Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson was a professional boxing match contested on 5 November 2011, for the IBF Super Middleweight championship.
Background In July, Bute returned to his native Romania, where he had fought once earlier in his career but had dreamed of making a title defence there. He scored a fourth-round knockout against mandatory challenger Jean Paul Mendy.
He had then hoped to match him with former titleholder Mikkel Kessler of Denmark. When Kessler declined the bout—he will instead challenge titlist Robert Stieglitz on Nov. 5 in Denmark. They then turned to former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who said he wanted the fight but he also ended up turning down the bout because he was unhappy with the $1.35 million offer he received from Top Rank to challenge Bute.
Johnson was bumped out of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic semifinals in June when he lost a competitive decision to titleholder Carl Froch. But it was a good enough performance to earn Johnson another title shot.
This bout marked the first time Bute had gone back-to-back fights away from Montreal since 2004.
The fight Lucian Bute defeated Johnson via unanimous decision.
Undercard Confirmed bouts: Televised Super Middleweight Championship Lucian Bute (c) vs. Glen Johnson Bute defeated Johnson via unanimous decision. (119-109, 120-108, 120-108)
Super Lightweight bout: Pier Olivier Cote vs. Jorge Teron Cote defeated Teron via KO at 0:33 of the third round.
Preliminary card Super Bantamweight bout: Steve Molitor vs. Sebastien Gauthier Molitor defeated Gauthier via split decision. (96-94, 94-96, 96-94)
Super Middleweight bout: Allan Green vs. Sébastien Demers
Welterweight bout: Kevin Bizier vs. Ivan Valle Bizier defeated Valle via KO of the third round.
Super Featherweight bout: Rances Barthelemy vs. Luis Ernesto Jose Barthelemy defeated Jose via TKO of the sixth round.
Light Heavyweight bout: Schiller Hyppolite vs. Dale Golden Hyppolite defeated Golden via TKO at 2:28 of the first round.
International Broadcasting Country / Region Broadcaster Canal Indigo DigiSport The Money Channel BoxNation Showtime
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