By James De Roux, The Boxing Historian
Lucian Bute successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title for the fifth time tonight in front of a home crowd of 16,000 packed into the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bute (33-4, 29KOs) stopped hard hitting Columbian Edison Miranda in the third round with an uppercut from which Miranda never fully recovered, forcing th e referee to stop the fight
The undefeated Bute from Romania now settled in his adopted Canada finds himself atop the super middleweight rankings while all the other belt holders compete in the Showtime super six world classics tournament.
There are plenty of marketable names in the division; the winner of Jesse Binkley vs. Sakio Bika, scheduled for May 28th at Quebec, Canada could be future opponents. Bute defeated Bika via a 12 round unanimous decision when the two met in 2007, if Brinkley was to go one better he would surely secure a fight with Bute. Another possibility would be reining middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik who is rumoured to be considering a move to the super-middleweight division.
Source: theboxinghistorian.com
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