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Zachary Alapi

Zachary Alapi is a Contributing Editor for The Fight City and also covers boxing for FanSided. He has an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Brunswick and currently lives in Montreal.

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Crucial Statements

Eye of the Tiger Management’s card at the Montreal Casino on Saturday night came on the heels of their surreal offering in Shawinigan, which saw local heavyweight cash ...
On June 24, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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A Shawinigan Handshake For “The Boogeyman”

Camille Estephan and Eye of the Tiger Management pulled out all the stops in promoting Simon “The Grizzly” Kean vs Adam “The Boogeyman” Braidwood, a rare all-Canadian heavyweight showdown of genuine ...
On June 18, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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Butler Shines On Night Of Knockouts

Eye of the Tiger Management’s first foray into staging fight cards at the Montreal Casino produced a slew of explosive first round knockouts, not to mention a pair ...
On April 1, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: Challenger At Heart

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai enters tomorrow night’s “Superfly 2” card as the “A-side” of a marquee, HBO-televised main event, something that, a year ago, would have been unthinkable. But ...
On February 23, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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Blood And Guts At The Casino

Steve “The Boss” Bossé may have been the headliner on last night’s Montreal Casino card, but rebounding super welterweight Mikael Zewski, eager to vault back to contender status, provided ...
On February 16, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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“JonFer”: Spain’s Budding Star

Although Spain has never been exactly a hotbed for professional boxing, emerging prospect Jon Fernandez appears poised to take up the prizefighting torch for his homeland. Indeed, the mantle ...
On February 6, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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Daniel Franco: Always A Fighter

This time last year, Daniel “Twitch” Franco was eyeing an ascent to contender status in a competitive featherweight division. Backed by fledgling promoter Roc Nation Sports, the affable ...
On January 1, 2018 / By Zachary Alapi
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Tevin Farmer: The Long And Winding Road

To say that Tevin Farmer‘s IBF super featherweight title shot against Japanese contender Kenichi Ogawa on Saturday is an improbable opportunity redefines the word “understatement.” Farmer (25-4-1), a ...
On December 7, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Ulysse vs Claggett: Rematch, Please!

On a night where Eye of the Tiger Management’s burgeoning stable of prospects impressed with dramatic and explosive performances, three of the Montreal outfit’s crown jewels — Yves ...
On October 28, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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The Journey Of Tony Luis

To say that Tony “Lightning” Luis has been twice resurrected is both accurate and unfair. Resurrection implies the miraculous, but divine intervention did not rescue Luis after Jose Hernandez ...
On October 10, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Antonio Nieves Will Let You Worry About “The Monster”

It’s almost shocking to hear super flyweight contender Antonio Nieves (17-1-2) admit that he’d never heard of Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue (13-0) prior to signing on to challenge the ...
On September 7, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Crawford Defeats Indongo: Case Closed

As it was with the infamous knockout streak which defined Gennady Golovkin’s prime, the failure to revel in the present with Terence Crawford is tempting. Last night, Crawford ...
On August 20, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Pacquiao vs Horn: Controversy Be Damned

Amidst the cries of “robbery” that have overshadowed the compelling and competitive contest waged last night by fading legend Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2) and former Olympian and upstart Jeff ...
On July 2, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Daniel Franco: Anatomy Of A Comeback

The last time The Fight City spoke with featherweight Daniel Franco, the affable prospect was on the precipice of transitioning to genuine contender status. Franco then sported a ...
On June 9, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Cecilia Braekhus: The Battle of Bergen

If boxing– a proverbial old boys club of backroom deals, political maneuvering, and promotional cold wars — tends to be slow to adapt to the winds of change, ...
On June 7, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Shootout In Fredericton: Brewer Defeats Davidson

In front of a raucous crowd at the University of New Brunswick’s Aitken Centre that turned the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick into a Canadian boxing mecca for ...
On May 28, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Brook vs Spence: The Fight City Picks

As 2017 continues to be a stellar year for professional prizefighting, we come to one of the best possible match-ups in the welterweight division: Kell Brook vs Errol ...
On May 26, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Brandon Brewer And The Rise Of The Plaid Army

If you ever feel anxious about the quality or abundance of Canadian forests, drive through the bucolic hills that populate the province of New Brunswick. The perfectly paved highways, ...
On May 17, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Porter Defeats Berto: Time For Thurman vs Porter II

Multiple cuts and myriad head clashes couldn’t discourage Shawn Porter’s relentless onslaught against Andre Berto, resulting in a ninth-round stoppage win for “Showtime” that should lead to an anticipated ...
On April 24, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Bazinyan Returns With Emphatic Stoppage

Montreal’s TOHU is indeed a facility specially built and designed to accommodate the circus arts, but thanks to Rixa Promotions and Grant Brothers Boxing, the venue is now ...
On April 9, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Aleksandr Usyk: Fighter Of Few Words

A few weeks ago, two of the very best prizefighters in the world, Gennady Golovkin and Roman Gonzalez, were again featured together by HBO in matches which promised to be triumphs. ...
On April 5, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Shakeel Phinn Dominates At Montreal Casino

If Shakeel Phinn was going to be truly tested in his first main event, it seemed likely — after a heated face off following the weigh-in — that it ...
On March 31, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Daniel Franco On The Rise

The location of Daniel Franco’s most important fight in a brief but promising professional career came in a venue shrouded in cigar smoke. While this would have been commonplace during ...
On March 22, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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GGG Edges Jacobs: No Need To Panic

Gennady Golovkin‘s 23-fight knockout streak and aura of menacing invincibility left him mired in a catch-22 with boxing fans: continue to win in dominant, punishing fashion and hear ...
On March 19, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Travis Kauffman Fights For Family

Heavyweight contender Travis Kauffman isn’t one to make excuses, even when he’s on the wrong end of a controversial decision. In December of 2015, Kauffman (31-1) fought former ...
On March 16, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Montreal Invasion On HBO

David Lemieux’s compact, cannonading left hook that detonated off the chin of fellow top contender Curtis Stevens will be replayed, relished, and winced at for the rest of ...
On March 12, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Can David Lemieux Reinvent Himself?

It’s easy to forget that former IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux is only 28 and firmly in the midst of his athletic prime. The narrative arc of Lemieux’s ...
On March 9, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Manny’s Thoughts! No. 120

Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats to Paulie Malignaggi on a great career! The former two-division champion may have lost his last fight, but he ...
On March 8, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Thurman Beats Garcia: What Might Have Been

It was a fight that took far too long to make, and when it actually happened — with Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia finally alone in the ring ...
On March 6, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi
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Thurman-Garcia: The Fight City Picks

Saturday night in Brooklyn, WBA champion Keith Thurman and WBC boss Danny Garcia will unify the same welterweight titles Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought over in ...
On March 2, 2017 / By Zachary Alapi

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