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With all the leather flying, you'd never know you were watching "The Good Guy" spar with "Gentleman" Glen.
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With all the leather flying, you'd never know you were watching "The Good Guy" spar with "Gentleman" Glen.

By Richard Cloutier Injuries have recently plagued the super middleweight division. Mikkel Kessler (44-2-0) injuried his right hand in training and withdrew from his upcoming fight with WBO champion Robert Stieglitz (40-2), which was scheduled for November 5th in Copenhagen. Kessler-Stieglitz will likely get rescheduled to an date in early 2012. Champions Carl Froch (28-1) and Andre Ward (24-0) saw their Super Six final round showdown pushed back, after Ward suffered a bad cut over his right eye. The fight got pushed back from October 29th to December 17th.

In Preparation For Their Nov. 5 World Championship Showdown From Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada, on SHOWTIME®

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0k, 24KOs) is currently training in Florida for his next fight, on November 5 in Quebec, against former light heavyweight king Glen Johnson (51-15-2, 35KOs). Bute is very familiar with Johnson because they sparred for nearly 100 rounds in 2009. Bute considers Johnson the toughest and most experienced opponent that he's every faced.

Montreal – Quebec City`s own Kevin Bizier (15-0-0, 11 KO) will see action at the Pepsi Colisee on Saturday, November 5th. Bizier joins an already stacked line-up headlined by the IBF Super Middleweight showdown between champion Lucian Bute and challenger Glen Johnson, as well as Pier-Olivier Cote vs. Jorge Luis Teron IBF Intercontinental Junior Welterweight title bout and Sebastien Gauthier vs. 2-time former World champion Steve Molitor.

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute broke down next month's finale of the Super Six tournament that takes place on Showtime. Andre Ward and Carl Froch will battle it out to decide the champion of the tournament that has taken about 2 years to complete. Bute gave his thoughts on the fight in his recent appearance on The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show.

Lucian Bute is looking to stay in the loaded super middleweight division for a couple more years. The IBF champ told BoxingScene.com's official audio show, The Boxing Lab, that he would like to clean out the division before thinking of moving up in weight.

SHOWTIME® will televise yet another important super middleweight world championship bout when former world titlist Mikkel Kessler of Denmark returns to the ring to challenge World Boxing Organization (WBO) kingpin Robert Stieglitz of Germany on Saturday, Nov. 5, from renowned PARKEN Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark. The WBO championship fight will be shown on same-day delay and precede the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight title fight between unbeaten defending champion Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson live on SHOWTIME from Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Canada (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). The Nov. 5 doubleheader will take place just seven days after world champions Andre Ward (World Boxing Association) and Carl Froch (World Boxing Council) collide in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on Saturday, Oct. 29 live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The addition of Stieglitz vs. Kessler to the Nov. 5 telecast completes a lineup that puts all four super middleweight world titles up for grabs, along with The RING magazine belt and the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic Cup, in back-to-back Saturdays on SHOWTIME.

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute appeared on the most recent edition of BoxingScene.com's official audio show, "The Boxing Lab."

Montreal – Following in teammates Lucian Bute and Sebastien Gauthier footsteps, it is now up to the hard hitting Pier-Olivier Côté (17-0-0, 11 KO) to answer the call and get ready to face the best opponent of his career. On November 5th at the Pepsi Colisee, the man they call “Apou” will step into the ring against Jorge Luis Teron (25-2-1, 17 KO) with the IBF Intercontinental 140 pound title on the line.