Bute still the Ibf Champ!

Read more with François Bouchard's article

A last second knockdown of IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute wasn’t enough for challenger Librado Andrade as an elongated count by referee Marlon Wright saved the popular Montreal fighter in front of maniacal Bell Centre crowd of 16,266 screaming fans. Scorecards which were incidental on the night read 117-109, 115-111, 115-110 for Bute but this one was won with a stopwatch and not a scorecard as Bute down for the first time in career lay teetering on the corner post and referee Wright try to get Andrade back to a neutral corner.

Bute showed superior footwork and speed and scored a 10th round knockdown on a off-balance opponent but Andrade was a locomotive all night and just kept coming and coming. Andrade’s corner was livid with the call over the final seconds….. :
(By Dave Spencer : fightnews.ca)

Audio commentary:

 

SPECIAL PICTURE SECTION