On October 24, 2008, Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KOs).
Lucian Bute is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over William Joppy, 7 months and 25 days ago. Librado Andrade is on a 3-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Robert Stieglitz, 7 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lucian Bute at 99-1 winning odds. Librado Andrade really doesn't have much to present against Bute.
Lucian Bute defeated Librado Andrade via unanimous decision and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Bute improves his record to 23-0, while Andrade adds a loss to his record at 27-2.