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Inactive since April 4, 2009, when he fought in Montreal on the undercard which supported the unification between Timothy Bradley and Kendall Holt, Paul Clavette (15-2-1) will return to the ring on November 25. Clavette will headline a show being promoted by Victory Boxing Promotion at Casino de Moncton, and faces Stephen Boyd (10-3-1) on the card.
Tony Luis captured the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight title at the Centre Pierre-Charbonneau, an event promoted by UGC. Luis (13-0-0) of Ontario scored a first round stoppage of Mexican veteran Alejandro Barrera (21-9-0).
Super middleweight contender Sebastien Demers (31-4-0) will face a former participant of the Super Six Tournament on November 5th at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City. Demers will face the dangerous Allan Green (30-3-0), with Lucian Bute defending his IBF title in the main event against Glen Johnson.
It's going to be a very busy season for GYM, who unveiled their new season schedule at a recent news conference at the NRJ Studio in Montreal. On the eve of his eighth year in operation, GYM's president presented some good news.
Promoter Yvon Michel informed BoxingScene.com that Jean Pascal's HBO televised return, scheduled for December 10 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, is close to being finalized. There are ongoing discussions to finalize an opponent, but it won't be current IBF light heavyweight champion Tavoris Cloud. The champion's promoter, Don King, continues to demand future options on Pascal in order to make the fight.
Back from Las Vegas, promoter Yvon Michel could barely hide his enthusiasm when he spoke to BoxingScene.com. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, super middleweight Adonis Stevenson (15-1-0, 12 KOs) of Longueuil did not miss his chance to shine.
BoxingScene.com spoke with Camille Estephan of Eye of the Tiger Management about his heavyweight contender Bermane Stiverne (21-1-1), who is currently the mandatory challenger to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2-0). He believes his boxer is capable of knocking Klitschko out.
Groupe Yvon Michel is set to hold a press conference in Montreal to announce the signing of Olympic gold medalist (2008) Felix Diaz (9-0-0) of the Dominican Republic. GYM will co-promote Diaz with Golden Boy Promotions. Diaz, who competes in the welterweight division, will return this Friday at Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas. The event, presented by Golden Boy Promotions, will be broadcast on Telefutura. Diaz will face a boxer named Larry Dallas Smith (10-5-0) on the show.
A major fight is waiting for Benoit Gaudet of Ontario. Reportedly, his fight with the young sensation of Drummondville, Logan McGuinness, is coming together. BoxingScene.com has learned that the official announcement should ultimately be made as early as next week by promotional firms InterBox and Hennessy Canada.
According to reports from the WBC, David Lemieux (25-1-0) is defending his WBC International middleweight title on November 17 in Montreal. At least that was the information that was communicated to the sanctioning body from Lemieux's promoter, GYM. In his most recent fight, fought at the Bell Centre on April 8th, Lemieux suffered the first defeat of his young career, getting knocked out by Marco Antonio Rubio at 2:36 of the seventh round in middleweight world title eliminator. Last month, including Lemieux served as training partner in California for Sergio Martinez. It remains to be seen whether the return of Lemieux will remain on that date or later in the fall.