Bute to defend his IBF super-middleweight title

Published Dec. 20, 2010 7:28 p.m. ET

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Lucian Bute will defend his IBF super-middleweight title against Ireland's Brian Magee in March.

InterBox confirmed the fight at a news conference Monday.

Bute (27-0, 22 knockouts) will turn 31 a few weeks before the March 19 fight at the Bell Centre. It will be his seventh title defense.

Bute is from Romania but moved to Montreal in 2003.

The 35-year-old Magee (34-3-1, 24 KOs) is unbeaten in his last six fights.