Lucian Bute

Lucian Bute
Bute with the IBF title
Statistics
Nickname(s)	Le Tombeur Mister KO
Rated at	Super-middleweight Light-heavyweight
Height	6 ft 1 1⁄2 in (187 cm)
Reach	72
Nationality	Romanian Canadian
Born	(1980-02-28) February 28, 1980 (age 36) Pechea, Galați, Romania
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	32
Wins by KO	25
Losses	4
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Romania World Championships 1999 Houston Welterweight Jeux de la Francophonie 2001 Ottawa-Hull Welterweight

Lucian Bute (born February 28, 1980) is a Romanian-Canadian professional boxer. He held the IBF super-middleweight title from 2007 to 2012, making nine successful defenses and reaching a peak ranking of number one in the division by The Ring magazine.

Lucian Bute was born on February 28, 1980 in Pechea, Galaţi County, Romania. After fighting for the Romanian national team as an amateur, winning multiple titles in both his homeland and abroad, Bute relocated to Montreal, Canada.

He also holds Canadian citizenship, obtained in 2012.

As an amateur, Bute won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas and the gold medal at the 2001 Francophone Games. Bute also represented Romania at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand as a middleweight, where he was defeated and eliminated from the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship by the current middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin with a superb knockout at round 4. Before KO Golovkin, who won 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championship, was outpointing Bute with 13 points.

Lucian Bute turned pro in 2003. On September 11, 2014, Bute announced that he would be trained by Fredie Roach. He was previously trained by Stéphan Larouche, who also trained former world champions Éric Lucas and Leonard Doroftei.