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]
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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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| Result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bute defeated Johnson via unanimous decision. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.