On February 24, 2017, Lucian Bute (32-4, 25 KOs) and Eleider Álvarez (21-0, 10 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round light-heavyweight bout.
Eleider Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Norbert Dąbrowski, 2 months and 14 days ago. Lucian Bute is on a 2-fight losing streak with a 69% KO rate, with his last fight being a undefined loss to Badou Jack, 9 months and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Eleider Álvarez at 99-1 winning odds. Lucian Bute really doesn't have much to present against Álvarez.
Eleider Álvarez stopped Lucian Bute via TKO in the 5th round. Álvarez improves his record to 22-0 (11 KOs), while Bute adds a loss to his record at 32-5.