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Montreal-based Alvarez decisions Dabrowski, looks ahead to Bute bout

Dec 10, 2016 | 3:30 PM

MONTREAL — Eleider Alvarez posted a workmanlike unanimous decision over Poland’s Norbert Dabrowski on Saturday to set the table for his Feb. 24 fight with former world champion Lucian Bute.

Alvarez (21-0), a Colombia native based in Montreal, won on all three judges cards by 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91 scores. He retained his position as the top-ranked light heavyweight contender in the World Boxing Council.

“Eleider is a technician,” his coach Marc Ramsay said. “You’ll never see him put on a show like Arturo Gatti.

“It was a good technical fight.”