{"id":14802,"date":"2011-08-19T16:11:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T20:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14802"},"modified":"2011-08-19T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T20:11:09","slug":"lucian-bute-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=14802","title":{"rendered":"Lucian Bute: Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (who did not participate in the tournament) will headline Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion Glen \u201cThe Road Warrior\u2019\u2019 Johnson on Saturday, Nov. 5th, live on Showtime. <\/p>\n

A gifted Romanian-born southpaw, Bute, 31, returns to his adopted home of Canada \u2013 after a fourth-round knockout over Jean Paul Mendy last July 9 in Romania \u2013 with an unblemished record of 29-0 with 24 KOs. The remarkable Johnson, 42, of Miami, Fla., is an 18-year veteran known for always giving his absolute best and fighting in an opponent\u2019s backyard. This will be the 10th appearance in a world title bout for the Jamaican-born Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KOs).<\/p>\n

\u201cI expect a very tough fight,\u201d Bute said. \u201cI know Glen, and he\u2019s an aggressive fighter who will put relentless pressure on me. Everybody knows I sparred with him in 2009, but sparring and fighting are different. I become another person during a fight and you can be sure I\u2019ll have a few surprises for Glen.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlen\u2019s a former world champion and he will be in a great shape. He fought hard against a lot of big names in boxing. This is a good challenge for me and beating Johnson is going to solidify my place among the elite in the super middleweight division.<\/p>\n

The immensely popular Bute, who draws the biggest boxing crowds in all of Canada, has won six consecutive fights inside the distance and has been IBF champ since 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited about this fight,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cYou will see the best Glen Johnson of the past few years. I\u2019m coming to Canada to derail the Bute train and bring the IBF belt back to the United States. My thanks to SHOWTIME for keeping me in the mix of world-class super middleweights and for doing so much for my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is one man who won\u2019t be intimidated by the droves of fans who come out to see Lucian fight, it is Glen Johnson,\u201d said Ken Hershman, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Showtime Sports. \u201cThe winner of this matchup puts himself in very good position to land some blockbuster fights within the division. Though both of these boxers are gentlemen outside of the ring, I expect we\u2019ll see both men fighting as if losing is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n

This past March 19, the 6-foot-2 \u00bd-inch Bute scored two knockdowns en route to a 10th-round technical knockout over a determined Brian Magee at the Bell Centre in Montreal. In his 2008 SHOWTIME debut, Bute retained the IBF belt on ShoBox: The New Generation with a lopsided 12-round decision over Librado Andrade in one of the most controversial and talked about final rounds of the last decade. Bute signed a multi-fight deal with Showtime in November 2010.<\/p>\n

Johnson dropped a competitive 12-round majority decision to Froch in a terrific Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinal matchup in his most recent outing last June 4th. Johnson landed his fair share of hard shots but Froch retaliated with brutal combos each time to win by the scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 114-114.<\/p>\n

Two starts ago, the 5-foot-11 Johnson earned the shot at Froch by scoring an eighth-round TKO over Allan Green in Group Stage 3 of the Super Six on Nov. 6, 2010. Johnson, making his first start at 168 pounds in 10 years, replaced the injured Mikkel Kessler and looked fantastic in his super middleweight return.<\/p>\n

Despite being the challenger in the Nov. 5 fight, Johnson\u2019s resume boasts a far more impressive roster of opponents than Bute\u2019s. The always-game Johnson has been in the ring with Bernard Hopkins, Tavoris Cloud, Chad Dawson and owns victories over future Hall of Famers, Roy Jones Jr. and Antonio Tarver.<\/p>\n

The world title fight is promoted by Interbox, DiBella Entertainment and Warriors Boxing.<\/p>\n

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Just seven days after Andre Ward and Carl Froch battle in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (who did not participate in the tournament) will headline Showtime Championship Boxing when he makes the ninth defense of his title against ageless former world light heavyweight champion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,465,532],"class_list":["post-14802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-lucian-bute","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}