Former world super middleweight champion Lucian Bute plans to parlay his February 24 Canadian showdown with undefeated WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez into his 14th world title fight later this year. The 36-year-old Bute (32-3-1, 25 KOs) is challenging Colombia-native Alvarez (21-0, 10 KOs) for his WBC Silver title belt in the…
Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) and Gestev have jointly announced that the February 24 mega-showdown featuring Lucian Bute challenging WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez in the 12-round main event, will air live worldwide on pay per view from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. In addition to Alvarez defending his WBC Silver title…
Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), in association with InterBox, is happy to announce the return to the ring of former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, August 15 at Bell Centre, as part of Premier Boxing Champions series, airing live on NBC Sports. His opponent will be European Union super middleweight champion, Andrea Di Luisa, of…
Former world champion Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) returns to the ring to face Italy’s Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13 KOs) in a 10-round super middleweight showdown on Premier Boxing Champions on NBCSN on Saturday, August 15 from the Bell Centre in Montreal with televised coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Another televised…
Integrated Sports Media (ISM) announced today that it will deliver the “Bute vs. Bolonti” double feature to United States fans, Saturday, December 6, live from historic Bell Centre in Montreal. Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian “Le Tombeaur” Bute (31-2, 24 KOs), currently the WBC No. 5 world rated light heavyweight, headlines in a 10/12…
The fight that was to be the biggest in the history of Canada was somewhat overshadowed by Lucian Bute’s inability to get anything going through most of the contest last night against Jean Pascal at Montreal’s Bell Centre. It was literally as if the entire game plan for Bute hinged on getting to the 12th…
The Bell Centre in Montreal will host the biggest all-Canadian fight in years as light heavyweights Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal clash for Bute’s NABF title tonight on a fight card that also includes one of the top heavyweight prospects in the world, Mike Perez. Bute vs. Pascal was originally scheduled to take place in…
Lucian Bute is often referred to as an excellent technical fighter. Lately however, all that seems to be remembered of Bute is how he lost in a big way against Carl Froch and that his last two victories went the distance, which is a huge tell tale sign for a fighter who sports a record…
It’s official, the fight to determine Canada’s elite fighter will take place on January 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Following the announcement in late winter last year that the mega fight to determine the best Canadian fighter between Jean Pascal (28-2-1) and Lucian Bute (31-1) on May 25 would be rescheduled, some of…
Lucian Bute suffered an injury to his left hand that has forced the postponement of his May 25th bout vs. Jean Pascal. Lucian will undergo surgery this week to remove bone fragments from his hand and recovery is anticipated to take a few weeks. Motivated like never before, Lucian Bute was in the middle of…
Unbeaten sensation Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, eyeing a world title fight in 2012, has successfully advanced from prospect to legitimate contender in the super middleweight division. Granted, the 26-year-old Dominican Republic native (19-0, 14 KOs) may not be ready right now for the likes of Lucian Bute, Andre Ward and Carl Froch, but in another…
IBF super middleweight king Lucian Bute made sure his homecoming tonight at Romexpo in Bucharest, Romania was a successful outing by ending the challenge of Jean Paul Mendy in explosive fashion. Bute started the first round probing fellow southpaw Mendy’s defenses with the jab and edged in closer with very little coming back from the…