SHOBOX on Showtime Results

 Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade

October 24, 2008

Centre Bell

Montreal, Canada

 

Jr. Middleweight Bout (10 Rds)

Ronald Hearns (21-0, 17 KOs) wins by TKO at 2:37 of the 6th round over Paul Clavette (14-2-1, 2 KOs)

In the sixth round, Clavette downed from an accumulation of punches (up at the count of 8) - the fight

resumed and Clavette was given another standing eight count after falling back into the ropes after being hit

by a barrage of punches (ropes held him up) - the fight resumed and after chasing Clavette around for a bit,

Hearns got him against the ropes, unleashed numerous unanswered punches and the ref stepped in and

stopped the bout.

 

IBF Super Middleweight Title Bout (12 Rds)

Lucian Bute (23-0, 18 KOs) wins a unanimous decision over Librado Andrade (27-2, 21 KOs)

In the 10th round, Bute threw a left and the fighters legs tangled and Andrade went down but the ref counted

it as a knock down. With less than five seconds left in the 12th round - controversy - Bute went down from a

hard right - the ref picked up the count a bit late and Bute got up (around the count of five by the ref's count

but it should have been around seven or eight) - Bute was out on his feet (barely able to stand with the help

of the ropes) - the ref stopped the count at six to tell Andrade to get back into the neutral corner (this took at

least five seconds roughly) - Bute got the extra time to recover and when the ref picked up the count again,

he picked it up from six. The ref checked Bute and was going to let him continue and the bell sounded to

end the round so Bute beat the count (The bell could not save the fighter) - it went to the score cards -

Judges scored the bout 115-110, 117-109, 115-111 for Bute - Bute retains his title. The controversy was the

long count and whether Bute would have beaten the 10 count without the ref stopping the count to address

Andrade (how the ref would have judged Bute without stopping the count). In the post fight Showtime

interview, the ref admitted Andrade would have won by knockout if he had not come out of the neutral corner

that caused him to stop the count (which Andrade argued he didn't do).

 

 

 

 

(10/24/08)