01.03.08 Lucian Bute defeats Joppy.
Lucian Bute (22-0, 18KOs) of Montreal retain his IBF super middleweight title by stopping former champ William Joppy (39-5-1) in the 10th round.
In what many people called a significant mis-match, the Romanian dropped Joppy in the 9th and 10th rounds before stopping him in the 10th.
Joppy, who at 37 years of age basically conceded this fight was a retirement pay day and declared as much after.
With regards Lucian Bute, many of his fans still travelled to see him and over 13,000 packed into the Bell Centre to see their hero.
After taking two difficult fights in Sakio Bika and then Berrio for the IBF title, this fight could be regarded as stay-busy fight.
Let's hope the next opponent is of a higher calibre, so we can see the Romanian's skills tested properly.
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