Olsleys Iglesias (12-0, 11 KOs) weighed in at 167 lbs, and his opponent Petro Ivanov (18-0-2, 13 KOs) got here in at 167.2 lbs throughout Wednesday’s weigh-in for his or her 12-round tremendous Middleweight headliner this Thursday night time at The Cabaret Du On line casino De Montreal. The occasion shall be streamed dwell on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
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“I’m a person of few phrases, however they name me Iglesias the Twister. Come see me on Thursday night time, and also you’ll see what I’m fabricated from,” stated Iglesias.
It is a uncommon Thursday night time card, nevertheless it’s a superb approach for Eye of The Tiger promotions to permit their proficient tremendous middleweight contender Osleys Iglesias to be seen by followers with out being crowded out by staging his combat on Friday or Saturday night time by the opposite occasions which can be happening that night time.
#5 WBC and #7 IBF Iglesias will defend his IBO tremendous middleweight title towards Ukraine-born Ivanov. The 26-year-old Cuban Iglesias is a fighter that might be on the trail to take over the 168-lb division after Canelo Alvarez retires within the subsequent few years.
Clearly, Canelo isn’t going to permit Iglesias to face him to springboard his profession, however he’s going to have to surrender one in all his belts in the end when Iglesias turns into his necessary.
Within the chief help weights. Tremendous middleweight Steven Butler (34-5-1, 28 KOs) weighed in at 165.3, whereas his opponent Fernando Farias (12-2-2, 3 KOs) got here in at 165.5.
Weights
Osleys Iglesias 167 vs. Petro Ivanov 167.2
Steven Butler 165.3 vs. Fernando Farias 165.5
Thomas Chabot 129.5 vs. Jesus Daneff 129.3
Osleys Iglesias has seemed excellent in 2024, beating Marcelo Coceres, Sena Agbeko, and Evgeny Shvedenko. Thursday night time’s combat shall be Iglesias’ fourth combat this yr, which is uncommon for a top-10 contender on this period of boxing.
It’s essential that Iglesias combat often to construct up his fan base and get pushed up the rankings. One of the simplest ways to get rated shortly is to remain busy, as we noticed with Gennadiy Golovkin when he first began out.
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