Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson
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| Date | 05 November, 2011[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue |  Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | IBF Super Middleweight Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bute defeated Johnson via unanimous decision. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson was a boxing Super Middleweight fight for the IBF World title at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City in Canada and will be distributed by Showtime.[2] Bute had hoped to match him with former titleholder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark. When Kessler declined the bout—he will instead challenge titlist Robert Stieglitz on Nov. 5 in Denmark.[3] They then turned to former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who said he wanted the fight[4] but he also ended up turning down the bout because he was unhappy with the $1.35 million offer he received from Top Rank to challenge Bute.[5]
Lucian Bute defeated Glen Johnson via unanimous decision.
Background[edit]
Bute[edit]
In July, Bute returned to his native Romania, where he had fought once earlier in his career but had dreamed of making a title defense there. He scored a fourth-round knockout against mandatory challenger Jean Paul Mendy. The November fight will mark the first time Bute has gone back-to-back fights away from Montreal since 2004.
Johnson[edit]
Johnson was bumped out of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic semifinals in June when he lost a competitive decision to titleholder Carl Froch. But it was a good enough performance to earn Johnson another title shot.
Undercard[edit]
Televised[edit]
- Bute defeated Johnson via unanimous decision. (119-109, 120-108, 120-108)
- Super Lightweight bout:
Pier Olivier Cote vs. 
Jorge Teron
- Cote defeated Teron via KO at 0:33 of the third round.
Preliminary card[edit]
- Super Bantamweight bout: Steve Molitor vs. Sebastien Gauthier
- Molitor defeated Gauthier via split decision. (96-94, 94-96, 96-94)
- Super Middleweight bout: Allan Green vs. Sébastien Demers
- Welterweight bout: Kevin Bizier vs.
Ivan Valle
- Bizier defeated Valle via KO of the third round.
- Super Featherweight bout:
Rances Barthelemy vs. 
Luis Ernesto Jose
- Barthelemy defeated Jose via TKO of the sixth round.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Schiller Hyppolite vs. Dale Golden
- Hyppolite defeated Golden via TKO at 2:28 of the first round.
International Broadcasting[edit]
| Country / Region | Broadcaster |
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| Canada
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Canal Indigo |
 Romania
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The Money Channel |
 United States
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Showtime |
 United Kingdom
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BoxNation |
Notes[edit]
- ^ BoxRec Boxing Records. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-03.
- ^ "Lucian Bute to defend title against Johnson". THE GAZETTE. August 30, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (August 17, 2011). "Glen Johnson, Lucian Bute agree to fight". ESPN. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ Christ, Scott (June 17, 2011). "Lucian Bute vs Kelly Pavlik Discussed for November". Bad Left Hook. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Pavlik said on radio that his move was based on money, not personal issues". Ring TV. August 3, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2011.