By Allen Fox: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) looks in fantastic shape with a month to go before his title defense against 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada.
Glen Johnson
Tarver and Johnson think Dawson can beat Hopkins
Bute-Johnson: Glen to make the most of his opportunity
Bute vs. Johnson: Lucian wants to KO Glen on November 5th
By Dan Ambrose: After three years of taking on one soft challenger after another, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will be facing his first halfway decent opponent in 42-year-old Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) on November 5th at the Pepsi Coliseum, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Bute-Johnson = Another mismatch for Lucian
Lucian Bute to defend title in Quebec City against Glen Johnson
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) will be defending his crown against challenger Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City on November 5. The match against former light heavyweight champion Johnson will be Bute’s 9th title defense and will be aired on Showtime.
Glen Johnson has doubts whether Mayweather can beat Ortiz
By Jason Kim: Super middleweight contender Glen Johnson isn’t sure whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s has enough left in the tank at this point in his career to beat WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) on September 17th. Johnson points specifically to Mayweather’s recent fight against a shot Shane Mosley.
Lucian Bute vs. 42-year-old Glen Johnson on November 5th – Breaking News!
Glen Johnson: Bute’s promoters are protecting him
By Jason Kim: Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO’s) thinks the recent low offer made to him by the team of IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) has more to do with his management wanting to protect him from threats that could potentially beat him than it is as a sign that Johnson’s not worth it.
Bute targeting Quillin, Dirrell, Johnson and Pirog for his next fight
By Dan Ambrose: Having just lost a potential fight against former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik for his next fight, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute is targeting some more middleweights and is looking at trying to land a fight against Peter Quillin or Dmitriy Pirog. The chances aren’t good at getting Quillin to take the fight, because he’s now fighting at middleweight and probably wouldn’t want to move back up in weight to face the dangerous Bute.