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Bute to defend world title on Sunday

David Hill

Super-middleweight world boxing champion Lucian Bute is to make his fourth title defence on Sunday.

The fight between Romanian Bute and Mexican Librado Andrade for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) belt in Quebec starts at 05.30 EET and will be broadcast on Romanian public television TVR.

Bute, 29, and Andrade, 31, fought on 24 October 2008 at the Bell Centre in Montreal where Bute won on points despite having been knocked down in the 12th round.

Bute became IBF super-middleweight boxing champion on 20 October 2007 by knocking out Columbian Alejandro Berrio at Centre Bell in Montreal. He then successfully defended his title for the first time on 1 March 2008 by knocking out American William Joppy in the 10th round.

His second defence on 25 October 2008 with Andrade in Montreal saw him send Andrade to the canvas in the 10th round before Bute nearly collapsed in the final round and was only saved by the bell to retain his title.

Bute defended his title for the third time by knocking out Columbian Fulgencio Zuniga in the fourth round of a bout last March.

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