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Undefeated Featherweights
Tyler Asselstine
vs. Nicola Cipolletta This Sat. In Montreal
One of Ontario's best amateur boxers, undefeated
featherweight prospect Tyler Asselstine (8-0, 5 KOs), has a
second home in Montreal, where he fights Saturday night for
the sixth time during his young pro career, against unbeaten
Italian boxer Nicola Cipolletta (8-0, 2 KOs).
Asselstime-Cipolletta is part of the "Fast & Furious"
undercard, presented by Groupe Yvon Michel, in association
with Mise-O-Jeu and Videotron, at the famed Bell Centre.
Super middleweight sensation Adonis "Superman" Stevenson
defends his International Boxing Federation ("IBF")
Inter-Continental title in the 12-round main event, also an
IBF voluntary eliminator for the No. 2 position, versus
former NABF champion Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzales (27-1, 14
KOs).
The entire show will be available to watch in the United
States on FIGHT NOW TVTM - America's only 24-hour combat
sports and entertainment channel.
"I love fighting in Montreal,"25-year-old Asselstine said.
"The fans are great and so is the atmosphere. Training camp
went very well and I'm right on weight. I'm very happy to be
on this great card. This is absolutely my toughest test as a
pro. My opponent is a tall, slick fighter from Italy who
doesn't know how to lose, yet. It's going to be a fun,
action-packed fight."
A member of the 2009 Canadian National Team, Tyler
represented his country as a decorated amateur (70-10) in
many International matches, including a gold-medal
performance at the 2010 Ringside World Championships.
Asselstine is a talented southpaw who started boxing at 18
after being a kick-boxer. He has been favorably compared is
a smaller, younger version of his boxing idol, IBF super
middleweight champion Lucian Bute. Asselstine's promoter,
Hennessy Sports, believes Tyler is well on his way to
becoming the next great Canadian boxer.
"We're very high on Tyler," his promoter Adam Harris
(Hennessy Sports) said. "Fighting another 8-0 opponent gives
you an indication of how strongly we believe in him, as well
as the type of young fighter Tyler is. He's getting better
with each and every fight and this will certainly be a good
fight to gauge his progress and future prospects."
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