Former IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute will look to try to rebound from his first loss when he takes on undefeated Denis Grachev November 3rd at the Bell Centre in Montreal according to Dan Rafael of espn.com
“I am very happy that this fight is signed,” Bute said. “I can’t wait to see my fans again and to fight in front of them at the Montreal Bell Centre. This fight will be the first step of my goal to re-conquer the IBF super middleweight belt.
“After several talks with Lucian and head trainer Stephan Larouche, we established a complete list of Lucian’s needs and evaluated each opponent in function with such list,” Bedard said. “We stopped looking once we got to Denis Grachev and got the fight signed. Three of his last four opponents were undefeated, and he KO’d two of them. Grachev is the best available boxer that Lucian can fight.”
Said Larouche: “We chose Grachev for his abilities in the ring. I am convinced that his punching power and inside brawler style will be a good test for Lucian.”
Grachev is coming off a big upset win over Ismayl Sillakh andis hoping to ruin Bute’s plans of a rematch with the man who defeated him Carl Froch in March.