Bute vs. Magee

By Dan Amrbrose: Former two time super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) was at ringside at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada on Saturday night to watch IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) defend his title against Ireland’s Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) and noticed some flaws in Bute’s game [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) put on a punching power display on Saturday night, knocking Irish challenger Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) around and taking him out in the 10th round with a nice uppercut at the at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Tom Casino./Showtime – IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KO’s) dominated and stopped EBU super middleweight champion Brian Magee (34-4-1, 24 KO’s) in the 10th round in a pretty much one-sided fight at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, wore Magee down, knocking him down three [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – It doesn’t take a sharp eye to see that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) looked incredibly emaciated and dried out at Friday’s weigh-in for his fight against Irish challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on Saturday at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [...]

By Eric Thomas: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – In the weigh-in video for Saturday’s championship fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) and challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s), one can’t help but notice that the 31-year-old Bute looks severely weight drained, like someone that struggled to squeeze down to the [...]

By Jason Kim: At Friday’s weigh-in, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) weighed in at 167.6 for his title defense against 35-year-old Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s)for Saturday’s fight at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Magee, ranked #5 by the IBF, weighed in at 167.7. Bute says he takes Magee very [...]

By Jim Dower: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) isn’t concerned with trying to knock out challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, says he wants to focus on just winning every round rather than trying to tying to take out [...]

By Adam Fillingham: Last weekend Last Saturday afternoon WBO super featherweight world champion Ricky Burns successfully defended his crown for the second time, in a seventh round retirement over No.11 ranked Joseph Laryea.

By Jason Kim: Ireland’s Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) is coming into Saturday’s fight against IBF super middleweight champion (27-0, 22 KO’s) with minimal big fight experience and will be at a tremendous disadvantage in his fight at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the old days, fighters were expected to take on top [...]

By William Mackay: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) is predicting that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and WBA champ Andre Ward will wind up in the finals of the Super Six tournament. Bute figures that Froch will beat 42-year-old Glen Johnson in May in the semifinals of the Super six [...]

NEW YORK (March 15, 2011) — With their International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight clash just days away, boxing superstar and unbeaten champ Lucian Bute and European titleholder Brian Magee participated in a media teleconference call Tuesday to discuss their upcoming fight for Bute’s belt on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Saturday, March 19 live on SHOWTIME® [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Waiting for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) to take on an interesting opponent is like waiting for Felix Sturm to step it up several levels and start facing some real quality fighters. It’s just been incredibly slow going for Bute since he captured the IBF title in 2008. [...]

NEW YORK (March 14, 2011) – Unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KOs) will make his eagerly anticipated first start since signing a multi-fight agreement with SHOWTIME Sports when he makes the seventh defense of his 168-pound crown against former European titleholder Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KOs), of Belfast, [...]

By Jason Kim: What’s become a mere formality for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s), he’ll be stomping yet another over-matched opponent in his next defense this Saturday night against Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, is one of the best fighters in the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) has another one of his mismatches coming up against 35-year-old EBU super middleweight champ Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on March 19th at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After Bute slaughters Magee, he wants to go after a fight against former WBA/WBO [...]

By Dan Ambrose: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute 27-0, 22 KO’s) is in superb condition for his fight against number #8 ranked contender Brian Magee (34-1, 24 KO’s) on March 19th at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Bute, 31, faces yet another one of the less than interesting opponents for him. Bute wants [...]

By Jason Kim: IBF Super middleweight champion Lucain Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) continues with his trend to fight over-matched opponents on March 19th against #8 ranked International Boxing Federation contender Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Like all of his prior six title defenses, Bute’s fight against 35-year-old Magee [...]

By Eric Thomas: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) is either the best fighter in the division or the most carefully matched, because he’s been sailing through the likes of Edison Miranda, Jesse Brinkley and Fulgencio Zuniga since capturing the International Boxing Federation title in 2007. Unfortunately, Bute seems to be following [...]

By Chris Williams: On paper this fight appears to be an ugly mismatch with the unbeaten IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) facing the 35-year-old Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on March 19th at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Magee has good basic skills but nothing really that stands out about [...]

By Eric Thomas: It’s been four years since IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) captured the International Boxing Federation title with a win over Alejandro Berrio, and boxing fans are still waiting for the 30-year-old Bute to take on an interesting and exciting opponent. Bute has seemed content just to do the [...]

By Michael Lieberman: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) faces another one of his over-matched opponents in his next fight on March 19th against Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

By Jason Kim: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) has yet another dull title defense in his next fight when he takes on number #8 ranked International Boxing Federation contender 35-year-old Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) on March 19th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. Bute, 30, is literally aging as [...]

By Peter Brayshaw: British super middleweight champion James De Gale (9-0, 7 KO’s) is now unable to face European Boxing Union champion Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s). It will be shortly confirmed that Magee will face Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) in March for Bute’s IBF super middleweight title. Brian Magee has earned his world [...]

By Jim Dower: International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) could be facing Irish super middleweight contender Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s) next on March 19th on Showtime, according to boxing news from Dan Rafael. Magee, 35, is ranked #1 WBA, #4 WBC, #8 IBF, and #13 WBO in the [...]