Arum: Pavlik-Bute Was 60-40, The Kessler Info is False
If there's anything worse than underpaying a fighter, it is directly questioning a fighter's desire to get in the ring.
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Pavlik: The Lucian Bute Fight is Not Happening Either!
Super middleweight contender Kelly Pavlik spoke to NBC affiliate WFMJ and told the outlet that his withdrawal from this Saturday's fight with Darryl Cunningham was a "business decision." Pavlik is not happy with money involved in his two fight deal, which involved the bout with Cunningham and a fall showdown with IBF champion Lucian Bute of Canada.
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Pavlik: Beating Bute Will Take Me Back To The Top
Former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32KOs) returns on Saturday against Darryl Cunningham (23-2, 10KOs) at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio. If Pavlik wins, he would travel up to Canada to face IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. A win over Bute (29-0, 24KOs), considered one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing, would be a major boost to Pavlik's career.
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Andre Dirrell Back in September, Eyes Lucian Bute
On the heels of Anthony Dirrell’s dominant victory last Friday on ESPN 2 and with older brother Andre Dirrell’s return imminent, BoxingScene.com caught up with Leon Lawson Jr., uncle and co-trainer of the fighting brothers.
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Pavlik: I Would Have To Knock Bute Out in Canada
Kelly Pavlik isn’t intimidated by the probability of battling Lucian Bute later this year.
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Pavlik: I Need To Be Impressive To Secure Bute
Kelly Pavlik acknowledged on a conference call on Wednesday that he was involved in an altercation with his older brother earlier this month, but the former middleweight champion emphasized that the incident hasn’t hurt his focus for an Aug. 6 fight in his hometown.
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Lucian Bute Eyes Froch vs Ward Winner For Early 2012
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24KOs) has promised to unify the titles in early 2012, and then he wants to return to Romania to make a unified title defense. On Saturday night he defended his title in Bucharest, retaining the belt for the eight time with a fourth round knockout of mandatory challenger Jean Paul Mendy.
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Lucian Bute Retains, a Crushing Knockout of Mendy
Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania - IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24KOs) retained his title with a blazing fourth round knockout of previously undefeated Jean Paul Mendy (29-1-1, 16KOs). Bute landed a crushing left hand to the chin and Mendy fell face first and the referee waved off the contest.
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Photos/Weights: Lucian Bute, Jean Paul Mendy are Ready
IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute, right, poses next to Jean-Paul Mendy of France, during the weigh-in ceremony in Bucharest, Romania. Bute will fight on Saturday to defend his IBF Super Middleweight title. Both fighters were in excellent shape. Lucian Bute was ripped and ready, weighing 167.7-pounds, while his challenger Jean Paul Mendy, who was also in great shape, weighed 166-pounds.
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Braekhus vs. Holm; Fury-Chisora Update; Bute-Mendy
The biggest fight in women´s boxing is finally on! Later this year, WBA, WBC & WBO Female Welterweight Champion Cecilia Braekhus (18-0, 4 KOs) will take on US superstar & pound-for-pound queen Holly Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs) in a hotly-anticipated showdown that has been a long time in the making. The fight will take place at one of Team Sauerland´s shows in Europe in September or October and will be promoted in association with Fresquez Productions. “We are thrilled to have finalised all the details for this mega fight,” promoter Kalle Sauerland said. “We have been working on this clash for a long, long time. It´s the two best female fighters out there battling it out. What more can you ask for? I am sure that Cecilia will cement her position as the world´s top female fighter with a spectacular victory. I can´t wait to see the two of them in the ring.”
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