Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) will organize its first event in 16 months – “The Homecoming: Rivas vs. Louis 2” — Tuesday night, March 16 at Hotel Plaza Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
The $29.99 PPV card is headlined by a rematch featuring WBC #1 bridgerweight Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas (26-1, 18 KOs) and Sylvera “Sly” Louis (8-5, 4 KOs) in the eight-round main event. Rivas defeated Louis by four-round majority decision back in 2012.
A maximum of 120 fans for a total of 250 peoples will be allowed to attend the event. Boxers and trainers had to have quarantined for 14 days prior to the event, and they must carefully check any Covid potential symptoms during 10 days after the fights.
“It was not easy to put all the parts in place, to have our sanitary protocol accepted and to obtain all the required authorizations while Quebec City was in the worst of the Covid pandemic time and declared a red zone,” GYM president Yvon Michel said. “It has been tireless teamwork for several months and full collaboration from the participants. It is an expensive but important adventure for the relaunch of our activities and the restarting of the careers of our boxers. This gala will allow several boxers to regain hope and WBC # 1 aspirant Oscar Rivas to restart the machine for whom we have very ambitious plans this year.”
In the co-featured event, Canadian favorite Sebastian Bouchard (18-2, 8 KOs) takes on welterweight Mario Perez (20-7-5, 12 KOs) in a six-rounder. It will be the first fight for Bouchard since he was injured in the ring in November 2019.
IBF #6 middleweight Patrice Volny (25-1, 18 KOs) squares off against Janko Trotter (10-5-2) in a super middleweight clash. Volny has been appointed to box Patrick Wojcicki, IBF #3, for the mandatory position to challenge world champion Gennady Golovkin in May.
Former Canadian amateur champion and member of the Canadian National Team, Alexis Barrière, will make is long awaited pro debut when he meets Colin Sangster (2-0, 2 KOs) in a 4-round fight between Canadian heavyweight prospects.
There matches showcasing cruiserweights are also on tap on the undercard: Popular Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin (10-1, 4 KOs) vs. Marco Parente (1-4-3) in a 6-rounder, plus a pair of 4-round fights between Francis Charbonneau (2-1, 2 KOs) vs. Alexandre Roberge (1-0, 0 KOs), and Alexander Beaule (1-0l 1 KO) vs. Nick “Big Mac” Naccarato (0-0-1).
Looks like this is gonna be an incredible PPV boxing event that will feature Oscar Rivas the #1 contender in the bridgerweight division with an impressive 26-1, 18 KOs, fighting against Sylvera “Sly” Louis (8-5, 4 KOs). The two fought 10 years ago where Rivas scored a decision. Sylvera hasn’t fought in nearly 5 years but he is well qualified for this rematch that fans have been waiting for. And for only 29.99, I will definitely buy this spectacular event. NOT!
BS! I think you already bought it
$29.99 is a steal for this highly anticipated rematch. Louis has been honing his considerable skills during that 5 year layoff, and is ready to unleash his pugilistic fury on one of the best Bridgerweights to ever lace up a pair of gloves, Oscar Rivas. No undercard necessary when you have a Goliath like Sylvera Louis on the card, but they were generous enough to add white-hot prospects Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin and Nick “Big Mac” Naccarato to the card.
BTW, isn’t Yvon Michel, the promoter of this wonderful event, the guy that was in the studio with Tyson when that Canadian reporter pissed him off?
Who in heaven would be thinking or planning to spend 30 bucks in this crappy PPV event? My car with empty belly is telling me ” feed me better brother, I can take you places”
Why is everything PPV all of a sudden. Are the tv networks dropping boxing? Why would I pay $30 for a Bridgewater title fight? What the heck does that mean anyways?
Yes, it seems that way! PPV is a popular trend now and so are the free replays when available online. Hint Hint…..LOL
Scooby Doo so true. I can’t think of a match up that I would consider PPV for right now. It would have to be a hell of an undercard. But those don’t exist anymore.
I think if you were to go to a bar and tell a girl you were the the WBC brigerweight champion of the world, she would laugh at you.
Most men wouldn’t know what a bridgerweight was. Or care.
Oh yeah. Major bridgerweight PPV. Division is heating up!
A $29.99 main event scheduled for 8 rounds. Sylvera Louis’ last fight was 5 years ago, and he was KO’d. Seriously, your money would be better spent buying a submarine with a screen door. This is on par with the Clarissa Shields PPV event…
More Yvon Michel bullshit.
What a nasty scam to sell this crap…not to mention the mismatch.
Isnt this what a boxing
commission is supposed to oversee?
And I thought the Shields’ PPV was pushing it!
Stop with this “Bridgerweight” nonsense. Either call it “Super Cruiserweight” or ****ing drop it.