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  Action-Packed Grant Brothers Event

  There are essentially two measures of success for a night of live boxing matches: the number of empty chairs in the venue and the quality of the fights. ...

  On March 28, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  Grant Brothers Team Perseveres

  Francis Lafreniere and Erik Bazinyan headline tonight’s boxing card at Montreal’s Olympia Theater, but that was not the Grant Brothers’ initial plan. In fact, very little has gone ...

  On March 27, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  Pascal’s Heart Is Bigger Than The Bell Centre

  Jean Pascal is not a complicated person. And if you want to understand his character and outlook, all you have to do is consider a strange moment shortly ...

  On March 15, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  A War in The Fight City

  It was an all out war in Montreal, as Sergey Kovalev and Jean Pascal put on one of the best action fights of the year so far, maybe ...

  On March 15, 2015 / By Shawn W. Smith
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  Kovalev vs Pascal: All Eyes on Montreal

  Tomorrow, as Sergey Kovalev prepares to unleash his Russian freight train of a right hand and battle hometown hero and former world champion Jean Pascal, the eyes of ...

  On March 13, 2015 / By Shawn W. Smith
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  Kovalev vs Pascal: Picks From Grant Brothers Gym

  Who will emerge triumphant from this Saturday’s big light-heavyweight battle at the Bell Centre in Montreal? That’s what’s on the minds of fight fans this week and so ...

  On March 12, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Interview: Xavier Alaoui

  I was doing Judo when I was five years old and kept with it till I was 17 and, you know, shit got boring. It’s fun but it’s ...

  On March 10, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Title Fights For Lemieux and Adonis

  It’s been an exciting ride in recent weeks for fans of the Montreal boxing scene, and things are only getting better. It’s just February but already 2015 is ...

  On February 18, 2015 / By Shawn W. Smith
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  Shakeel Phinn: A Career Begins

  On Saturday night at the Casino Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Quebec, a great line up of Quebec-based prospects and fledgling contenders stepped into the ring. And while the ...

  On February 2, 2015 / By Michael Carbert
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  Steven Butler: One Step at a Time

  The first time I saw Steven Butler compete was in June of 2014. It was the undercard of an Eye of the Tiger “Fight Club” presentation, held at ...

  On January 29, 2015 / By Shawn W. Smith
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  Groupe Yvon Michel: Lemieux Still Our Fighter

  Montreal’s David Lemieux is attempting to move away from the promotional services of GYM (Groupe Yvon Michel) and sign instead with Los Angles-based Golden Boy Promotions. Indeed, an ...

  On January 19, 2015 / By Robert Portis
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  Getting Past The Gatekeeper

  Oscar De La Hoya wants David Lemieux to win tomorrow night. HBO wants David Lemieux to win tomorrow night. And, naturally, David Lemieux and his Eye of the ...

  On December 5, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Pascal Gets His Man

  On Tuesday, Main Events CEO Kathy Duva confirmed that a deal is now set for Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev to face Montreal native Jean Pascal in March. The bout ...

  On December 4, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  David Lemieux Leaves Home

  The babe is leaving its cradle. On Monday it was announced that Montreal’s David Lemieux will travel to Brooklyn on December 6 to face Gabriel ‘King’ Rosado at the ...

  On October 22, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Quebec to Close 2014 In Style

  The rumours they are a-fluttering that the province of Quebec will host not one but two stacked cards in the month of December, giving boxing fans the chance ...

  On October 20, 2014 / By Rafael García
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  “Dougy Style” in Need of Defense

  Montreal’s Dierry “Dougy Style” Jean stopped Daniel Ruiz in the fifth round Saturday at the Bell Center, his second win since losing to Lamont “Havoc” Peterson in January. ...

  On September 30, 2014 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Artur Beterbiev Is For Real

  Is there a more exciting division in boxing right now than the light-heavyweights? Last night Russian amateur star Artur Beterbiev added more heat to an already spicy mix ...

  On September 28, 2014 / By Robert Portis
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  Stevenson vs. Pascal Possible in April

  The trash talk has been confined to twitter and facebook, but word is the bad blood percolating between WBC light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and top-rated contender Jean Pascal ...

  On September 23, 2014 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight Report: Stevenson vs Fonfara

  The Event Following his astonishing run in 2013, which included three knockout championship wins and made him our “Fighter of the Year,” Adonis “Superman” Stevenson started 2014 making headlines ...

  On May 25, 2014 / By Michael Carbert
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  Is Superman Ducking the Krusher?

  No new facts regarding why Adonis Stevenson has cut ties with HBO were revealed at today’s press conference in Montreal, held to officially announce his upcoming title defense ...

  On March 28, 2014 / By Michael Carbert
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  Grant Brothers Host Entertaining Pro-Am Event

  Briefly taking the stage to thank the sponsors and spectators, Otis Grant made clear that public support was critical in his and Howard Grant’s efforts to promote boxing in ...

  On March 24, 2014 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Bute vs Pascal: Undercard Report

  Last Saturday’s Pascal vs Bute showdown, and the fight immediately before it, were broadcast on HBO. But the evening featured five other matches presented jointly by Interbox and ...

  On January 20, 2014 / By Mathieu Brousseau