David Lemieux battles David Zegarra Friday in Mexico

The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented combat playing cards from happening in Canada, however that has not stopped Eye of the Tiger Administration from selling combat playing cards.

The Montreal-based firm will promote their subsequent card Friday evening (June 4) on the Vacation Inn in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In the principle occasion of the four-bout card, former IBF middleweight titleholder and tremendous middleweight contender David Lemieux, who’s ranked No. 7 by The Ring, will sq. off in opposition to David Zegarra in a 10-round bout.

The whole card shall be streamed stay on Punching Grace (8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT). Eye of the Tiger went to Mexico to placed on a present in January, and this occasion would be the third one for the corporate in 2021.

Within the co-feature, unbeaten tremendous middleweight Erik Bazinyan will face gatekeeper Scott Sigmon in a 10-round bout. Additionally, once-beaten heavyweight Simon Kean will sq. off in opposition to Don Haynesworth in an eight-round bout.

“David, Erik, and Simon are on the doorstep of world title fights,” stated Camile Estephan, president of Eye of the Tiger Administration. “It’s subsequently essential for us to maintain them energetic with high quality opponents.”

Lemieux (42-4, 35 KOs), who resides in Montreal, was scheduled to combat Ronny Landaeta April 17 on the Centre Videotron in Quebec Metropolis, Canada, however the combat was canceled as a consequence of tighter restrictions from rising COVID-19 instances within the province of Quebec and all through Canada.

In his final bout, on October 10, 2020, Lemieux knocked out Francy Ntetu in spherical 5. The knockout victory befell ten months after Lemieux overcame two knockdowns to defeat Maksym Bersak by cut up determination. The 32-year-old has received his final 4 bouts since dropping by unanimous determination to then WBO middleweight titleholder Billy Joe Saunders in December 2017.

Lemieux, left, and Zegarra made weight Thursday for his or her Friday evening combat.

Zegarra (34-4, 21 KOs), who resides in Lima, Peru, has not fought since November 2019, when he was stopped after spherical 5 by Stefan Haertel. He has cut up his final eight bouts, together with a knockout loss to Bazinyan in June 2018.

Bazinyan (25-0, 19 KOs) stopped Timo Laine in spherical six of his final bout on February 21, 2020. He has stopped 12 of his final 13 opponents.

The 26-year-old, who’s initially from Yerevan, Armenia and now resides within the Montreal suburb of Laval, is co-promoted by Eye of the Tiger Administration and Golden Boy Promotions.

Sigmon (35-14-1, 18 KOs) final fought on February 20, 2020, stopping journeyman Anthony Williams in spherical three. The Bedford, Virginia resident has received 5 of his final seven bouts since his loss to Roy Jones, Jr. in February 2018.

The hard-hitting Kean (19-1, 18 KOs), who resides in Trois-Rivieres, Canada, has received his final 4 bouts since dropping by knockout to Dillon Carman in October 2018. He would avenge that loss in a rematch over eight months later.

Haynesworth (16-5-1, 14 KOs), who resides in New Rochelle, New York, has misplaced three of his final 4 bouts, with two of these coming by knockout.

Within the opening bout of the Punching Grace stream, Martine Vallieres Bisson (2-0) of Ville Lemoyne, Canada will sq. off in opposition to Mexico Metropolis’s Maricruz Gomez Soto (0-2-2) in a four-round featherweight bout.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October of 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (Calif.) Star newspaper. He will be reached by e mail at [email protected] or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing