Unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute weighed in at 167.6 pounds and his opponent, former European titleholder Brian Magee, tipped the scales at 167.7 just one day before their Showtime bout on Saturday, March 19 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
The hometown favorite Bute (27-0, 22 KOs) will be making the seventh defense of his 168-pound crown against Magee (34-3-1, 24 KOs), who hails from Belfast, Ireland.
Bute vs. Magee Weigh-in Photos
Both unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute and former European titleholder Brian Magee made weight on Friday in preparation for their SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING bout on Saturday, March 19 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Bute and Magee selected their gloves in front of a raucous crowd eagerly awaiting Saturday’s fights from Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Bute vs. Magee Weigh In Video
The telecast will begin with the rebroadcast of the March 12 action-packed SHOWTIME PPV® fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and Ricardo Mayorga.
The event is promoted by InterBox. Steve Albert will call the action from ringside with Al Bernstein providing color commentary and Jim Gray serving as ringside reporter. David Dinkins Jr. is the executive producer of SHOWTIME Sports with Ray Smaltz producing and Bob Dunphy directing.
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