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The Canadian heavyweight champion Neven Pajkic (16-0-0) added another belt to his collection. In the main event battle of an event presented by WildCard Promotions at the Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario, he defeated the American Johnnie White (22-4-0) by unanimous decision.
The sun shined on junior middleweight/middleweight prospect Mikael Zewski (7-0, 4KOs) in Puerto Rico. Zewski added another victory to his record by at the Coliseo Felix Mendez Acevedo in Lares, Puerto Rico, with a unanimous six round decision over Joseph De Los Santos (4-7-3). All three judges scored if 60-54. Zewski, promoted by the Californian firm Golden Boy Promotions, is now expected to resume action on March 5 at an event scheduled at the Honda Center in Ahaneim. The fight takes place on the undercard to the HBO televised welterweight bout between Saul Alvarez and Matthew Hatton.
According to the reports of journalist Vincent Morin of 24H, Colombia's Edison Miranda may not be able to comply with the required weight of 168 pounds to face Renan St-Juste on March 19 at the gala put together by InterBox at Montreal's Bell Centre. The public relations head of InterBox, David Messier, says that Miranda allegedly asked to adjust the combat weight to 175 lbs. St-Juste had recently made the jump from 160-pounds to super middleweight.
The heavyweight showdown, between up and comers Berman Stiverne (19-1-1) and Kerston Manswell (20-0-0), will now have the WBC International championship at stake. The fight is scheduled to take place on the Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander undercard on Saturday night at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Stiverne has a seven fight win streak with six of those by knockout. Masnwell, unbeaten since starting his career in 2004, has ended fifteen of his fights by knockout.
Whether in Montreal, Quebec, in France or in Anaheim, California, perhaps you've attended one of the battles that matchmaker Stephane Loyer has made possible. Loyer is in professional boxing matchmaker. Above all, he is one of the few to practice this profession in Canada and incidentally, this reality has allowed him to expand his network worldwide. BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com met with him to break down this little-known profession, but how essential it is to the industry of boxing.
Heavyweight Laval Bermane Stiverne (19-1-1) will face Kerston Manswell (20-0-0) of Trinidad & Tobago in a high stakes showdown for the WBC USNBC championship on January 29 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The fight takes place on the undercard to the junior welterweight unification between Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander. In his last battle, fought on November 11 at the Corona Theatre in Montreal, knocked out his American rival Ramon Hayes (15-31-1) in the first round. Stiverne has so far accumulated 18 KOs in his 19 victories.
BoxingScene.com / Netboxe.com learned that super bantamweight Olivier Lontchi (18-2-2) from Montreal is being positioned to go toLyon in France to confront the Armenian Arsen Martirosyan (17-4-0) in a battle for a Intercontinental title. Martirosyan, who was WBC International champion in 2010, has already held the IBF title and European International belt. Note that Lontchi however intends to have a interim-fight before this important duel. In his last battle fought in California in December of 2010, Olivier Lontchi was stopped by KO in the 5th by Miguel "Mikey" Angel Garcia. In his previous duel, he lost in a fight for the world championship against Juan Manuel Lopez.
Groupe Yvon Michel has disclosed most of the fights that appear on the third card of the Fast and Furious series. The event will be broadcast live on ESPN2, and held at the Bell Centre in Montreal on February 11. The main event will pit Antonin Decarie (24-1-0) against the American Shamone Alvarez (21-3-0). Alvarez, a fighter from Atlantic City, was the NABO champion in 2007.
During a recent media fuction, BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com had the pleasure of speaking with Jean Bedard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of InterBox. Bedard advised us that his company is going to enter a close working relationship with Top Rank. Some of the established stars and prospects in InterBox's stable of boxers will begin to appear on Top Rank promoted shows. Last year, InterBox had planned a similar working relationship with a smaller American outfit, TKO Promotions.
An appearance on ESPN is on the table for welterweight JoJo Dan. On February 11 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, the Romanian JoJo Dan (27-1-0) will be involved in one of the main bouts to be showed cased on the third event in the Fast and Furious series, which is being presented by Groupe Yvon Michel. The performance will be broadcast live on American cable network ESPN2. BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com recently obtained an interview with his coach, Pierre Bouchard, to learn more about the situation that awaits his boxer in the coming months.