Lucian Bute

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Lucian Bute
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Statistics
Nickname(s) Le Tombeur
Mister KO
Rated at Super middleweight
Light heavyweight
Height 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Reach 72 in (183 cm)
Nationality Romanian
Canadian
Born (1980-02-28) February 28, 1980 (age 44)
Pechea, Galați, Romania
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 35
Wins 32
Wins by KO 25
Losses 3
Medal record
Representing  Romania
World Amateur Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Houston Welterweight
Francophone Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Ottawa-Hull Welterweight

Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980)[1] is a Romanian Canadian professional boxer who fights out of Montreal. He is a former IBF super middleweight champion, having made nine defenses of the title and reaching a peak ranking of No. 1 in the division by The Ring magazine.[2]

Personal life

Lucian Bute was born on February 28, 1980 in Pechea, Galaţi County, Romania.

He also holds Canadian citizenship, gained in 2012.[3]

Amateur highlights

As an amateur, Bute won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas and the gold medal at the 2001 Francophone Games. Bute also represented Romania at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as a middleweight, where he was defeated and eliminated from the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship by the current middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin with a superb knockout at round 4. Before KO Golovkin, who won 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship, was outpointing Bute with 13 points. [4]

1999 World Amateur Championship Results

  • Defeated Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (Turkey) 9-5
  • Defeated Mihály Kótai (Hungary) 8-4
  • Defeated Kejstutis Sandanavicius (Lithuania) 18-5
  • Lost to Timur Gaydalov (Russia) 7-10

2003 World Amateur Championship Results

  • Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) KO-4

Professional career

Lucian Bute turned pro in 2003. On September 11, 2014, Bute announced that he would be trained by Fredie Roach. He was previously trained by Stéphan Larouche, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas and Leonard Doroftei.[citation needed]

IBF Super Middleweight Champion

On June 15, 2007, Bute faced super middleweight contender and former Olympian Sakio Bika at the Bell Centre in Montreal in an elimination bout for the IBF title.[5] Bute beat Bika by unanimous decision (116-111, 118-109, 118-109) and, as a result, he got his shot at the IBF Super Middleweight Champion Alejandro Berrio on October 19, 2007. Bute beat Berrio via TKO in the 11th round. With this victory, Bute became the third professional boxing world champion of Romania in its short history after the fall of communism after Leonard Doroftei and Mihai Leu and also the third champion in InterBox's history after Eric Lucas and Dorin.[6]

Andrade Controversy

On October 24, 2008, Bute defeated Mexico's Librado Andrade by unanimous decision but the end of the fight was marred with controversy.[7] While Bute dominated his opponent through most of the fight, he nearly lost the title when he was knocked down by Andrade with two seconds left in the 12th and final round. When the referee, Marlon B. Wright, reached the eight count, the bell sounding the end of the match rang. However, the referee stopped the count temporarily when he signaled Andrade to return to his corner.[8]

Bute vs. Zúñiga

Bute defeated three-time world title challenger Fulgencio Zúñiga on March 13, 2009. In round four, Bute knocked Zúñiga down with a left uppercut to the body. Zúñiga got up, but Bute continued the assault, eventually leading to a stoppage by the referee.[9]

Bute vs. Andrade II

On November 29, 2009, Lucian Bute fought Andrade in a rematch and won with a fourth-round KO at Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada. Bute retained his IBF Super Middleweight title.[citation needed]

Bute vs. Miranda

On April 17, 2010, Bute stopped Edison Miranda at 1:22 of the third round to retain his IBF Super Middleweight title in Montreal in front of nearly 15,000 fans. Miranda lost the first two rounds and he was knocked out during the third round with a left uppercut to the jaw. Miranda got back on his feet but the referee decided to stop the fight seconds after, so the result was a technical knockout.[10]

Bute vs. Brinkley

On October 15, at the Bell Centre in Montréal, IBF Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute scored an impressive ninth round KO over mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley. It was mostly a tactical fight until Bute dropped Brinkley with a left uppercut to the body in round five. Brinkley barely beat the count. Bute floored Brinkley for the second time in round eight and knocked him out with an uppercut in round nine. It was Bute’s sixth title defense.[11]

Bute vs. Magee

Bute dominated and stopped European Super Middleweight Champion Brian Magee in the 10th round in a mostly one-sided fight at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Magee showed incredible heart throughout and had some good moments in the earlier rounds. However, Bute wore Magee down, knocking him down three times – once in the 6th, another time in the 7th and a final time in the 10th. Bute won the fight with an uppercut in the 10th round. The bout was stopped at 2:04 of the round. The fight took place on March 19, 2011. This was Bute's seventh successful defense in a row.[12]

Back home

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Main article: Lucian Bute vs. Jean-Paul Mendy

Bute successfully defended his IBF Super Middleweight title for the eighth time in a row in Romania on 9 July 2011 against the previously unbeaten Jean-Paul Mendy of France. The Frenchman was the IBF's number one contender and the mandatory challenger.[13] This was Bute's first defense in Romania and his second fight there since 2005. The event took place at Romexpo and Bute won in the fourth round by knockout.[14]

Bute vs. Johnson

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Main article: Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson

Bute defeated Glen Johnson via unanimous decision at Québec City's Colisée Pepsi. The judges scorecards read 119-109 and 120-108 twice.[citation needed]

No Easy Way Out

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Main article: Carl Froch vs. Lucian Bute

The IBF officially enforced Carl Froch as Lucian Bute's number one mandatory. The fight, billed as "No Easy Way Out," took place on 26 May 2012 in Froch's hometown of Nottingham.[15] Despite being the overwhelming underdog with bookmakers, critics and fans around the world, Froch dominated Bute throughout the fight to become the IBF Super Middleweight Championship via TKO in round five.[16][17][18]

Comeback vs. Denis Grachev

On November 3, 2012, in his first fight since his loss to Froch, Bute fought Denis Grachev for the latter's NABF light heavyweight title.[19] The bout took place in Montreal, Quebec. Despite strong opposition from Grachev, who was very aggressive throughout the fight, Bute was still able to not only narrowly out-box Grachev in a majority of the rounds (including a huge rally in the twelfth and final round that saw him land punches filled with loads of power over and over again on Grachev), but land the harder punches throughout the fight and was able to win the fight via unanimous decision. Unofficial ringside scorer, Russ Anber, scored the fight: 118-112, for Bute.

Bute vs. Pascal

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Main article: Lucian Bute vs. Jean Pascal

It was announced that Bute would fight Jean Pascal on May 25, 2013, in Montreal, Quebec. Bute would be making his first defense of his NABF light heavyweight championship, and the winner of the fight would become the WBC Diamond Champion in the class.[20] However, on May 8, 2013, Bute was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury that required surgery to remove bone fragments from his left hand. The fight was rescheduled for January 18, 2014.[21] Pascal ended up winning the fight by unanimous decision 117-110, 117-111 and 116-112.[22]

Professional boxing record

35 fights, 32 wins (25 knockouts), 3 losses (1 knockout)[23]
Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
Loss 32-3 United Kingdom James DeGale UD 12 2015-11-28 Canada Videotron Centre, Quebec City, Quebec For IBF super middleweight title.
Win 32–2 Italy Andrea Di Luisa TKO 4 (10), 1:53 2015-08-15 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Loss 31–2 Canada Jean Pascal UD 12 2014-01-18 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Lost NABF light heavyweight title.
For vacant WBC Diamond light heavyweight title.
Win 31–1 Russia Denis Grachev UD 12 2012-11-03 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Won NABF light heavyweight title.
Loss 30–1 United Kingdom Carl Froch TKO 5 (12), 1:05 2012-05-26 United Kingdom Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Lost IBF super middleweight title.
Win 30–0 Jamaica Glen Johnson UD 12 2011-11-05 Canada Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 29–0 France Jean-Paul Mendy KO 4 (12), 2:48 2011-07-09 Romania Romexpo Dome, Bucharest Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 28–0 United Kingdom Brian Magee TKO 10 (12), 2:04 2011-03-19 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 27–0 United States Jesse Brinkley KO 9 (12), 2:48 2010-10-15 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 26–0 Colombia Edison Miranda TKO 3 (12), 1:22 2010-04-17 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 25–0 Mexico Librado Andrade KO 4 (12), 2:57 2009-11-28 Canada Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 24–0 Colombia Fulgencio Zúñiga TKO 4 (12), 2:25 2009-03-13 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 23–0 Mexico Librado Andrade UD 12 2008-10-24 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 22–0 United States William Joppy TKO 10 (12), 1:08 2008-02-29 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained IBF super middleweight title.
Win 21–0 Colombia Alejandro Berrio TKO 11 (12), 1:27 2007-10-19 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Won IBF super middleweight title.
Win 20–0 Cameroon Sakio Bika UD 12 2007-06-15 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec IBF super middleweight title eliminator.
Win 19–0 Armenia Sergey Tatevosyan UD 12 2007-01-26 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title.
Win 18–0 Ghana James Obede Toney TKO 8 (12), 2:49 2006-09-15 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained NABF, NABA and WBC Continental Americas super middleweight titles.
Win 17–0 Denmark Lolenga Mock UD 12 2006-05-16 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title.
Win 16–0 South Africa Andre Thysse UD 12 2006-03-24 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained WBC Continental Americas super middleweight title.
Win 15–0 United States Donnell Wiggins KO 2 (12), 2:53 2005-12-02 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Retained NABA Super Middleweight title.
Win 14–0 Egypt Kabary Salem TKO 8 (12), 3:00 2005-09-16 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Won vacant NABF and WBC Continental Americas super middleweight titles.
Win 13–0 United States Jose Spearman KO 8 (12), 2:13 2005-06-03 Canada Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Quebec Retained NABA super middleweight title.
Win 12–0 United States Donny McCrary KO 4 (12), 2:10 2005-04-21 Romania Sports Hall, Galaţi, Galaţi County Retained NABA super middleweight title.
Win 11–0 United States Christian Cruz TKO 12 (12), 2:18 2005-03-18 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Won vacant NABA super middleweight title.
Win 10–0 Canada Carl Handy TKO 4 (12), 2:09 2005-02-19 Canada Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, Quebec Won vacant NABF light heavyweight title.
Win 9–0 South Africa Dingaan Thobela TKO 4 (8), 1:22 2004-12-03 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Win 8–0 United States Norman Johnson TKO 2 (6), 1:19 2004-11-01 United States The Roxy, Boston, Massachusetts
Win 7–0 Canada Willard Lewis TKO 3 (8), 3:00 2004-10-30 Canada Le Medley, Montreal, Quebec
Win 6–0 United States Rico Cason TKO 2 (6), 2:43 2004-10-16 United States Club Ovation, Boynton Beach, Florida
Win 5–0 United States Tyler Hughes TKO 3 (6), 2:46 2004-07-24 United States Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win 4–0 United States Zane Marks TKO 1 (4), 2:35 2004-04-24 Canada Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec
Win 3–0 Canada Jean Pascal Service KO 1 (4), 1:48 2004-03-20 Canada Montreal Casino, Montreal, Quebec
Win 2–0 United States Darin Johnson TKO 1 (4), 2:50 2003-12-20 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Win 1–0 United States Robert Muhammad TKO 2 (4), 2:05 2003-11-22 Canada Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Professional debut.

References

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  7. ↑ Lucian Bute, Librado Andrade, Marlon B. Wright and the Incompetent Timekeeper – A Non-Controversy
  8. ↑ Bute retains IBF title with unanimous decision victory
  9. ↑ Bute destroys Zuniga!. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
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  16. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2150532/Carl-Froch-annihilates-Lucian-Bute-win-IBF-super-middleweight-title-baying-Nottingham-crowd.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
  17. ↑ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=32165&more=1
  18. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/may/27/carl-froch-lucian-bute-world-title?newsfeed=true
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  20. ↑ http://www.boxingscene.com/bute-vs-pascal-announcement-expected-shortly--63294 Bute vs. Pascal Announcement is Expected Shortly
  21. ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/5192/pascal-bute-cast-in-stone
  22. ↑ http://www.tsn.ca/boxing/story/?id=441614
  23. ↑ [3]

External links

See also

Sporting positions
Preceded by IBF Super Middleweight Champion
October 19, 2007 – May 27, 2012		 Succeeded by
Carl Froch
Preceded by NABF Light Heavyweight Champion
November 3, 2012 – January 19, 2014		 Succeeded by
Jean Pascal
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