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| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Real name |
Lucian Bute |
| Nickname(s) |
Le Tombeur |
| Rated at | |
| Height |
6 ft 2 in (187 cm) |
| Reach |
70" |
| Nationality | |
| Birth date |
February 28, 1980 |
| Birth place | |
| Stance | |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights |
22 |
| Wins |
22 |
| Wins by KO |
18 |
| Losses |
0 |
| Draws |
0 |
| No contests |
0 |
| Competitor for Romania | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Boxing | |||
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | Houston 1999 | Welterweight | |
Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980, in Pechea, Galaţi County, Romania) is a Romanian professional boxer living and fighting out of Montreal, Canada. Bute is the current IBF Super Middleweight Champion.
Career
As an amateur, Bute won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas and the Gold Medal at the 2001 Francophone Games.
Bute has a professional record of 22 wins (18 KO's), 0 losses and 0 draws. He is trained by Stéphane Larouche, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas and Leonard Dorin.
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, 2007. Bute beat Berrio via TKO in the 11th round. With this victory, Bute became the third Romanian professional boxing world champion after Leonard Dorin and Mihai Leu.