Lucian Bute to Face Edison Miranda on April 17 in Montreal
Following his dramatic victory over challenger Librado Andrade, Lucian Bute has another title defense lined up, against another hard punching, action fighter. The challenger this time is the rebounding Edison Miranda, who is looking to break into the world title scene after being denied on previous occasions by Arthur Abraham.
IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute (25-0-0, 20 KO) will defend his title for the 5th time against notorious power puncher Edison “Pantera” Miranda (33-4-0, 29 KO) from Colombia on Saturday, April 17th 2010 at the Montreal Bell Centre. Lucian will be lacing up his gloves in a Montreal ring after not boxing in the City for over one year. This main event bout will be presented by InterBox in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and Warriors Boxing.
The undefeated champion will be facing the third dangerous Colombian in his professional career, and intends to dispose of him in spectacular fashion as he did his predecessors. Lucian captured the IBF Super Middleweight title on October 19th 2007 against Colombian Alejandro Berrio by way of brutal 11th round stoppage, and scored a 4th round TKO by way of devastating body shot against the normally very durable Fulgencio Zuniga on “Friday the 13th “of March 2009.
“It will certainly be a pleasure for me to box again at the Bell Centre and to defend my title for the 5th time in front of my fans. I am taking Miranda very seriously. He demolished many good fighters and is a notorious puncher. I will have to keep my concentration level on high to stay champion” declares Lucian Bute.
Stephan Larouche is already hard at work with his World champion and intends to set up a closed training camp outside Quebec for a period of 6 to 8 weeks. “Styles make fights. I know this is a boxing cliché, but it’s the truth! Once again we have two world class athletes with different styles that when mixed together have all the ingredients to explode. The fans are in for a treat!”
“We were patient in our choice of opponent. We received numerous offers and Stephan and I took the time to study them all. Our goal is to offer boxing fans quality boxing events and we continue this tradition by bringing into Montreal a world class athlete in Edison Miranda” states InterBox president Mr. Jean Bedard.
An experienced boxer in World class fights Edison “Pantera” Miranda was the first and only boxer to defeat Allan Green (Green replace Jermain Taylor in the Super Six Tournament) and his 4 defeats came at the hands of the top rated boxers in the World (Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham twice, and Kelly Pavlik). In his first bout against Arthur Abraham, in Germany, Edison broke Abraham’s jaw in the fourth round. Many experts believed the fight should have been stopped and Miranda declared the winner.
Tickets on sale as of February 12th
Tickets for this InterBox Gala featuring Lucian Bute vs. Edison Miranda will go on sale Friday, February 12th at 10 AM. Boxing fans can get their tickets through the Bell Centre ticket office by dialing 514-790-2525 or 1-877-668-8269, or by visiting www.geg.ca. Tickets are also available at Club de Boxe Champion by calling 514-376-0980. A pre-sale will take place from Monday, February 8th until Thursday, February 11th at 11:59 PM for all members of Club Cage (Cage aux Sports info letter) and to Videotron subscribers. Please visit www.interbox.ca for more details.
