Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute
Statistics
Real name	Lucian Bute
Nickname(s)	Le Tombeur Mister KO
Rated at	Super Middleweight
Height	6 ft 1 (186cm)
Reach	72" (183 cm.)
Nationality	Romanian
Born	February 28, 1980 (1980-02-28) Pechea, Galaţi County, Romania
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	30
Wins	30
Wins by KO	24
Losses	0
Draws	0 Official Site

Medal record
Competitor for Romania
World Amateur Boxing Championships
Bronze	1999 Houston	Welterweight
Francophone Games
Gold	2001 Ottawa-Hull	Welterweight

Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980) is a Romanian professional boxer fighting out of Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight Champion. BoxRec has ranked Bute as the 9th pound for pound best boxer in the world and number 2 at the Super Middleweight in 2012 after Andre Ward.

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.

2003 World Amateur Championship Results

• Defeated Aleksandr Bogdanets (Latvia) RSC 2
• Defeated Dmitri Usagin (Bulgaria) 22-10
• Lost to Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) KO 4

Professional career

Lucian Bute turned pro in 2000. He is still trained by Stéphan Larouche, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas and Leonard Doroftei.

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. 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 Romanian professional boxing world champion after Leonard Doroftei and Mihai Leu.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

Back home

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. 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.

Bute vs. Johnson

Main article: Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson

Bute defeated Glen Johnson 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.

Bute vs. Froch

IBF have officially enforced Carl Froch as Lucian Bute's number one mandatory for a match in April 2012.

Professional boxing record

30 Wins (24 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws [3]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
N/A	N/A	Carl Froch			2012-05-26	Nottingham, England	Defending IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	30–0	Glen Johnson	UD	12	2011-11-05	Colisée Pepsi, Quebec, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	29–0	Jean-Paul Mendy	KO	4 (12), 2:48	2011-07-09	Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	28–0	Brian Magee	TKO	10 (12), 2:04	2011-03-19	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	27–0	Jesse Brinkley	KO	9 (12), 2:48	2010-10-15	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	26–0	Edison Miranda	TKO	3 (12), 1:22	2010-04-17	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	25–0	Librado Andrade	KO	4 (12), 2:57	2009-11-28	Colisée Pepsi, Quebec, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	24–0	Fulgencio Zúñiga	TKO	4 (12), 2:25	2009-03-13	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	23–0	Librado Andrade	UD	12	2008-10-24	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	22–0	William Joppy	TKO	10 (12), 1:08	2008-02-29	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	21–0	Alejandro Berrio	TKO	11 (12), 1:27	2007-10-19	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Won IBF Super Middleweight title.
Win	20–0	Sakio Bika	UD	12	2007-06-15	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	IBF Super Middleweight Title Eliminator.
Win	19–0	Sergey Tatevosyan	UD	12	2007-01-26	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight title.
Win	18–0	James Obede Toney	TKO	8 (12), 2:49	2006-09-15	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained NABF, NABA & WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight titles.
Win	17–0	Lolenga Mock	UD	12	2006-05-16	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight title.
Win	16–0	Andre Thysse	UD	12	2006-03-24	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight title.
Win	15–0	Donnell Wiggins	KO	2 (12), 2:53	2005-12-02	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Retained NABA Super Middleweight title.
Win	14–0	Kabary Salem	TKO	8 (12), 3:00	2005-09-16	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Won vacant NABF & vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight titles.
Win	13–0	Jose Spearman	KO	8 (12), 2:13	2005-06-03	Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal, Quebec	Retained NABA Super Middleweight title.
Win	12–0	Donny McCrary	KO	4 (12), 2:10	2005-04-21	Siderurgistul Hall, Galaţi, Romania	Retained NABA Super Middleweight title.
Win	11–0	Christian Cruz	TKO	12 (12), 2:18	2005-03-18	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Won vacant NABA Super Middleweight title.
Win	10–0	Carl Handy	TKO	4 (12), 2:09	2005-02-19	Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec	Won vacant NABF Light Heavyweight title.
Win	9–0	Dingaan Thobela	TKO	4 (8), 1:22	2004-12-03	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Win	8–0	Norman Johnson	TKO	2 (6), 1:19	2004-11-01	The Roxy, Boston, USA
Win	7–0	Willard Lewis	TKO	3 (8), 3:00	2004-10-30	Le Medley, Montreal, Quebec
Win	6–0	Rico Cason	TKO	2 (6), 2:43	2004-10-16	Club Ovation, Boynton Beach, Florida
Win	5–0	Tyler Hughes	TKO	3 (6), 2:46	2004-07-24	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Win	4–0	Zane Marks	TKO	1 (4), 2:35	2004-04-24	Colisée Pepsi, Quebec, Quebec
Win	3–0	Jean Pascal Service	KO	1 (4), 1:48	2004-03-20	Casino de Montréal, Notre-Dame, Montreal
Win	2–0	Darin Johnson	TKO	1 (4), 2:50	2003-12-20	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Win	1–0	Robert Muhammad	TKO	2 (4), 2:05	2003-11-22	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec	Bute's professional debut.

External links

• Lucian Bute's Official Site
• Professional boxing record for Lucian Bute from BoxRec
• Profile on Interbox

See Also

• List of left-handed boxers

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alejandro Berrio	IBF Super Middleweight Champion October 19, 2007–present	Incumbent