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Lucian Bute
Male
Super-Middleweight, Romania
Based in Canada, Montreal, Québec
Born: 28 February 1980, Pecea, Galati, Romania
Height: 6ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,86
southpaw
as an amateur:
1996 Aosta, Italy, 1st European Cadet Championships silver medallist 54 kg
Final: L Adair Gadzedinow (Rus)
1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina World Junior Champs bronze medallist 67 kg
Wpts Asatur Tunyan (Arm) 12-9, Wpts Ayhan Komurcu (Tur) 9-2
Semis: Lpts Khamzat Ustarkahnov (Rus) 3-10
1999 Houston 10th World Senior Champis bronze medallist 67 kg
Wpts Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Tur) 9-5, Wpts Mihaly Kotai (Hun) 8-4
Wpts Kestutis Sandanavicius (Ltu) 18-5, Semis: Lpts Timour Gaidalov (Rus) 7-10
2000 Tampere, Finland, European Senior Championships 67 kg
Wpts Vadim Mezga (Blr) 10-2, Lpts Valeri Brazhnik (Ukr) 1-9
2001 Mestre, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medallist 75
Final: Wpts Oleg Maszkin (Ukr)
2001 Belfast, Northern Ireland, 11th World Senior Championships 75 kg
Wpts Paul Miller (Aus) 12-8, Lpts Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzb) 18-23
2002 Naples, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medallist 75
Final: Wpts Andrea Di Luisa (Ita) 20-5
2002 Perm, Russia, European Sr Champs 75 kg
Wpts Gaidrbek Gaidarbekov (Rus) 18-8, Wstpd 3 Nikola Siekloca (Yug)
Lpts Karoly Balzsay (Hun) 24-34
2003, Bangkok, Thailand, 12th World Senior Championships 75 kg
Wstpd 2 Aleksandr Bogdanec (Lat), Wpus Dmitri Usagin (Bulg) 22-10
Lko 4 Gennady Golovkin (Kaz)
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1998 | |
| Napoli, Italy, Italia Junior Tournament silver medal, 63,500 kg | + June 3 | Lukasz Landowski | Napoli, Italy | WRSC 3 | | + June 4 | Sven Paris | Napoli, Italy | WPTS 11:8 | | - June 6 | Yuriy Tomashov | Napoli, Italy | LPTS 11:8 | 1999-2001
No activity recorded | | 2002 | |
| Roma, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medal, 75 kg | + Mar. 22 | Steven McGuire | Roma, Italy | WRSC 3 | | + Mar. 23 | Andrea Di Luisa | Roma, Italy | WPTS 20:5 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 2003 | | + Nov. 22 | Robert Muhammad | Montreal, Canada | TKO 2 | | + Dec. 20 | Darin Johnson | Montreal, Canada | KO 1 | | 2004 | | + Mar. 20 | Jean Pascal Service | Montreal, Canada | TKO 1 | | + Apr. 24 | Zane Marks | Quebec City, Canada | TKO 1 | | + July 24 | Tyler Hughes | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 3 | | + Oct. 16 | Rico Cason | Boynton Beach, Florida | TKO 2 | | + Oct. 30 | Willard Lewis | Montreal, Canada | TKO 3 | | + Nov. 11 | Norman Johnson | Boston, Massachusetts | TKO 2 | | + Dec. 3 | Dingaan Thobela | Montreal, Canada | TKO 4 | | 2005 | | + Feb. 19 | Carl Handy | Quebec City, Canada | TKO 4 | | (Won vacant NABF Light-Heayweight Title) | | + Mar. 18 | Christian Cruz | Montreal, Canada | TKO 12 | | (Won vacant NABA Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Apr. 21 | Donny McCrary | Galati, Romania | KO 4 | | (Retained NABA Super-Middleweight Title) | | + June 3 | Jose Spearman | Montreal, Canada | KO 8 | | (Retained NABA Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Sept. 16 | Kabary Salem | Montreal, Canada | TKO 8 | | (Won vacant NABF Super-Middleweight Title | | + Dec. 2 | Donnell Wiggins | Montreal, Canada | KO 2 | | (Retained NABA Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2006 | | + Mar. 24 | Andre Thysse | Montreal, Canada | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Cont’l Americas Super-Middleweight Title) | | + May 16 | Lolenga Mock | Montreal, Canada | W 12 | | (Won WBO Inter-Cont’l Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Sept. 15 | James Toney | Montreal, Canada | TKO 8 | | (Retained NABF, NABA & WBC Cont’l Americas | | 2007 | | + Jan. 26 | Sergey Tatevosyan | Montreal, Canada | W 12 | | (Retained WBO Inter-Cont’l Super-Middleweight Title) | | + June 15 | Sakio Bika | Montreal, Canada | W 12 | | (Won IBF Super.-Middleweight Title Eliminator) | | + Oct. 19 | Alejandro Berrio | Montreal, Canada | TKO 11 | | (Won IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2008 | | + Feb. 29 | William Joppy Jr | Montreal, Canada | TKO 10 | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Oct. 24 | Librado Andrade | Montreal, Canada | W 12 | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2009 | | + Mar. 13 | Fulgencio Zuniga | Montreal, Canada | TKO 4 | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Nov. 28 | Librado Andrade | Quebec City, Canada | KO 4 | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2010 | | + Apr. 17 | Edison Miranda | Montreal, Canada | TKO 3 (1:20) | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Oct. 15 | Jesse Brinkley | Montreal, Canada | KO 9 (2:48) | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2011 | | + Mar. 19 | Brian Magee | Montreal, Canada | TKO 10 (2:04) | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + July 9 | Jean Paul MENDY | Bucharest, Romania | KO 4 (2:48) | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Nov. 5 | Glen Johnson | Quebec City, Canada | W 12 UD | | (Retained IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2012 | | - May 26 | Carl Froch | Nottingham, England | TKO by 5 (1:05) | | (Lost IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | + Nov. 3 | Denis Grachev | Montreal, Canada | W 12 UD | | (Won NABF Light-Heavyweight Title) | 2013
Inactive | | 2014 | | - Jan. 18 | Jean Pascal | Montreal, Canada | L 12 UD | | (For NABF Light-Heavyweight Title) | | 2015 | | + Aug. 15 | Andrea Di Luisa | Montreal, Canada | TKO 4 | | - Nov. 28 | James DeGALE | Quebec City, Canada | L 12 UD | | (For IBF Super-Middleweight Title) | | 2016 | | - Apr. 30 | Badou Jack | Washington, District of Columbia | LDQ 12 | | (For WBC Super-Middleweight Title) |
Summary
Total bouts: 36, Won: 32 (25 inside the limit), Lost: 4 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0
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