On March 19, 2011, Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KOs).
Lucian Bute is coming in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round KO victory over Jesse Brinkley, 5 months and 4 days ago. Brian Magee is on a 6-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round RTD win over Roman Aramyan, 4 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Lucian Bute at 99-1 winning odds. Brian Magee really doesn't have much to present against Bute.
Lucian Bute stopped Brian Magee via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Bute improves his record to 28-0 (23 KOs), while Magee adds a loss to his record at 34-4-1.