Lucian Bute
Encyclopedia
Lucian Bute is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, currently based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Bute is the current IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 champion. BoxRec has ranked Bute as the 8th pound for pound best boxer in the world and number 1 at the Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 in 2011.

Amateur highlights

As an amateur, Bute won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :-...

 in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

 and the Gold Medal at the 2001 Francophone Games
2001 Jeux de la Francophonie
The 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as IVes Jeux de la Francophonie, were held in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada from July 14–24 2001.-Sports: *Handisport...

.

Professional career

Lucian Bute turned pro in 2000. He is still trained by Stéphan Larouche
Stéphan Larouche
Stéphan Larouche is a Canadian boxing trainer based in Montreal, Quebec. Larouche has trained many of the best-known boxers of recent years in Quebec and was one of the two coaches of the Canadian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was named as trainer of the year by FightNews Canada in 2005 and...

, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas
Eric Lucas
Éric Lucas is an active professional boxer of height 183 cm.Lucas turned pro in 1991 and came up short in his first two title shots, against WBC Light Heavyweight Title holder Fabrice Tiozzo in 1996 and IBF Super Middleweight Title holder Roy Jones Jr later that year...

 and Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...

.

IBF Super Middleweight champion

On June 15, 2007, Bute faced super middleweight contender and former Olympian Sakio Bika
Sakio Bika
Sakio "The Scorpion" Bika , is a professional boxer in the super middleweight division. He is the former IBO super middleweight world champion.-Amateur career:...

 at the Bell Centre in Montreal in an elimination bout for the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 title. Bute beat Bika by unanimous decision (116-111, 118-109, 118-109) and, as a result, he got his shot at the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 super middleweight champion Alejandro Berrio
Alejandro Berrio
Alejandro Berrio Hernández is a Colombian professional boxer.Known as "Ñaco", Berrio turned pro in 1997 and won the Vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title with a TKO win over Robert Stieglitz in early 2007 in Rostock, Germany...

 on October 19, 2007. Bute beat Berrio via TKO in the 11th round. With this victory, Bute became the third Romanian professional boxing world champion after Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Doroftei
Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...

 and Mihai Leu
Mihai Leu
Mihai Leu also known as Michael Loewe is a Romanian former professional boxer who lived and fought out of Hamburg, Germany. He is the former WBO Welterweight Champion....

.

Andrade Controversy

On October 24, 2008, Bute defeated Mexico's Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade Ornelas is a Mexican boxer in the super middleweight division. His brother is fellow boxer Enrique Ornelas.-Personal:...

 by unanimous decision but the end of the fight was marred with controversy.
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.

Fighting Zúñiga

Bute defeated three-time world title challenger Fulgencio Zúñiga
Fulgencio Zúñiga
Fulgencio Zúñiga is a professional boxer of 178 cm height, current IBO Super middleweight champion, having beaten previously undefeated knockout artist Victor Oganov for the vacant title on September 1, 2007...

 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.

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
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 super middleweight title.

Bute vs. Miranda

On April 17, 2010, Bute stopped Edison Miranda at 1:22 of the third round to retain his IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 super middleweight title in Montreal in front of nearly 15000 fans. Miranda lost the first two rounds and he was knocked out during the third round with a solid right 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.

Bute vs. Brinkley

On October 15, at the Bell Centre
Bell Centre
The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

 in Montréal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Lucian Bute IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 super middleweight champion scored an impressive ninth round KO over mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley
Jesse Brinkley
Jesse Lee Brinkley is a professional super middleweight American boxer. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.-Personal life:...

. 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.

Bute vs. Magee

Bute dominated and stopped European super middleweight boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 champion Brian Magee
Brian Magee
Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

 in the 10th round in a mostly one-sided fight at the Bell Centre
Bell Centre
The Bell Centre , formerly known as the Molson Centre , is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on March 16, 1996 after nearly three years under construction...

 in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. Magee showed incredible heart throughout, and had some good moments in the earlier rounds. However, Bute wore Magee
Brian Magee
Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

 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.

Back Home

Lucian Bute successfully defended his IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 Super Middleweight
Super middleweight
Super Middleweight is a boxing and Muay Thai weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds .- 1960s–1983 :There was interest in a division between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight in the late 1960s, the mid-1970s, and the early 1980s...

 title for the eighth time in a row in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 on July 9 against the previously unbeaten Jean-Paul Mendy
Jean-Paul Mendy
Jean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...

 of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. The Frenchman was the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

's No 1 contender and the mandatory challenger. This was Bute's first defense in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 and his second fight there since 2005. The event took place at Romexpo and Bute won in the fourth round by knock out.

Bute vs. Johnson

Bute defeated Glen Johnson
Glen Johnson
Glen or Glenn Johnson may refer to:*Glenn Johnson , American football player who played for Green Bay Packers in 1949*Glen Johnson , Jamaican boxer...

 via unanimous decision at Québec City's Colisée Pepsi in arguably the biggest fight of his career to date. The judges scorecards read 119-109 and 120-108 twice.

Professional boxing record

|-
|align="center" colspan=8|30 Wins (24 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=223046&cat=boxer
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|Win
|30–0
| align=left|  Glen Johnson
Glen Johnson (boxer)
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:...


| || ||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|29–0
| align=left|  Jean-Paul Mendy
Jean-Paul Mendy
Jean-Paul Mendy is a professional boxer from France, who won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Budapest, Hungary.-Amateur:...


| || ||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|28–0
| align=left| Brian Magee
Brian Magee
Brian Magee is reigning European super middleweight boxing champion, who as an amateur competed for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|27–0
| align=left|  Jesse Brinkley
Jesse Brinkley
Jesse Lee Brinkley is a professional super middleweight American boxer. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.-Personal life:...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|26–0
| align=left|  Edison Miranda
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|25–0
| align=left|  Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade Ornelas is a Mexican boxer in the super middleweight division. His brother is fellow boxer Enrique Ornelas.-Personal:...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|24–0
| align=left|  Fulgencio Zúñiga
Fulgencio Zúñiga
Fulgencio Zúñiga is a professional boxer of 178 cm height, current IBO Super middleweight champion, having beaten previously undefeated knockout artist Victor Oganov for the vacant title on September 1, 2007...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|23–0
| align=left|  Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade
Librado Andrade Ornelas is a Mexican boxer in the super middleweight division. His brother is fellow boxer Enrique Ornelas.-Personal:...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|22–0
|align=left| United States William Joppy
William Joppy
William Torelle Joppy is an American middleweight boxer. Joppy held the WBA middleweight title on two occasions. He first became the WBA champion in June 1996 by stopping defender Shinji Takehara in Japan with a flurry of punches in the ninth round. He then would make a couple defenses of his crown...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|21–0
|align=left|  Alejandro Berrio
Alejandro Berrio
Alejandro Berrio Hernández is a Colombian professional boxer.Known as "Ñaco", Berrio turned pro in 1997 and won the Vacant IBF Super Middleweight Title with a TKO win over Robert Stieglitz in early 2007 in Rostock, Germany...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|20–0
| align=left|  Sakio Bika
Sakio Bika
Sakio "The Scorpion" Bika , is a professional boxer in the super middleweight division. He is the former IBO super middleweight world champion.-Amateur career:...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|19–0
| align=left|  Sergey Tatevosyan
Sergey Tatevosyan
-Professional career:Sergey Tatevosyan is a professional boxer from Russian Federation.Sergey made his professional debut on January 29, 2000, when he beat countryman Alexander Komarov on technical knockout in the fourth round...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|18–0
| align=left|  James Obede Toney
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|17–0
| align=left|  Lolenga Mock
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|16–0
|align=left|  Andre Thysse
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|15–0
| align=left|  Donnell Wiggins
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|14–0
| align=left|  Kabary Salem
Kabary Salem
Kabary Salem, was a former professional Boxer who is famous for fighting Joe Calzaghe for the WBO super middleweight title in October 2004 and managed to knock Calzaghe down in the 4th round, however he lost the contest on points...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|13–0
| align=left|  Jose Spearman
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|12–0
| align=left|  Donny McCrary
Donny McCrary
Donny McCrary is an Irish-American professional boxer.-Professional career:Known as "The Savage", McCrary began his professional career in 2003, and has lost to contenders Lucian Bute, Kofi Jantuah, Allan Green, and Yuri Foreman. In 2007 he won via stunning 1st round TKO against Eric Regan...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|11–0
|align=left|  Christian Cruz
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|10–0
|align=left| Canada Carl Handy
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|9–0
|align=left|  Dingaan Thobela
Dingaan Thobela
Dingaan Bongane Thobela , is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division."Rose of Soweto" The Dingaan Thobela story , the intimate biography written by Internationally renowned Deon Potgieter is available for order through all leading on-line stores world wide e.g.; Amazon, Barnes &...


|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|8–0
|align=left|  Norman Johnson
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|7–0
|align=left| Canada Willard Lewis
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|6–0
| align=left|  Rico Cason
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|5–0
| align=left|  Tyler Hughes
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|4–0
|align=left|  Zane Marks
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|3–0
|align=left| Canada Jean Pascal Service
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|2–0
|align=left|  Darin Johnson
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"
|Win
|1–0
|align=left|  Robert Muhammad
|||||
|align=left|
|align=left|
|-align="center"

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK