By Tim Williams: Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) will be going up his toughest test to date against Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs) on October 24th at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The southpaw Bute, 28, is coming off an impressive 10th round TKO win over former WBA middleweight champion William Joppy in February. Bute controlled the fight the entire way, beautifully outmaneuvering Joppy, hitting him with jabs and straight lefts, rarely getting hit by the former middleweight champion.
Bute’s next opponent, Andrade, 30, defeated Robert Stieglitz by an 8th round TKO in March. Andrade never stopped punching, looking like a bigger version of Antonio Margarito as he continuously poured in punches on Stieglitz, who fought back well at times with harder shots. However, Andrade never let up on his withering fire, hitting Stieglitz from all angles and bloodying his nose. In the 8th round, Andrade hit Stieglitz with an avalanche of unanswered punches, leading to the referee jumping in and halting the fight. This was Andrade’s second impressive performance after being soundly beaten by Mikkel Kessler in a failed title attempt against the WBA/WBC super middleweight champion. Andrade’s constant outpour of punches mostly missed against Kessler, who moved constantly on the outside, not presenting a stationary target and jabbing him constantly to the head.
By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs) will be facing his toughest battle to date when he defends his IBF title against his number #1 challenger once-beaten Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round bout at the Bell Centre, Montreal, in Quebec, Canada. Bute, 28, a former amateur star from Romania now living and fighting out of Canada, is making his 2nd defense of his IBF super middleweight title which he won in a 11th round TKO of Colombian knockout artist Alejandro Berrio in October 2007. 
Lucian Bute (21-0, 17 KOs) remained unbeaten on Friday night as he stopped Colombian Alejandro Berrio (26-5, 25 KOs) in the 11th round at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The southpaw Bute, 27, led all the way, jabbing constantly and moving on the outside to stay away from the knockout artist Berrio. Despite sporting two badly swollen eyes, Bute connected with two powerful left hooks to drop an exhausted Berrio in the 11th round. Referee Marlon Wright moved in and put a halt to the bout. Berrio stalked Bute round after round, landing an occasional bomb whenever Bute would remain stationary long enough for Berrio to connect. However, Bute’s fighting style was all wrong for Berrio, who prefers his opponents to stand in front of him rather than the hit and run type that Bute more closely resembles.