La Cage Aux Sports in downtown Montreal was packed with local and Canadian national media members on Thursday as hometown favorite and IBF Super Middleweight World Champion Lucian Bute (22-0, 18 KO) weighed in at the division limit of 168 pounds. His opponent, hard-hitting, No. 1-ranked IBF contender Librado Andrade (27-1, 21 KO) of La Habra , Calif. , weighed in at 167.8 pounds.
The pair will square off on Friday, Oct. 24, in the main event of ShoBox: The New Generation, live at 11 p.m.ET/PT on SHOWTIME.
Friday’s ShoBox co-feature will pit undefeated heir-apparent Ronald Hearns (20-0, 16 KO), of Detroit , against Montreal native Paul Clavette (14-1-1, 2 KO). Hearns weighed in at 154 pounds while Clavette weighed 154.2. (NOTE: The contracted weight for this fight is 155 pounds)
Fighter Quotes From Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
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