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Yvon Michel
Yvon Michel is a French Canadian boxing promoter. His company called ''GYM'' (''Groupe Yvon Michel'') is based in Montréal. The 2012 shows in Quebec were called "Fast and Furious". Yvon has promoted several world title champions, most current being: Oscar Rivas, Kim Clavel and Eleider Alvarez. In October 2021, GYM alongside Three Lions Promotions, co-promoted the first WBC Bridgerweight World title in Montreal where Oscar Rivas became the first WBC inaugural champion of the newly created division. Roster His boxers include: *Adonis Stevenson * Joachim Alcine *Antonin Décarie *Herman Ngoudjo * Custio Clayton *Marie-Eve Dicaire *Eleider Álvarez Eléider Álvarez Baytar (born 8 April 1984) is a Colombian professional boxer who held the WBO light-heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the light-heavyweight division. Earl ... * Oscar Rivas References External links Groupe Yvon Michel [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montréal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Rivas
Óscar Andres Rivas Torres (born 6 June 1987) is a Colombian professional boxer. He held the World Boxing Council, WBC bridgerweight title from 2021 to 2023. He also challenged for the vacant WBC Interim championship, interim heavyweight title in 2019, and previously held the IBF International, WBC-North American Boxing Federation, NABF and WBO-NABO heavyweight titles. As an Amateur boxing, amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games. Amateur career In Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena at the Boxing at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2006 Caribbean Games, the 212 lbs Rivas lost in the first round to Cuban Olympic Bronze medalist Michel López Núñez 4:6. On 4 February 2007 at a PanAm qualifier Rivas scored his first big win by beating two-time American champ Mike Wilson (boxer), Mike Wilson 24:19 but lost to Cuban Robert Alfonso 12:21. Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games, In the Pan-American main event in Rio he beat Gerardo Bisbal 22:8, Didier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Clavel
Kim Clavel is a Canadian professional boxer who is a former WBC female light-flyweight champion. Professional career Clavel made her professional debut on December 16, 2017, scoring a four-round unanimous decision against Yoseline Martinez Jose at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec. After compiling a record of 11–0 (2 KO), Clavel faced Esmeralda Gaona Sagahon for the vacant WBC- NABF female light flyweight title on December 7, 2019, at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Clavel won her first professional title via unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 100–90. Clavel beat Mexico's defending champion Yesenia Gómez by unanimous decision to claim the WBC female light-flyweight World title on 27 July 2022 at Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada. In her next fight she contested a light-flyweight unification title bout against WBA champion Jessica Nery Plata on 13 January 2023 at the Place Bell in Laval, Canada, losing by unanimous decision. Clavel lost via split dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleider Álvarez
Eléider Álvarez Baytar (born 8 April 1984) is a Colombian professional boxer who held the WBO light-heavyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the light-heavyweight division. Early life Alvarez was born in Apartadó, Colombia. At a very young age, Alvarez was interested in music and boxing. His mother wanted him to box full-time. His mother died when Alvarez was only 14 years old. It was then Alvarez decided to start a career in boxing. Amateur career Álvarez won the 2006 South America Games against Hamilton Ventura. At the PanAms 2007 he beat southpaw Julio Castillo 10:8 and upset Cuban favorite Yusiel Napoles in the final by KO in round 3. He was trailing 4:6. At the 2007 World Championships he lost to African champion Ramadan Yasser. At the first Olympic qualifying tournament for the Americas in Trinidad he was beaten by 18-year-old Cuban Julio César la Cruz 0:8. At the second Olympic qualifying tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgerweight
Bridgerweight, also known as super cruiserweight, is a weight class in professional boxing used by the World Boxing Council (WBC) since 2020 and the World Boxing Association (WBA) since 2023. The division is for boxers weighing between and . The weight is named after six-year-old American Bridger Walker, who saved his four-year-old sister from a stray dog in July 2020. History After presenting Bridger Walker with a championship belt and naming him an "Honorary Champion" in July 2020, the WBC announced the establishment of bridgerweight four months later on November 9. It sits between the WBC's cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán said of the decision to create the new weight: "We have decided to create a new division called Bridger, as it is the bridge necessary to serve the large number of boxers who are between 200 and 224-pounds. This name is inspired by that hero of humanity, that six-year-old boy who heroically saved his four-year-old si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adonis Stevenson
Stevenson Adonis (born 22 September 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018. He won the WBC, '' Ring'' magazine and lineal light heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeating Chad Dawson by first-round knockout, which earned him awards for Fighter of the Year and Knockout of the Year by ''The Ring''. Known for his fast hand speed and exceptional knockout power, Stevenson was considered one of boxing's hardest punchers during his prime. For more than five years, he made ten successful defenses of the WBC and lineal titles until sustaining a life-threatening brain injury in his 2018 fight against Oleksandr Gvozdyk. Early life Stevenson's known name is an inversion of his family name and given name. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Stevenson moved to Montreal, Quebec with his family when he was seven. By 14 years old, he was living on the streets and soon fell into a violent gang which drew him into a crimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Alcine
Joachim Alcine (born March 26, 1976) is a Haitian-Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Quebec. He is a former WBA light middleweight champion. Professional career Alcine defeated Jose Hilton Dos Santos on April 24, 2004, to win the WBA Fedelatin Light Middleweight Title, Fernando Hernandez on October 9, 2006, to win the NABA Light Middleweight Title and Elio Ortiz on May 28, 2005, to win the WBC International Light Middleweight Title. He has a professional record of 31-2 (with 19 wins by KO). On 2007-07-07, he became the WBA Light Middleweight champion after defeating Travis Simms by unanimous decision. He is now the WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight champion. He is currently a training and sparring partner of mixed martial artist and current Ultimate Fighting Championship Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. On December 7, 2007, he successfully defended his title by TKO in the 12th round against Panamanian Alfonso Mosquera at the Bell Centre in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonin Décarie
Antonin Décarie (born 2 December 1982) is a Canadian former professional boxer. He was signed to Eye of the Tiger Management and trained by Marc Ramsay. He went 31-2 as a professional. Amateur career Décarie started boxing at age 14, following the example of his step-father before him. He then proceeded to numerous national and international fights over the years. Décarie boxed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2003 Pan American Games and he was lightweight Canadian champion in 2001, 2002 and 2004. Professional career Décarie turned professional in 2005. He won the NABF welterweight title in 2012, following a technical knockout over Alex Perez. The fight was broadcast on Boxing After Dark from HBO. However, he lost his next fight by unanimous decision to Luis Carlos Abregu. The confrontation, which took place at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires, was for the vacant WBC Silver welterweight title. Professional boxing record , - , style="text-align:center;" c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Ngoudjo
Herman Ngoudjo (born 25 June 1979) is a Cameroonian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2010, and challenged twice for the IBF junior-welterweight title in 2008 and 2009. As an amateur he represented Cameroon at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the opening round of the bantamweight bracket. Earlier he won a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, also in the bantamweight division. Professional career Ngoudjo turned professional on November 22, 2003 in Montreal, Quebec, where he now resides. He defeated Eloy Rojas on February 26, 2005 to win the NABF light welterweight title and Emanuel Augustus on February 25, 2006 to win the WBC International light welterweight title. On January 20, 2007, he lost a split decision to top ten pound-for-pound super-lightweight José Luis Castillo. Ngoudjo was considered a tune-up fight for Castillo and shocked the HBO audience by going the distance in a WBC light welterweight title eliminator. He defeated Randall Bail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custio Clayton
Custio Clayton (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional boxer who has held the WBA- NABA welterweight title since 2019. As an amateur he is a six-time Canadian national champion and represented Canada at 2 commonwealth games and the 2012 Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals. He began boxing at the age of 9 with his uncle Gary Johnson. Amateur career Clayton began training at his great-uncle's gym, City of Lakes Boxing Club in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and fought his first amateur bout at the age of 11. He took a break from boxing for two years at the age of 17 to finish high school. The 24-year-old Nova Scotian Olympian Clayton, along with Simon Kean, were the only two Canadian male boxers to qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Clayton was a quarter-finalist and 5th-place finisher at welterweight at the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. Five spots were available for qualification at welterweight and Custio qualified over the other quarter-final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Eve Dicaire
Marie-Ève Dicaire (born July 29, 1986) is a Canadian former professional boxer who is a two-time IBF female super-welterweight World champion having held the title from December 2018 to March 2021 and from December 2021 to November 2022. Biography Dicaire was a standout karate practitioner, winning a Canadian championship at 11 and a world championship at 18, before turning to boxing where she excelled as an amateur claiming Quebec and Canadian championships in 2013 before turning professional in 2015. She defeated Marisa Gabriela Núñez from Argentina by majority decision to claim the vacant NABF female super-welterweight title at the Montreal Casino in Montreal, Canada on February 15, 2018. Dicaire beat Uruguayan Chris Namús for the IBF female super-welterweight World title on December 1, 2018, at the Videotron Center in Quebec City, Canada, winning by unanimous decision. She successfully defended her title three times before facing fellow undefeated boxer and WBC and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
