On April 17, 2010, Lucian Bute (25-0, 20 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against Colombian challenger, Edison Miranda (33-4, 29 KOs).
Lucian Bute is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Librado Andrade, 4 months and 20 days ago. Edison Miranda is on a 1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Francisco Sierra, 5 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lucian Bute at 99-1 winning odds. Edison Miranda really doesn't have much to present against Bute.
Lucian Bute made easy work of Edison Miranda, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Bute improves his record to 26-0 (21 KOs), while Miranda adds a loss to his record at 33-5.