Former WBO light heavyweight world champion Eleider Alvarez has ended his association with trainer, Marc Ramsay, and manager, Stéphane Lépine.

The former champion has decided to entrust the rest of his career to renowned coach Pedro Diaz.

Alvarez (25-2, 13 KOs) met with his promoter, Yvon Michel, to put his cards on the table two weeks ago. He introduced his plan to go train at Diaz's gym, located in Miami. 

The Mondo Boxing Gym is well known, with several top boxers training there, such as Guillermo Rigondeaux, Ivan Baranchyk, Filip Hrgovic and Tyrone Spong. 

“It was Eleider who did all the legwork [to set this up]. We wanted it to be like that,” said Yvon Michel to Mathieu Boulay of the Journal de Montréal.

“We support him in his decision to go there and he had his first training (last Tuesday). 

“At the Mondo Gym, he will find himself in a gymnasium where he will be surrounded by Latino boxers. [His trainer] will speak Spanish around him. "

Diaz is well known in Quebec. He worked for two years at GYM, where he provided advice to Jean Pascal, David Lemieux, Oscar Rivas and ... Eleider Alvarez.

“Eleider and Pedro will report to me weekly. I trust what Pedro will tell me. He was never a compromised coach. If Eleider is dragging his feet, he'll find out pretty quickly," Michel said.

“If he manages to convince us, he could have a fight, but we're not there yet. If he achieves that goal, it will be a fitness fight. No question of sending him against another boxer who is ranked worldwide. "

Alvarez, 37-years-old, hasn't fought since August 22, 2020, when he suffered a knockout loss to Joe Smith in Las Vegas. 

After his setback, trainer Marc Ramsay had wanted Alvarez to seriously consider retirement. 

“There were two things that bothered me more,” said Ramsay. "The first is his weight between fights. I wanted him to stay around 200 lbs. The last time we met he was 225 lbs. 

“Then I wanted him to prepare a post-career project. He still hasn't planned anything yet."