How to watch Osleys Iglesias vs Oliver Zaren

Osleys Iglesias vs Oliver Zaren fight details

Eye of the Tiger Management presents a stellar card featuring a record nine titles on the line, including three world championships.

Osleys Iglesias will defend his unified IBF and IBO titles against undefeated challenger Oliver Zaren, while Wilkens Mathieu will face Vladimir Shishkin in a bid to retain his NABF title.

All the details you need to know can be found below:

Fight Details

Date: Thursday, October 8

Venue: The Théâtre Capitole of Quebec City

Time: 7pm EDT / 12am BST

How to Watch

The event will also be broadcast locally on Punching Grace and worldwide by international broadcaster DAZN.

Fight Preview

In the main event, one of the most feared world champions, Osleys ‘El Tornado’ Iglesias (15-0, 14 KO), will make the first defence of his IBF world title, as well as the fifth defense of his IBO super-middleweight strap.

Last April, the Cuban-born fighter captured the vacant IBF belt by handing Russia’s Pavel Silyagin his first defeat, forcing him to retire after eight rounds.

Prior to that, Iglesias earned his world title opportunity by stopping another Russian contender, Vladimir Shishkin, also in the eighth round.

Those two stoppage victories are a reflection of his career as a whole: with an impressive 93% KO ratio, Iglesias leads all current world champions, across all weight classes, in that category.

Undefeated contender Oliver ‘The Great Dane’ Zaren (19-0-1, 8 KO), however, has no fear of stepping into the eye of the storm as he looks to write his own page in history.

A former super-middleweight Intercontinental champion and current IBF #5 world contender, the Dane has fought across Europe, including for the European title. He is now trained by none other than legendary Mikkel Kessler, considered by many to be the greatest Danish boxer of all time.

Zaren will therefore arrive in Québec with the ambition of becoming the first Dane since his mentor to bring a world title back home.

Undercard

In the co-main event, the youngest contender in the world’s top 15 at super-middleweight, Wilkens Mathieu (16-0, 11 KO), will look to continue his rapid rise as he defends his North American (NABF) title against former world title challenger Vladimir Shishkin (17-2, 11 KO).

Like Mathieu, Québec headliner Leïla Beaudoin (15-2, 2 KO) will also return to the Capitole de Québec for her second consecutive fight at the venue. After winning the WBA interim world championship at super-featherweight (130 lb) by dominating Colombia’s Paulina Angel last June, the Bas-Saint-Laurent native, who became the third Québec woman in history to win a world title, will make her first defense against a contender to be announced shortly.

In what will be the first fight between two EOTTM fighters in more than five years, two-time Olympian and two-time (WBC and IBF) continental lightweight champion, Dzmitry Asanau (13-0, 7 KO), will face Montreal’s NABF champion, Luis Santana (16-0, 7 KO), in another clash between undefeated fighters.

The card will also feature the return of Marc Ramsay protégé, Olympic medalist and top-five world contender Imam Khataev (12-1, 11 KO), who will defend his NABF light heavyweight title against Irish contender Padraig McCrory (20-2, 10 KO).

The warrior from Thetford Mines, Thomas Chabot (13-1, 8 KO), will also put his WBC featherweight continental title on the line against Spanish veteran Jose Antonio Sanchez (18-3-1, 6 KO).

The next generation will also be showcased on this nine-fight card. EOTTM prospect Erik Israyelyan (6-0, 4 KO) will face Canadian prospect Jesse Frank Sallows (6-1, 5 KO).

In an all-Québec clash, Lanaudière boxer Jacob Blais (0-1) will take on Capitale-Nationale native Yoan Trottier (0-2), while popular Trois-Rivières native Daylen Pepin (2-1) will also be in action against an opponent to be announced shortly.

Running Order

Osleys Iglesias vs Oliver Zaren

Wilkens Mathieu vs Vladimir Shishkin

Leïla Beaudoin vs Brisa Abigail Rosario Alfonzo

Dzmitry Asanau vs Luis Santana

Imam Khataev vs Padraig McCrory

Thomas Chabot vs Jose Antonio Sanchez

Erik Israyelyan vs Frank Sallows

Jacob Blais vs Yoan Trottier

Trois-Rivières vs Daylen Pepin

Tickets

Tickets for the #IglesiasZaren event, scheduled for October 8 at the Théâtre Capitole of Quebec City, are on sale now through Ticketmaster (HERE).

Quotes

Oliver Zaren: “This fight is a dream come true for me, a dream I have cherished since childhood, and one that will ultimately come true with my victory. Osleys Iglesias is strong, tall, powerful, and I know he scares even the world’s elite… but not me, because I know my level. On October 8, I will not come to Québec as a visitor. I will come as a conqueror.”

Eye of the Tiger President Camille Estephan: “Historic is a term that is often overused in sports, but this time, the numbers speak for themselves: nine titles on the line at a single card in Quebec is simply unprecedented. It is all the more exciting for us to present an event of this magnitude at the Capitole, one of the most beautiful venues in North America, where every seat gives our fans the opportunity to be at the heart of the action,” said Eye of the Tiger President Camille Estephan.

Betting Odds

1/12 Iglesias

17/2 Zaren

25/1 Draw

3/10 Iglesias by KO TKO or DQ

20/1 Zaren by KO TKO or DQ

Top Tip: Iglesias Rounds 5-8 @17/2