Oh ! How relieved Camille Estephan was! It seems every Steven Butler outing is a matter of life and death. But the tall young man aims for a very successful career.
Yesterday he literally knocked out the tough Mark DeLuca in the second round of a NABA title fight at the Casino de Montreal.
If the first round seemed complicated for Butler, he extended his jab in the second, hitting DeLuca solidly with a right. The former Marine bravely tried to get up, but his legs barely supported him.
“It was a very heavy blow. Sometimes it only takes one,” noted former world champion David Lemieux.
Let’s assume he knows solid law.
Working alongside his father Clint Butler and back with Rénald Boisvert, Butler seemed to have regained a confidence that his loss to Ryota Murata had shattered. In any case, it’s a young but experienced boxer who returned to the dressing room after his signature: “bang bang”.
I take a few lines to highlight the intelligence of the fight waged by Thomas Chabot against a Mexican client that wasn’t so obvious. This young man has something special…
THREE FINALS IN SHAWINIGAN
Roger Lavergne and Claude Vallée followed yesterday’s gala at the Casino with interest. And they were eager to catch the last two fights of the night. Those of Arslanbek Makhmudov and Steven Butler.
If those two won last night, we should find them in Shawinigan on December 16th.
It’s very simple, we offer the Mauricie three finals, supports Roger Lavergne, president of the Cataractes and partner of Camille Estephan. We’re expecting a title fight for Mary Spencer, whose wife is from Shawinigan, and two heavyweight fights with Simon Kean and Arslanbek Makhmudov.
And Camille Estephan awaited the outcome of Butler’s fight to put her name on the map.
Proof that it’s going to be big, Shawinigan Mayor Michel Angers sat with Estephan. Nobody has seen Valérie Plante.
And on October 27th in Gatineau we will have the pleasure of seeing Junior Ulysse again. In the final of course.
MORE NEWS FROM OSCAR
Promoter Yvon Michel is still actively working to wrap up a fight in Colombia for Oscar Rivas. “Kaboom” was scheduled to defend his bridgerweight title on August 13 against Lukasz Rozanski in Cali. The fight has been postponed and now we’re busy presenting it on October 29th in Barranquilla, a rich city located seven kilometers from the Caribbean Sea.
The money seems to be there. The problem would be securing it to ensure the boxers get their millions after the fight.
In Quebec, it is the Régie des alcools, des Courses et des Jeux that issues checks to boxers.
But it’s an open secret that the boxers are signing two contracts. One filed with the Régie and another sometimes by the State of Nevada, whose promoter respects the clauses themselves.
Basically it would be easy. Just to send the money to Michel Hamelin at Thetford Mines. Don’t miss a dime.
TALKING ABOUT MICHEL HAMELIN
And as for Michel Hamelin, we again noticed his presence in the casino for the final with Arslanbek Makhmudov. Hamelin will often do assignments for the WBC and NABF. Its reputation has long since crossed the borders of Quebec.
On the other hand, we noticed the absence of Paul Dubé. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Spencer vs Dicaire?
Will we have a chance to witness a championship match between Mary Spencer and Marie-Ève Dicaire?
Marie-Ève has received $125,000 in prize money to compete against Claressa Shield. Yvon Michel is hoping to snag $150,000 in a unification match against WBO champion Natasha Jonas. England seem willing to pay big bucks for women’s fights.
Spencer was present at the Cabaret du Casino last night. She replaces Russ Anber as analyst for a fight. By the way, in case you missed it, Russ left RDS to join TVA Sports.
If I understand correctly, if someone is willing to pay the champion $151,000, could we have Dicaire vs. Spencer?
It would be playable for a promoter willing to present the fight in a space that can hold at least 5000 people. A profit would even be possible with American and Quebec televisions.
Also, Yvon Michel is hoping to attract at least 4,000 fans for Kim Clavel’s fight at the Place Bell in Laval in December.
At some point we have to leave the casino to go out into the world. The post-pandemic will eventually fade away.
Meanwhile, Dicaire has until December 17 to defend his IBF title. Unless reunion or pregnancy.
IN NOTEBOOK
Yesterday I wondered what the Rue de Mobile could mean. The only Mobile I know of is the town in Alabama, not far from the Gulf of Mexico, immortalized in the Jerry Reed Guitar Man song: “Till I found my in Mobile Alabama… At a club they call Big.” Jack’s”.
Well, that was the right phone. Mylène Richard, head of the sports department, sent me all the information. Rue de Mobile was named in honor of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Mobile in Alabama by d’Iberville and de Bienville, who built Fort Louis there in 1702. The baptism took place in 1950.
We’ll have a less ignorant day…
