{"id":218,"date":"2014-01-07T01:56:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T00:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punchinggrace.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=218"},"modified":"2024-11-29T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T01:55:34","slug":"boxing-lounge-1","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pungr.agencearobas.ca\/en\/events\/boxing-lounge-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Maduma VS.<\/span> Aparicio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing lounge #1<\/h2>\n

Undefeated North American Boxing Federation (NABF) lightweight champion\u00a0Ghislain \u201cMani\u201d Maduma<\/b>\u00a0(15-0, 9 KOs) will make his first NABF title defense Wednesday night, February 5 against Mexican knockout artist\u00a0John Carlo Aparicio<\/b>\u00a0(26-7, 21 KOs), live on pay per view from New City Gas in Montreal, Canada.<\/p>\n

Eye Of The Tiger Management (EOTTM) will launch its new\u00a0Boxing Lounge Series<\/i>\u00a0with a strong top-to-bottom card, which will be available to watch worldwide as a $19.99 PPV event being streamed in high-definition via this website.\u00a0 Maduma vs. Aparicio will be the 10-round main event and world-class welterweight\u00a0Antonin Decarie<\/b>\u00a0(28-2, 8 KOs) faces\u00a0Cesar \u201cEl Dolar\u201d Chavez<\/b>\u00a0(21-5, 9 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis series is made to be seen on the screen in HD,\u201d EOTTM president\u00a0Camille Estephan<\/b>\u00a0explained.\u00a0 \u201cIPTV is the future in terms of watching entertainment.\u00a0 Our series is old school boxing with cigars, Scotch, tables and seats for 500, in an intimate environment.\u00a0 It really looks great on the screen.\u00a0 PunchingGrace will bring real-life boxing to viewers.\u00a0 They\u2019ll be close to the action in the ring, as well in the back area before and after fights.\u00a0 It is available worldwide and we\u2019re also developing a network of bars around the world to take it.\u00a0 We\u2019re very excited about this undertaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Maduma, who lives in Montreal, is world rated at No. 3 by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and No. 6 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). Maduma, who is also the reigning WBC Continental 135-pound title-holder, is coming off of one-sided unanimous decision (120-108, 119-109, 118-110) victory last September over\u00a0Fermin De Los Santos<\/b>\u00a0(24-14-2, 16 KOs), who had been unbeaten in his previous 15 fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to be a big year for me,\u201d Maduma said.\u00a0 \u201cEverything is in place for me to accomplish my goal of becoming world champion.\u00a0 First, though, I need to take care of business with Aparicio, a tough Mexican veteran with a lot of experience.\u00a0 I never look past one fight to another.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lightweight division is exciting but lacks a big name right now.\u00a0 Our division has a lot of good fighters and I plan to emerge as the lightweight champion of the world.\u00a0 I have all the tools to dominate opponents and I\u2019m gaining the experience I\u2019ll need to beat the very best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aparicio is a former WBC Myndoi Hispanic super featherweight and WBC FECOMBOX light welterweight champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cGhislain has blazing hand speed, power and accuracy,\u201d commented Estephan, who promotes Maduma.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s explosive and always in top condition.\u00a0 He wants to win the world title this year and that\u2019s our plan. Ghislain has always been a very special talent.\u00a0 He was a young father at 18 and has three children.\u00a0 As an amateur, all he did was work, go to school and compete in tournaments.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t have time to train back then.\u00a0 Ghislain, like all of our fighters, now does extensive strength-and-conditioning workouts at highly-respected Centre Claude Robillard alongside Canadian Olympians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are always doubters in boxing.\u00a0 They doubted me when I talked about (EOTTM stable-mates and world title challengers)\u00a0Bermane Stiverne<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Dierry Jean<\/b>.\u00a0 They\u2019re missing the boat with Ghislain, too.\u00a0 Not only is he going to be a world lightweight champion, he\u2019s going to be the No. 1 lightweight in the world and a major headliner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoxing Lounge\u201d also features Decarie, the popular Quebec boxer\u00a0<\/b>who is rated No. 11 by the WBC.\u00a0 Decarie\u2019s last fight was this past September, in which he won a six-round decision versus\u00a0Salim Larbi<\/b>\u00a0(17-3-2), after dropping a 10-round decision to\u00a0Luis Carlos Abregu<\/b>\u00a0(34-1, 28 KOs) last April for the vacant WBC Silver Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Antonin\u2019s loss to Abregu,\u201d Estephan noted, \u201che came back to fight a bigger opponent, Larbi, who is really a light middleweight. Coming off a loss, Larbi was a very tough opponent, and a good test for Antonin. He will face another good test in this upcoming fight so he can get back into world title contention.\u00a0 He\u2019s not too far off right now.\u00a0 Adjustments have been put in place so that he\u2019ll be ready to take advantage of his next opportunity to get a world title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The undercard will showcase many of Canada\u2019s most exciting prospects such as super\u00a0 middleweight\u00a0Schiller Hyppolite<\/b>\u00a0(8-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round bout; light middleweight\u00a0Mian Hussain<\/b>\u00a0(7-0, 4 KOs) and lightweights\u00a0Ibrahim \u201cFireman\u201d Kamal<\/b>\u00a0(9-1, 6 KOs),\u00a0Michael \u201cL\u2019Unique\u201d Gadbois<\/b>\u00a0(9-0-2 (3 KOs) and\u00a0Chris Plaitis<\/b>\u00a0(5-0-1) in separate six-round fights; and welterweight\u00a0\u00a0Mitch Louis-Charles<\/b>\u00a0(2-1-1, 1 KOs) and light heavyweight\u00a0Erik Bazinyan<\/b>\u00a0(2-0, 2 KOs) in four-round matches.<\/p>\n

All opponents will soon be announced.\u00a0 All fights and fighters are subject to change.<\/p>\n

The Feb. 5th\u00a0show is a private event that is already sold-out. Tickets are not available to purchase but fans all over the world may watch all of the action live,\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For further information about Maduma, Decarie and the Feb. 5 show, visit\u00a0www.eottm.com<\/a>, or follow on Twitter @eotmvd, @GhislainMaduma and @DecarieBoxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eye Of The Tiger Management proudly presents its first event entitled Boxing Lounge on February 5th at the New City Gas in Montreal. Featured in the main event of the…","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":297,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-218","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"video_Iframe":"","event_script":"

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