Montréal, July 5, 2011 – At 3:00 p.m. on July 9, live from the Romexpo in Bucharest, Indigo will bring viewers the IBF super middleweight championship bout between Lucian Bute (28-0-0, 23 KOs) and France's Jean-Paul Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KOs). The square-off will be Bute's eighth defence of his belt and his first world title fight in his native Romania.
The under card features two Québec boxers: Bute's sparring partner Renan St-Juste (22-2-1, 15 KOs) will face Jaudiel Zepeda of Mexico (12-4-1, 9 KOs) for 8 or 10 rounds and the undefeated Pier-Olivier Côté (16-0-0, 11 KOs), the rising star of Québec boxing, will do battle with Mexico's Pedro Naverette (26-11-3, 15 KOs), a tough fighter who has been knocked out only once in his career.
Rounding out the card, Viorel Simion (13-0-0, 5 KOs), another Romanian fighter, will step into the ring against Jun Talape (20-7-1, 8 KOs) of the Philippines.
Fight night in Bucharest can be ordered as of today for $49.99 ($59.99 in HD). It will be broadcast live in the afternoon and rerun at 9:00 p.m. on the same day.
For more information, visit canalindigo.com
The Bute-Mendy fight will be available to customers of the following cable services:
Videotron's illico Digital TV service: channels 301 and 750 (HD); Câblovision Warwick: channels 301 and 750 (HD); CCAP: channels 301 and 750 (HD); Cogeco: channels 400 and 500 (HD); Cooptel: channel 301; Sogetel: channels 401 and 412 (HD); Câble Axion: channel 361; Déry Télécom: channels 302 and 321 (HD); Coop câblodistribution Notre-Dame-des-Monts: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Coop de câblodistribution Ste-Catherine – Fossambault: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Coop câblodistribution St-Fidèle: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Shannon Vision: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Télé-Câble St-Hilarion: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Coop câblodistribution de St-Henri-de-Taillon: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Télé-Câble Albanel: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Câblevision Haut St-Laurent: channels 301 and 750 (HD); Câblevision TRP: channels 301 and 750 (HD); Coopérative de câblodistribution Isle-aux-Coudres: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Coopérative de câblodistribution de Larouche: channels 302 and 301 (HD); Coopérative de câblodistribution St-Léon: channel 302; Coopérative Antenne TV St-Zacharie: channel 361; Câblovision ACL: channel 361; Coopérative de câblodistribution Bellarmin: channel 361.
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