Last month, Eye of The Tiger announced that they would be putting on an in-house super middleweight clash between Erik Bazinyan and Steven Butler at Espace St. Denis, Montreal, Canada, on March 14.
Today, the Montreal-based company announced the undercard. In co-feature, Mary Spencer (9-2, 6 knockouts) will defend her WBA junior middleweight title for the first time against former two-division world champion Ogleidis Suarez (31-5-1, 15 KOs).
Spencer, rated at No. 4 by The Ring at junior middleweight, was a decorated amateur, claiming three world championships (2005, 08 and 10), a 2011 Pan-Am games gold medal and was an eight-time national champion.
She turned professional in the summer of 2021 and tore through her early competition before being found out by Femke Hermans (UD 10) and though she improved in the rematch again lost (MD 10). After returning to winning ways, she bested Naomi Mannes (UD 10) for the WBA Interim title and has since been upgraded to full champion.
Suarez has been a professional since 2006. The Venezuelan-born fighter fought much of her early career in Panama. She claimed WBA featherweight and junior lightweight titles in the early 2010s.
The now 37-year-old moved up in weight and came up short on a previous trip to Canada against Marie Eve Dicaire (UD 10) for the IBF 154-pound title in November 2019. She has fought three times since. Notably shedding some ring rust last Saturday to get back in the win column and allow her to get this opportunity.
Heading up the remainder of the undercard, junior welterweight prospect Jhon Orobio (12-0, 11 KOs) will face dangerous Sebastian Aguirre (19-6, 12 KOs) in a scheduled 8-round contest.
Lightweight Luis Santana (12-0, 6 KOs) will step up to 10-rounds for the first time against Jonathan de Pina (14-2, 7 KOs).
Meanwhile, Wilkens Mathieu (12-0, 8 KOs) will fight an as yet unknown opponent over 8-rounds at a catchweight 170.
Middleweight up-and-comer Alexandre Gaumont (12-0, 8 KOs) is tabbed for an 8-round fight against an opponent to be announced.
Finally, Petro Ivanov (18-1-2, 13 KOs) will return for the first time since he lost to Osleys Iglesias (TKO 5) last November in scheduled 8-round bout against an as yet to be determined opponent at 175-pounds.
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