McEwan defeats Perison, Thurman, Bizier, Cope all win – Bute-Andrade undercard results

By Jim Dower: On the undercard of tonight’s title bout between International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and challenger Librado Andrade at the Quebeck Colisee, In Quebec, unbeaten middleweight prospect Craig McEwan (17-0) defeated James Parison by an eight round decision. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75.

The other action on the card are as follows:

Pier Olivier Cote Decisions Jason Hayward over 10 rounds
Keith Thurman defeats Leonardo Rojas by 2nd round TKO
Kevin Bizier stops Patrick Cope in the 1st round
Ali Funeka fights to 12 round majority draw with Joan Guzman