On August 15, 2015, former Super Middleweight titlist Lucian Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) will take Andrea Di Luisa (17-2, 13 KOs) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
The scheduled 10-round Light Heavyweight fight will headline a PBC on NBCSN telecast.
Bute, 35, is years removed from his reign as the IBF Super Middleweight champion, a title he defended 9 times before being brutally knocked out by Carl Froch in 2012.
Bute would suffer another loss against Jean Pascal in 2014, and the Romanian will seek to bounce back with a win tonight.
Di Luisa, 33, has lost to lesser opponents than Bute, and will be in for a tough one tonight. Nevertheless, if he upsets Bute, the Italian fighter will surely move up the Super Middleweight rankings.
In the co-main event, Eleider Alvarez (17-0, 10 KOs) takes on Isidro Prieto (24-0-3, 20 KOs) in a 12-round Light Heavyweight fight.
The PBC on NBCSN telecast begins at 9:00 p.m. ET.
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Results:
Lucian Bute vs. Andrea Di Luisa, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Bute KOs Di Luisa in Round 4. Here's the left hand that started the stoppage. #PBConNBCSN pic.twitter.com/Fq9ubtNvDb
— RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) August 16, 2015
Bute stopped Di Luisa in Round 4. Bute was having a pretty easy night and landed a solid left hand in Round 4 that dropped Di Luisa.
Di Luisa managed to get up, but only to be stopped right after as his corner threw in the towel.
Eleider Alvarez vs. Isidro Ranoni Prieto, 12 rounds, light heavyweights
Alvarez was on wobbly legs in Round 6. But he looks fine in Round 7. #PBConNBCSN pic.twitter.com/xec1m5MRRS
— RoundByRoundBoxing (@RBRBoxing) August 16, 2015
Alvarez scored a unanimous decision win over Prieto.
The fight was closer than the scorecards suggest and even Alvarez, the favorite going into the fight was hurt in Round 6.
All judges scored the fight 117-111, 117-111 and 117-111 for Alvarez.
Carlos Molina vs. Hector Munoz, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
Molina’s fight was cancelled due to his visa issues.
Erik Bazinyan vs. Leeanthony Spitzka, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
Bazinyan scored a third-round KO over Spitzka. The time of the stoppage was 2:57.
Yves Ulysse vs. Ryan Wagner, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Ulysse stopped Wagner in Round 2. The time of the stoppage was 2:02.
David Theroux vs. Felipe De La Paz Teniente, 6 rounds, welterweights
Bogdan Dinu vs. Ed Charles Perry, 8 rounds, heavyweights
Dinu scored a second-round KO victory. Perry was stopped at 1:18 or Round 2.
Vislan Dalkhaev vs. Saul Tejada, 4 rounds, featherweights
Dalkhaev stopped Tejada Round 5. The time of the stoppage was 0:56.
Caleb Plant vs. Chris Hermann, 8 rounds, super middleweights
