Date 05 November, 2011 29-0-0 (24 KO) 51-15-2 (34 KO) | ||
Title(s) on the line IBF Super Middleweight Championship Le Tombeur Road Warrior / Gentleman | ||
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. 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. They then turned to former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who said he wanted the fight 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.
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Lucian Bute defeated Glen Johnson via unanimous decision.
Bute
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
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.