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By T.K. Stewart - QUEBEC CITY - In an absolutely stunning performance, IBF super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute retained his title with a fourth-round knockout over challenger Librado Andrade here tonight in front of a standing room only crowd of 16,473 at the Colisee Pepsi.
The end came suddenly with a sharp left hook to Andrade's body. It was a shot that the aggressive Andrade never saw coming and he was felled immediately by the punch. It was the second knockdown of the round suffered by the challenger as he was also decked by a left hook to the jaw only moments earlier.
Referee Benji Esteves, Jr. counted Andrade out at 2:57 of the round and a pro-Bute crowd came to their feet and erupted into a roar of open-mouthed glee.
It was a stunning reversal from their first fight that took place at Montreal's Bell Centre 13 months ago. In that fight, Bute also boxed smartly, but he was nearly knocked out in the waning seconds of the twelfth and final round.
“Everything went my way and it was my night,” said a joyous Bute after the knockout. “I planned for this and I was confident from the sound of the first bell.”
Bute, who upped his undefeated record to 25-0, 20 KOs boxed adroitly from the very beginning. He used crisp right jabs, sneaky hand speed and adept foot movement to keep Andrade on the defensive. Bute let his hands go at every turn and that was the difference as he repeatedly stung the ever advancing challenger before he had a chance to get his punches off. [details]
The end came suddenly with a sharp left hook to Andrade's body. It was a shot that the aggressive Andrade never saw coming and he was felled immediately by the punch. It was the second knockdown of the round suffered by the challenger as he was also decked by a left hook to the jaw only moments earlier.
Referee Benji Esteves, Jr. counted Andrade out at 2:57 of the round and a pro-Bute crowd came to their feet and erupted into a roar of open-mouthed glee.
It was a stunning reversal from their first fight that took place at Montreal's Bell Centre 13 months ago. In that fight, Bute also boxed smartly, but he was nearly knocked out in the waning seconds of the twelfth and final round.
“Everything went my way and it was my night,” said a joyous Bute after the knockout. “I planned for this and I was confident from the sound of the first bell.”
Bute, who upped his undefeated record to 25-0, 20 KOs boxed adroitly from the very beginning. He used crisp right jabs, sneaky hand speed and adept foot movement to keep Andrade on the defensive. Bute let his hands go at every turn and that was the difference as he repeatedly stung the ever advancing challenger before he had a chance to get his punches off. [details]
He doesn`t bother enough about his defense, and he sometimes looks too ****y when he throws those punches :/ I have mixed feelings about him. Definitely he is a good boxer, but i doubt if he could beat... Carl Froch for example... Should there be Froch instead of Andrade in the first fight, Bute definitely would lose that "0", IMO...
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