Following In The Footsteps Of Past Greats?

Lucian Bute knew exactly what he exactly what he had to do this previous Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Quebec.

He had seen his idol Lennox Lewis do it previously to Hasim Rahman, and he told the crowd afterward that that was the result he was looking to emulate all along.

Instead, his four round destruction of Librado Andrade more closely resembled Roy Jones Jr.'s own 'revenge' KO of Montell Griffin, both endings coming by way of highlight reel body punches that re-affirmed their standings at the top of the division.

It's a punch that will likely be shown a thousand times for the duration of Bute's career, but just the one punch (nor the short left hand that dropped Andrade earlier in the round) does not tell the whole story.

Controversy was at the center of their first meeting thirteen months ago in Montreal. While Bute cleverly boxed on the outside, peppered an always forward moving Andrade with flashy combinations, Andrade stayed the course.

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