Record details

	Lucian Bute
	Super-Middleweight Male 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)

Amateur Results


1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Napoli, Italy, Italia Junior Tournament silver medal, 63,500 kg
+ June 3	Lukasz Landowski	Napoli, Italy	WRSC 3
+ June 4	Sven Paris (ITA)	Napoli, Italy	WPTS 11:8
- June 6	Yuriy Tomashov (UKR)	Napoli, Italy	LPTS 11:8


1999-2001 No activity recorded

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Roma, Italy, Trofeo Italia gold medal, 75 kg
+ Mar. 22	Steven McGuire	Roma, Italy	WRSC 3
+ Mar. 23	Andrea Di Luisa (ITA)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 20:5

Professional record


2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 22	Robert Muhammad	Montreal, Canada	TKO 2
+ Dec. 20	Darin Johnson	Montreal, Canada	KO 1

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 18	Jean Pascal	Montreal, Canada	L 12 UD
(For NABF Light-Heavyweight Title)

2015
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 30	Badou Jack	Washington, District of Columbia	LDQ 12
(For WBC Super-Middleweight Title)