By Herb Zurkowsky , The Gazette
MONTREAL – Montreal’s Lucian Bute successfully retained his International Boxing Federation super-middleweight title Saturday night with remarkable ease.
Bute stopped Colombia’s Edison Miranda with a technical knockout at 1:22 of the third round at the Bell Centre before 13,682 raucous spectators.
Bute remains undefeated, with a 26-0 record. It was the 21st knockout of his career. He was making the fifth defence of his 168-pound crown.
Miranda, making his second attempt at a world title and with a new trainer, Joe Goossen, in his corner, fell to 33-5.
Miranda came out aggressively to start the third round and, at one point, defiantly challenged Bute to hit him – pounding his chest initially and then placing his arms against his hip.
Bute responded with a thunderous left hook, eventually knocking Miranda down with a left uppercut. Miranda fell face-first to the canvas. He got up before the count of 10 but was clearly wobbly and unable to continue.
Referee Ernie Sharif from Pittsburgh, working the 15th world-title bout of his career, immediately stopped the fight.
The undercard was highlighted by middleweight Renan St. Juste scoring a TKO at 1:27 of the ninth round against Colombia’s Dionisio Miranda.
St. Juste, now 21-1-1 with 14 KOs, retained his World Boxing Council Continental title along with the North American Boxing Association crown.
hzurkowsky@thegazette.canwest.com
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