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Lucian Bute Stops Librado Andrade with Fourth Round Knockout

By Lem SatterfieldNov 29th 2009 – 12:25AM

Romanian-born left-hander, Lucian Bute, dropped Librado Andrade with a short left hand early in the fourth round, and finished him with a hard, left to the challenger's rib cage from which Andrade did not rise on the way to a fourth-round knockout in defense of his IBF, super middleweight (168 pounds) title on Saturday...

Funeka-Guzman a Controversial Draw

By Lem SatterfieldNov 28th 2009 – 11:10PM

Rangy South African Ali Funeka used his height, his jab and a bludgeoning right hand to bloody Joan Guzman's face, but had to settle for a controversial 12-round majority draw that left the IBF lightweight (135 pounds) title vacant before a stunned crowd at Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Judge Joe Pasquale...

Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade: Live Round-by-Round Updates

By Lem SatterfieldNov 28th 2009 – 11:00PM

FanHouse has a Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade live blog for round-by-round updates for Bute's HBO-televised defense of his IBF super middleweight title. The 168-pound main event will start a little after 10PM ET. The live blog begins below. Bute (24-0, 19 knockouts) vs. Andrade (28-2, 21 KOs) live blog: Refresh this...

LucianBute News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 Boxing hit by pair of tragedies Source: CBC.ca Being a boxing follower means being ready to be hit with, at any time year in and year out, the kind of awful news hockey fans dealt with in the hopefully anomalous summer of 2011.
  • 05/29/12 Obreja wants Bute vs Froch rematch in Bucharest Source: Nine O Clock Rudel Obreja, President of the Romanian Boxing Federation (FRB), stated for 'Evenimentul Zilei' that he will try to organize the Bute vs. Froch rematch in Romania, after the Romanian boxer lost his world title in Nottingham on Saturday.
  • 05/28/12 Froch stops Bute in fifth Source: SuperSport Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in Nottingham on Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title.
  • 05/27/12 Froch defeats Bute to take IBF super-middleweight crown Source: Bangkok Post Britain's Carl Froch stopped defending champion Lucian Bute of Romania in the fifth round to take the IBF super-middleweight title in Nottingham early Sunday.
  • 05/25/12 Bute and Froch meet the weight limit ahead of their... Source: CHBC Television Nottingham, England, may well be Carl Froch's hometown, but Canadian world boxing champion Lucian Bute had more than his fair share of support today at the weigh-in for their title bout.

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