Eye of the Tiger Management had not yet officially launched the activities surrounding its Thursday gala when it had already suffered two hard blows, namely the cancellation of the fights involving Mary Spencer and Laïla Beaudoin.
Spencer (8-2, 6 KOs) was to face Englishwoman April Hunter (7-1) for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super-middleweight Gold belt, on the sidelines of the clash between Steven Butler and Patrice Volny, at the Cabaret du Casino de Montréal. The Newcastle boxer, however, was injured during her last training session and the doctor from the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux judged that she was unfit to enter the ring.
Beaudoin (11-1, 1 KO) was supposed to face Argentina’s Lizbeth Crespo (15-7, 4 KOs), but the lightweight was unable to obtain a visa in time to enter Canada.
The promoter had no choice but to cut these two fights from his gala. It will still feature six fights, including a world championship.
In addition to the final between Butler (34-4-1, 28 KOs) and Volny (18-1, 12 KOs) for the French middleweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Osleys Iglesias ( 10-0, 9 KOs) will attempt to defend his International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight world title against Ukrainian-American Evgeny Shvedenko (16-1-1, 7 K. -O.).
Arthur Biyarslanov (14-0, 12 KOs) Elias Mauricio Haedo (14-5, 10 KOs) will try to get their hands on the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) belt. super-light.
Shamil Khataev, John Orobio and Luis Santana will also be in action. The first bell will ring at around 7 p.m. The gala can be followed on PunchingGrace.com.