The Bell Centre in Montreal should be a rowdy place Saturday night when former world champion Lucian Bute takes on Andrea Di Luisa. The two will meet in a scheduled 10-round showdown, which will be contested at a catchweight of 171 pounds. Luckily for all parties involved, both main event fighters easily made weight, making the fight official.
Bute (31-2, 24 KOs) will have a massive hometown advantage. The Romania native won the IBF super middleweight title in 2007 and defended it nine times before losing it to Carl Froch in 2012, clocked in officially at 170.
The co-main event fighters also made weight as light heavyweights Eleider Alvarez (17-0, 10 KOs) and Isidro Ranoni Prieto (24-0-3, 20 KOs) came in at 174.2 pounds and 174.4 pounds, respectively.
The event will be televised via Premier Boxing Champions on PBC on NBCSN beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
PBC on NBCSN weigh-in results:
Lucian Bute (170) vs. Andrea Di Luisa (169.6)Eleider Alvarez (174.2) vs. Isidro Ranoni Prieto (174.4)
Erik Bazinyan (169.2) vs. Leeanthony Spitzka (174.4)
Junior Ulysse (143.6) vs. Ryan Wagner (145.2)
Bogdan Marius Dinu (244.4) vs. Ed Charles Perry (246.2)
Vislan Dalkhaev (121.2) vs. Saul Tejada (121.2)