WHAT: "BUTE VS. ALVAREZ"
WHEN: Friday, February 24, 2017
WHERE: Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
WHO: WBC Silver Light Heavyweight Championship & Mandatory Title Eliminator (12 rounds)*
Eleider "Storm" Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs), Champion, Montreal, Quebec, Canada by way of Colombia
Lucian Bute (32-3-1, 25 KOs), Challenger, Laval, Quebec, Canada by way of Romania
Vacant WBU Heavyweight Championship (12 rounds)*
Eric "The Hammer" Martel-Bahoeli (14-5-2, 8 KOs), Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Adam "The Boogeyman" Braidwood (6-1, 5 KOs), Victoria, British Colombia, Canada
Super Welterweights (8 rounds)
Sebastien Bouchard (14-1, 5 KOs), Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada (8)*
Gustavo "Vitaminas" Garibay (13-7-2, 5 KOs), Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
IBF International & Vacant NABO Middleweight Championships (10 rounds)*
Francis "The People's Champ" Lafreniere (14-5-2, 8 KOs), Champion, Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, Canada (10)
Uriel "Big Bang" Gonzalez (15-1-1, 11 KOs), Challenger, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Super Middleweights (8 rounds)
Dario Bredicean (11-0, 3 KOs), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alejandro "Perro" Torres (9-1-2, 4 KOs), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Super Middleweights (4 rounds)
Christian "Solide" M'Billi (1-0, 1 KO), Montreal, Quebec, Canada by way of France
Jesus "El Rudo" Olivares (5-3, 3 KOs), Puebla, Mexico
*Denotes PPV fight
PROMOTER: Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gestev, presentation of Videotron and Mise-O-Jeu
HOW TO WATCH: Integrated Sports Media will distribute in the United States, starting at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, on cable, satellite and internet pay-per-view via iN Demand, Vubiquity, DIRECTV, DISH and the FITE app for a suggested retail price of only $29.95.
In Canada, available to watch, in English or French, on Canal Indigo, Shaw TV and Bell TV; English-only on Rogers PPV, as well as in many of the top Canadian sports bars.
Outside of North America, "BUTE VS ALVAREZ" is being distributed by leading boxing television rights distribution firm, Protocol Sports Marketing Ltd.
INFORMATION:
Twitter: @yvonmichelgym, @gestevinc, @IntegratedPPV #ButeAlvarez
Follow these fighters on Twitter: @Stormalvarez, @Butelucian
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