Alexandre Gaumont set to debut as headliner vs Cristian Zarate in Canada on Oct. 17

Middleweight prospect Alexandre Gaumont will headline against Cristian Zarate in Gatineau, Canada, on October 17.

The Eye of The Tiger event will see Gaumont, who is a popular local, fight in front of his hometown fans at the Lac Leamy Casino for the third time.

Gaumont (11-0, 7 knockouts) will look to be the first to stop Argentina’s Zarate (10-4, 3 KOs).

Meanwhile in the co-feature, light heavyweight Mehmet Unal (10-0, 8 KOs) will face an as yet to be determined opponent in a scheduled 10-round contest.

In the undercard, Steve Claggett (38-8-2, 26 KOs) will look to return to the win column after coming up short against Ring/ WBO junior welterweight titlist Teofimo Lopez (UD 12) in June. His opponent hasn’t been finalized.

Vanessa Lepage Joanisse (7-2, 2 KOs) will also fight for the first time since losing her WBC heavyweight title to Claressa Shields in July. Her opponent is also being worked on.

Interestingly, Pascal Villeneuve (4-2-1, 2 KOs) will fight for the first since May 2016. Villeneuve is from Gatineau and works at day job at the Lac Leamy Casino.

Also scheduled to appear is middleweight Shamil Khataev (12-0-1, 3 KOs), lightweight Luis Santana (12-0, 6 KOs) and middleweight Moreno Fendero (6-0, 4 KO) provided he wins and has no injuries from his fight next Thursday.

The show will be broadcast on ESPN+ and also on punchinggrace.com in Canada.

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