Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute (n. 28 februarie 1980) este campion mondial în versiunea IBF. S-a născut la Galaţi, iar în anul 2003 a devenit boxer profesionist.Are în palmares 25 victorii din 25 meciuri, dintre care 20 prin KO.
Lucian Bute câştigă titlul de campion mondial versiunea IBF, pe 20 octombrie 2007, după un meci cu Alejandro Berrio. Lucian Bute l-a învins pe deţinătorul en-titre al centurii în runda a 11-a, prin Knock Out, după ce l-a forţat să intre într-un colţ, unde i-a aplicat un croşeu, o directă şi un upper-cut de stânga.
Românul a reuşit până în prezent să-şi apere titlul împotriva americanului William Joppy prin Knock Out, mexicanului Librado Andrade la puncte şi a columbianului Fulgencio Zuniga prin Knock Out.

Pe 29 noiembrie 2009, Lucian Bute îl învinge prin KO în runda a patra pe Librado Andrade, în arena Colisee Pepsi din oraşul Québec, Canada, şi îşi păstrează centura de campion IBF la categoria supermijlocie.

Bute has a professional record of 25 wins (20 KOs), 0 losses and 0 draws. He is trained by Stéphan Larouche, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas and Leonard Dorin.

Before challenging for the IBF title, Bute was forced to fight an eliminator against ultra-tough Sakio Bika. Lucian used his boxing skills to win a wide unanimous decision. Next up was IBF champion Alejandro Berrio. Bute was outboxing the tough Colombian when in round 11, he pinned Berrio in the corner and nearly ripped his head off with a succession of right hand bombs. The referee jumped in with Berrio unconscious and trapped against the turnbuckle. Lucian Bute was the new 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, 2007Bute 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.

On October 24, 2008, Bute defeated Mexico's Librado Andrade by unanimous decision but the end of the fight was marred with controversy.[1] 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[2].

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.[3]

On November 29, 2009, Lucian Bute scored a fourth-round KO over Librado Andrade at Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada. Bute retained his IBF super middleweight title with the victory and is ready to unite the title.