the Cogeco Amphitheater in Trois-Rivières.

This past Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux (36-3, 32 KOs) returned to the ring and was forced to go the ten round distance, winning a lopsided unanimous decision over Cristian Fabian Rios (21-8-3 6 KOs) of Argentina. The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.

As reported last month, former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal officially ending his association with Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, and he started a relationship with veteran Canadian trainer Stephan Larouche - who is best known for his work with Eric Lucas, Leonard Dorin and Lucian Bute.