Lucian Bute will defend his IBF super middleweight title for the fifth time when he faces Edison Miranda on April 17th in Montreal, Canada.

The undefeated Bute, 25-0 (20 KOs), will be facing the third dangerous Colombian of his career and plans to dispose of Miranda in the same fashion as his predecessors. Bute captured the title against Colombian Alejandro Berrio with a brutal 11th round stoppage in 2007 and scored a fourth round technical decision over Fulgencio Zuniga in March 2009.

Miranda, 33-4 (29 KOs), is a notable heavy hitter and a dangerous prospect and to his credit his four losses have came against world champions Kelly Pavlik, Andre Ward and twice against ‘King’ Arthur Abraham.

Bute knows he can’t take the fight lightly: “I am taking Miranda very seriously. He demolished many good fighters and is a notorious puncher. I will have to keep my concentration level on high to stay champion.”

Stephan Larouche is already hard at work with his World champion and intends to set up a closed training camp outside Quebec for a period of 6 to 8 weeks.

“Styles make fights. I know this is a boxing cliché, but it’s the truth! Once again we have two world class athletes with different styles that when mixed together have all the ingredients to explode. The fans are in for a treat,” said Larouche.

InterBox president Mr Jean Bedard insists selecting Miranda as the opposition for Bute was taken with the fans in mind.

“We were patient in our choice of opponent. We received numerous offers and Stephan and I took the time to study them all. Our goal is to offer boxing fans quality boxing events and we continue this tradition by bringing into Montreal a world class athlete in Edison Miranda.”