Lucian Bute was flawless in defending the IBF Super Middleweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over former Light Heavyweight king Glen Johnson at the Pepsi Colisei in Quebec City, Canada.
Bute showed why he just may the best Super Middleweight in the world as he dominated Johnson round after round with what could be the most diverse offensive arsenal in the Super Middleweight division.
Bute was consistent with everything from jabs to uppercuts. Bute kept the normally aggressive Johnson. Bute seemingly had Johnson in trouble in several rounds as he was cheered on by his massive fan base that was over 16,000.
Johnson was game but Bute has too much for the nearly forty-three year old Johnson and won by scores of 120-108; 120-108 and 119-109.
Bute, 167 1/2 lbs of Montreal, Quebac is now 30-0. Johnson, 166 1/2 lbs of Miami is now 51-16-2.
When asked if he was disappointed that he was unable to close out his seventh straight title defense via stoppage, Bute responded, “No, I’m very happy. This is a great experience. Fighting Glen Johnson is an honor for me. I needed a fight like this.”
Johnson felt the bout was closer than the statistics or the scorecards indicated. “I thought I won the fight. I don’t think he was landing anything.”
Regarding his hesitation to throw more power shots, Johnson said, “My right arm swelled up in about the fourth round so I couldn’t throw my big right hand. I basically beat him with one hand.” Johnson displayed the swelling on his upper right forearm to the SHOWTIME cameras to help support his claim.
With the looming Dec. 17 showdown between Super Six World Boxing Classic finalists Andre Ward and Carl Froch, Bute told SHOWTIME ringside reporter Jim Gray that he plans to attend the fight and predicted that Ward would win by decision. When asked if he wants to fight the tournament’s victor, Bute said, “Of course. It’s my dream.”
Pier Olivier Cote scored an emphatic second round stoppage over Jorge Teron in a scheduled twelve round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Cote rocked Teron in round one from a huge right. Cote was all over Teron only to get hit with a flush counter right that sent Cote back. Cote started round two with a perfect left right combination that sent Teron to the canvas. Teron got to his feet only to have Cote land a right to the body that was followed by a devastating left hook that plummeted a prone Teron to the canvas. Teron began squirting blood out of his nose and the fight was waved off at thirty-three seconds of round two
Cote, 140 lbs of Quebec City is now 18-0 with twelve knockouts. Teron, 139 1/4 lbs of Las Vegas is now 25-3-1.
