
Lucian Bute Stops Berrio To Capture IBF Title
MONTREAL — Undefeated Lucian Bute won the IBF super-middleweight title Friday night, stopping Colombia's Alejandro Berrio in the 11th round at the Bell Centre.

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MONTREAL — Undefeated Lucian Bute won the IBF super-middleweight title Friday night, stopping Colombia's Alejandro Berrio in the 11th round at the Bell Centre.

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PHOENIX: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is scheduled for a hearing this month in which he could change his plea in a narcotics case.

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TOKYO — Yutaka Niida of Japan kept his WBA minimumweight title Saturday with a unanimous decision over Eriberto Gejon of the Philippines.