Osleys Iglesias and Oliver Zaren are now carrying the top of a loaded Quebec City boxing card, because Eye of the Tiger just went full belt collector mode. The promoter announced Friday that its Oct. 8 event at Théâtre Capitole will feature nine title fights, including three world championships, with Iglesias defending the IBF and IBO super middleweight belts in the main event. It is another busy title lane in a boxing year that has already seen sanctioning bodies and belts drive plenty of chaos, from Jai Opetaia’s IBF fight to fresh movement around Hamzah Sheeraz and Janibek Alimkhanuly.
The main event is Iglesias vs. Zaren, but the card is built more like a boxing buffet than a normal Thursday show. Wilkens Mathieu vs. Vladimir Shishkin sits underneath it for Mathieu’s NABF super middleweight title, Leïla Beaudoin returns after winning the WBA interim super featherweight belt in June, and unbeaten EOTTM teammates Dzmitry Asanau and Luis Santana are being matched against each other.
Osleys Iglesias is set to make his first IBF super middleweight title defense against Oliver Zaren on October 8th in Quebec 🇨🇦
Ring ambassador Wilkens Mathieu vs Vladimir Shishkin, and Imam Khataev vs Padraig McCrory will feature on the undercard. pic.twitter.com/uHw3HoIEPk
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) August 14, 2026
Eye of the Tiger president Camille Estephan did not exactly whisper about the size of the show. He called the nine-title setup unprecedented for Quebec and leaned into the venue’s close-quarters energy.
“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.
Iglesias Brings The Hammer, Zaren Brings The Zero
Iglesias enters at 15-0 with 14 knockouts, which is the kind of record that makes matchmakers start sweating through their suit jackets. The Cuban-born champion won the vacant IBF title in April by forcing Pavel Silyagin to retire after eight rounds, and he already had the IBO belt before that. EOTTM noted that his 93 percent knockout rate leads current world champions across weight classes, which is an absurd stat even by boxing’s padded-record standards.
Zaren, though, is not walking in as some warm body with gloves. The Danish contender is 19-0-1 with 8 knockouts, sits at No. 5 with the IBF, and now trains with Mikkel Kessler, the former Danish star who knows a thing or two about dragging belts back across the Atlantic. Zaren made it clear he is not flying to Quebec just to collect a check and get steamrolled.
“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 in Quebec City as a visitor. I will come as a conqueror,” said Scandinavian warrior Oliver Zaren.
The co-main event has its own nasty edge. Mathieu is only 21, unbeaten at 16-0 with 11 knockouts, and coming off a June stoppage of Olympic medalist Esquiva Falcao. He is ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies, including No. 8 by the WBC and No. 14 by the WBA, but Shishkin is not a soft touch. Iglesias stopped Shishkin before winning the IBF belt, and William Scull also used a Shishkin win to move toward world-title business.
“After beating Vladimir Shishkin, William Scull and Osleys Iglesias both went on to fight for world titles. So I sincerely hope the same thing happens for me, because I already feel ready to beat anyone in the world at 168 pounds,” said the ever-confident Wilkens Mathieu.
Beaudoin is also back at Théâtre Capitole after beating Paulina Angel in June to claim the WBA interim super featherweight title. Her opponent is still to be announced, but the first-defense spot keeps another world championship in play on a card that already has enough hardware to make airport security miserable.
“My training camp has just begun, but I already feel ready to face anyone. Winning a world title is one thing and defending it is another, but once again, I’ll have the crowd behind me and I don’t intend to disappoint my fans on October 8,” said Témiscouata’s pride and joy, Leïla Beaudoin.
The rest of the slate keeps the belt pile moving. Asanau, a two-time Olympian and unbeaten lightweight, meets Santana in what EOTTM billed as its first fight between two of its own boxers in more than five years. Imam Khataev defends his NABF light heavyweight title against Padraig McCrory, Thomas Chabot puts his WBC featherweight continental title up against Jose Antonio Sanchez, and prospects Erik Israyelyan, Jacob Blais, Yoan Trottier, and Daylen Pepin round out the lineup.
This is exactly the kind of regional power play that matters in boxing. It gives Iglesias another world-title defense, gives Mathieu a dangerous measuring-stick fight, and gives Quebec City a full night of stakes instead of one main event floating above filler. With title fights also moving elsewhere, including the Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Bahdi WBA plan, the fall boxing calendar is starting to look properly messy.
