Bute still the
Ibf Champ!
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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)
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