“We’re going to settle this on July 29” – Kim Clavel

We really have to hope that the evening of July 29 will be the good one because we have rarely seen Kim Clavel so up against an opponent. She makes a personal matter of this confrontation for the WBC mid-flyweight belt.

You know Kim the nice one, Kim the nurse, Kim the helper, Kim smiling. Today, it does not appeal to me pantout! With you [le public et les journalistes, NDLR] yes, but not with Gomezsnapped Clavel as soon as he was given the floor during the press briefing held Monday at the Casino de Montréal.

” She said things about my team. You can say things about me, but saying that my team is not serious “a gang of clowns” and that I pretend to have COVID, it didn’t go over at all. »

She alludes to remarks Gomez had when he learned that Clavel had to postpone the fight for the third time.

Patience exercise

It should be remembered that this fight between Clavel and Gomez was originally scheduled for December 17, 2021 as part of an evening at the Bell Center which also included a light heavyweight title defense by Artur Beterbiev against Marcus Browne and a title fight. vacant IBF super welterweight between Marie-Eve Dicaire and Mexican Cynthia Lozano.

Wounded, Clavel had to give it up. Then, GYM had chosen the date of March 11, deemed too hasty by the Gomez clan in need of training due to restrictions linked to the coronavirus in Mexico.

New date: April 21. The stars seemed to align until Clavel announced days before the date that she had COVID. It is this new impediment that has raised the ire of Gomez, unhappy to see her preparation fall into the water for the third time.

The promoter Yvon Michel even believed that it was over for this beautiful project. The Gomez clan didn’t want to wait any longer and had even already worked on another plan for the month of June, of which Clavel was no longer a part.

Without the intervention of the WBC and the concessions made by Yvon Michel the event might not have survived. The GYM boss has agreed to pay the additional costs caused by the delays in preparing Gomez.

Another major concession, only Gomez will benefit from a clause for a rematch. Thus, in the event of a victory for Clavel, the Mexican will have the opportunity to redeem herself in a duel which will necessarily be held in Mexico.

Even knowing this, Clavel does not take off. Usually, I address her in Spanish. But there, it does not tempt me to force myself for her. My focus is on boxing. It is a preparation that is really special. I have something on my heart, and on July 29 I’m going to settle it.

evening of premieres

This rise of milk is not in the habits of Clavel. She swears that she will know how to channel the new energy and the additional motivation that it gives her to prevent things from going all over the place, in the evening, at the sound of the first bell.

She said she was able to tap deep into her resources to achieve unprecedented performances in training.

” I eat the walls! I sprint. I sweat my heart. My cardio watch goes up to 204! I am exhausted. I spare no effort. I go all in in everything I do, as much in boxing. I had to sparring quality. No matter what she brings to the ring, with my team, we will have a solution. »

His trainer Danielle Bouchard summed up this intensive learning momentum with three words beginning with the letter P: patience, perseverance and insight.

For her part, Gomez hinted through the voice of the interpreter that she felt ready for the challenge and that she was hopeful that the fight could finally take place.

Asked to comment on her disparaging remarks about Clavel and his team, Gomez admitted that she spoke out of anger and that, for her, the past was the past, and that the only thing that mattered now was to successfully defend her title. .

This expected confrontation is one of the three women’s duels on the program on July 29, unheard of in 165 events organized by the Yvon Michel Group.

Marie-Pier Houle (6-0-1, 2 KOs) will face Brazilian Halanna Dos Santos (14-9, 9 KOs), 32 years old. This should be his last six-round bout before moving on to the next stage of eight rounds.

Also, fans are invited to the professional debut of Caroline Veyre, an Olympian at the Tokyo Games last summer and gold medalist at the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2015.

The one her trainer Danielle Bouchard already describes as a future star will do battle with Mexican Wendy Cruz Castro (0-2) in a four-round fight.

A total of seven fights will make up this summer card. Of the 660 tickets on sale for this evening, there are just under 100 left.