Lucas vs. Andrade Quebec Final
Press Conference
IBF Super Middle
Champ Lucian Bute In Attendance
Report & Photos By William Trillo
Super Middleweights Eric
Lucas & Librado Andrade held their final press
conference at the wonderful Château Bonne Entente in
Quebec City to give their final thoughts on the upcoming
ESPN televised fight this Friday night. Both men looked
ready to go and boxing fans can expect a good show on
Friday night.
Speaking of looking ready to go, IBF Super Middleweight
Champ Lucian Bute was present and we spoke to him not
only about this upcoming fight but got an idea of what
is on his plate for the future.
Librado Andrade: I am happy to be here in Quebec,
it's an honor as always to be on an Interbox card. The
last fight with Lucian really got to me and my emotions
were all messed up, that's the reason I stayed home to
train this time. I have had 3 losses against 2 great
champions and I realize there is no shame in that.
Now I am here to do what
we do. We fight, we put on a good show and do our best
so the fans will want to come back and see us again.
I feel close to Interbox now with 4 fights with them and
I thank them for my success.
Eric Lucas: When I decided to comeback I wanted to
see if I can still fight. Fighting a top fighter like
Librado will prove that, and if I win this will help to
bring on some big fights for me.
The ambience in The
Pepsi Colisee will motivate me to do my best in front of
what should be a full house of my hometown fans.
Lucian Bute: I know Andrade well as I fought him two
times, and Eric is a former World Champion, this will be
a good fight for both of them. I can see by how they
look today that they are both in good shape and should
put on a great show. This is going to be difficult for
Eric and I wish good luck to both men.
It's going to be
difficult to make a fight in Romania because of the
economy so I don't know yet about a fight there. I
really hope it will happen but right now I just do not
know.
I will wait for The Super Six to finish and then I will
be waiting to fight the winner.
Stéphan Larouche: The reason we picked Librado to
fight is because he is a top 10 fighter and he presents
a great challenge for Eric. This will be the perfect
test for Lucas and if he can beat Librado it puts him in
a position for some big fights, and if not then Eric may
want to think hard about whether he wants to continue
his career or not.
Regardless of who wins
on Friday night I can say that this will be an
interesting and exciting fight for all fight fans.
Danny Zamora: We want to thank Interbox for their
hospitality, they have treated us very well. As for
Friday night all I can say is I know this will be a
great fight...may the best man win!
Also on hand were
Quebecs undefeated young stars Lightweight Pier-Olivier
Cote, Welterweight Mikael Zewski and heavyweight Eric
Martel-Bahoeli, who will all be featured on this top
notch card.
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