Browsing Tag Custio Clayton
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Eye Of The Tiger Marches Forward
As a new year begins, professional boxing struggles to stay alive amidst a raging pandemic that shows few signs of abating anytime soon. However, many of the game’s ...
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Quarantine Blues: Boxing Fights For Survival
Last week the government of Quebec announced it was considering prohibiting the resumption of boxing events until an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is found. The province’s two biggest promoters, ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 25
Welcome back to our podcast, helmed as always by Alden Chodash, who is joined again by site contributor Zachary Alapi as they discuss some of the recent and ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 18
We got another great episode of The Fight City Podcast hot off the grill for you hungry fight fans, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as he and site ...
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The Wake Of The Storm
When Eleider Alvarez landed a thunderous right hand flush on Sergey Kovalev’s temple in round seven of their engrossing and hard-fought battle this past Saturday night, it was ...
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The Rise of Camille Estephan
Camille Estephan always makes eye contact. Standing on the press conference podium, his bulky musculature sheathed in a fitted suit jacket, the Eye of the Tiger promoter will ...
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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 ...
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The Third Act Of “The Boss”
Most fighters get only one act. Their careers rise and fall like a dramatist’s plot structure, with a chosen few enjoying a longer arc than their peers. Rarely, ...
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Je Me Souviens
The Place Bell is situated a five-minute walk from the doors of the Montmorency metro station in Laval, just north of Montreal. But when the temperature is -15 ...
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Fight Report: Saunders vs Lemieux
The Event Place Bell in Laval last night hosted a massive fight card, flooded with local talent and headlined by the middleweight championship bout between Britain’s Billy Joe ...
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Montreal Dream Fights
Montreal is The Fight City. And in June, 2017, it’s gone into overdrive. This past Thursday night saw another quality show at the Montreal Casino from the good ...
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Powerless Before A Myth
Judging by the reaction to his win over Daniel Jacobs this past Saturday night, one might think Gennady Golovkin had failed in his obligation to boxing fans. Rather ...
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Montreal’s Golden Age?
Last Thursday, promoter Yvon Michel held a press conference at Casino Lac Leamy in Gatineau to announce a December 23 card featuring Artur Beterbiev and Custio Clayton. Both fighters ...
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Big Win For Custio
Since Yvon Michel resurrected boxing at the Casino de Montreal last January we have seen a series of intriguing events staged to give young prospects the chance to ...
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Yvon Michel: Looking To The Future
Belying his eminent position in boxing and celebrity status in Quebec, promoter Yvon Michel is refreshingly personable and candid, not always the case in the world of professional ...
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Montreal Picks Golovkin
As can be the case when you have two high-powered promotional outfits in the same city, earlier this week saw not one, but two major press conferences concerning ...
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Manny Montreal’s ‘Shootout’ Gallery
This past Friday night in Quebec City it was another Premier Boxing Champions card, with Groupe Yvon Michel presenting a night of fights called “Shootout” for Spike TV. And ...
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Mist And Glitz: Montreal Casino Card
The Montreal Casino’s Cabaret Room was awash in dark tones last night. The violet, blue, and fuchsia pouring from the stage lights were offset by a constellation of flickering white on both ...
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Custio Clayton: Global Ambition
Whether in Canada or elsewhere, there are few welterweight prospects whose talents match those of Custio Clayton. The Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native, who trains out of Club de Boxe de ...
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Big Wins At Montreal Casino
As a Montrealer and self-confessed boxing fanatic, I have to admit I’m pretty spoiled when it comes to watching live fisticuffs on a regular basis. How many other ...
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Heavyweight Hooky At Montreal Casino Card
Depending on your point of view, last night’s inaugural show for the revived Casino de Montreal boxing series was either a grand success or a disappointing let-down. From ...
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Casino Boxing Series Returns
For over seven years, pro boxing was an entertainment staple at the Cabaret in the Casino de Montreal but, for various reasons, the fights stopped. Considering that championship ...
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Furious Fisticuffs at Grant Brothers Pro-Am Event
You’re a boxing manager with a not uncommon problem: you have a talented and capable pugilist under contract, but no one wants to see him compete due to ...
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The Show Must Go On
Tomorrow night will see another excellent showcase of local boxing talent put on by the Grant Brothers and Rixa Promotions at the Pointe Claire Holiday Inn, but, sadly, ...
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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 ...
