Numerous reports claim a deal has been reached between former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KOs) and former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (27-2, 16 KOs), to meet at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday, May 25. HBO will reportedly televise the fight, with the rematch between current IBF super middleweight champion Carl … [Read more...]
The Super Middleweights: A Return to Cupcake Mountain
By all logic, the Super Six should've jump started the division to such a degree that fans would be reaping the benefits for years to come. Instead, after a solid two years of good match-ups, the 168 lb. class seems to be settling back into its pre-tournament malaise as a division where Euro-champs play keep away with the belts while facing one questionably qualified challenger … [Read more...]
GYM, Interbox Present the Montreal Screwjob: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette In 1997, WWE impresario Vince McMahon pulled what became known as the “Montreal Screwjob”, where unbeknownst to popular wrestler Bret Hart, he was set to lose a match in front of his Canadian fans in a fashion that would create maximum drama for television (a screwjob, in wrestling parlance, being a sort of enforced method acting where the wrestler's genuine … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute-Denis Grachev: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Fox Doucette Back on the horse after his devastating loss to Carl Froch, Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) takes on Denis Grachev (12-0-1. 8 KOs). Bute will be moving up in weight; this fight is to be contested at light heavyweight for the NABF title that Grachev won from Ismayl Sillakh in an Upset of the Year candidate on Friday Night Fights in April. In the co-feature, … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute Will Smash Denis Grachev. Full Stop.
by Fox Doucette When Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) got his brains bashed in over the course of five rounds against Carl Froch back on May 26th, most of Bute's fans had their faith severely shaken in the true championship potential of their fighter. Your columnist is on record as being a big fan of “Le Tombeur”, using this soapbox time and again to make the case for Lucian Bute … [Read more...]