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BoxingScene.com / Netboxe.com learned that the current Canadian lightweight champion (CPBC) Abdou Sow (4-1-0) has joined the agency Eye of the Tiger Management. We exclusively confirmed the news with the owner of the firm, Mr. Camille Estephan.
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.
BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com met earlier today with promoter Yvon Michel to get an update on the forthcoming presentation of a final eliminator between current WBC International champion David Lemieux (24-0 -0) and Mexico's Marco Antonio Rubio (48-5-1), and obtain some info on a few other topics. Remember that this eliminator was sanctioned last week during the annual convention of the WBC in Cancun, Mexico.
Forget Renan St-Juste. Sebastien Demers will now face Nicholson Poulard. From what BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com learned, a disagreement concerning the weight, representing a margin of three pounds between 165 and 168-pounds, has overcome the long-awaited duel between Renan St-Juste (21-2-1) and Sebastien Demers (31-3-0). Instead, Nicholson Poulard (15-3-0) will get in the ring at the Bell Centre on December 3 as the main supporting bout in the series "Fast & Furious" presented by the Groupe Yvon Michel.
While his status as the third ranked contender in the welterweight division was confirmed by the WBC, Montreal native JoJo Dan (27-1-0) has been designated to take part in a championship eliminator. To learn more about it, BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com spoke exclusively with promoter Chris Ganescu of Gankor Promotions.
According to the echoes from Mexico, the WBC, at the 48th annual convention, sanctioned a rematch between former light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (27-2-0) and top contender Chris Henry (25-2-0) of America. The stakes of this fight would be the WBC belt Silver. Initially, Chris Henry had to face Argentina's Roberto Bolonti but the Argentine boxer got hurt recently.
According to promoter Yvon Michel, who is currently in Cancun, Mexico at the WBC's 48th annual convention, the current WBC International middleweight champion David Lemieux (24-0) will be involved in a final eliminator. The WBC has effectively sanctioned a fight between elimination bout between Lemieux and Marco Antonio Rubio (48-5-1) of Mexico.
On the sidelines of the recent card where David Lemieux knocked out Hector Camacho Jr. at the Bell Centre in Montreal on October 29, BoxingScene.com/Netboxe.com spoke with super lightweight Omri Lowther (14-2-0). The Toronto native, who is originally from Georgia in the United States, recently made his mark in Montreal in a fight with Henry "Hank" Lundy, which took place on August 28 and televised on ESPN2.
Ontarian boxer Steve Molitor (33-1-0), current IBF super bantamweight world champion, had entered into a promotional agreement with United States promoter Top Rank for a period of four years.
A large crowd gathered at the Bell Centre for the first gala of the series - "Fast & Furious" - presented by the Groupe Yvon Michel. They were able to once again view the exemplary performance of the ultimate slugger, Quebec's young David Lemieux (24-0-0).