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MONTREAL (AP) <\/small>\u2014Hometown favorite Lucian Bute stopped Brian Magee with an uppercut to the chin at 2:04 of the 10th round Saturday night to retain his IBF super-middleweight title.<\/p>\n

It was the third time that Bute (28-0) knocked down Magee (34-4-1), having dropped the 35-year-old Irishman in the sixth and seventh rounds of the scheduled 12-round bout between southpaws.<\/p>\n

The Montreal fighter defended the IBF belt he won in 2007 for the seventh time. Magee failed to go the distance for only the second time in his career.<\/p>\n

Both fighters tried to establish the jab in a fight that took place almost entirely in the center of the ring. The first five rounds were mostly even, but there was a sense that the taller, quicker Bute had another move up his sleeve.<\/p>\n

It came out in the sixth when a quick left to the midsection put Magee down. The same thing happened in the seventh and then it was matter of time before the knockout blow came.<\/p>\n

As Magee winced and fell in the 10th, referee Pete Podgorski of Chicago immediately signaled the end of the fight before 12,219 fans at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n

In the co-feature, hard-hitting Pier Olivier Cote of Quebec City stopped Michael Lozada of Mexico with three knockdowns in the first round to win his light welterweight bout.<\/p>\n

A crushing right to the ear at 2:50 of the first gave Cote (15-0) an impressive victory over Lozada (37-8-1) and a second straight one-round win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he\u2019d be more aggressive, but I saw he was backing up,\u201d said Cote, one of Canada\u2019s most promising young fighters along with middleweight David Lemieux. \u201cI got him with a shot, he lost his legs and it was pretty much over from that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victory assured Cote of a spot on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight May 7 in Las Vegas against an opponent yet to be announced. However, Cote said his top priority is to fight for a North American title and would take that over a non-title bout, even in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Cote was born in Cali, Colombia, but at 18 months old was adopted by Rejean Cote and Christiane Pleau of Charlesbourg, Quebec.<\/p>\n

He started boxing at 20 and was Canadian amateur champion within two years. He turned pro in 2008 and has impressed many with his devastating right-hand shots.<\/p>\n

Carl Moretti of promoter Top Rank this week called Cote a \u201cspecial talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another co-feature, Armenian-born Vanes Martirosyan (29-0) dropped Bladimir Hernandez (18-5) of Mexico just 57 seconds into the second round of a scheduled eight-round light middleweight bout.<\/p>\n

Martirosyan was using the fight to shake off rust after a subpar win by decision in his last appearance in June against Joe Greene.<\/p>\n

Bute, a 31-year-old Romanian-born Canadian, was the heavy favorite over the 35-year-old European champion who was in his first world title fight.<\/p>\n

At ringside was former world champ Mikkel Kessler of Denmark, a likely future opponent for Bute once he recovers from the eye injury that forced him out of Showtime\u2019s Super Six tournament of top super-middleweights.<\/p>\n

Bute is expected to take on the Super Six winner early next year if he keeps winning.<\/p>\n

On the undercard, Benoit Gaudet (24-2) of Canada scored a unanimous decision over Adrian Verdugo (14-4-1) of Mexico when the super featherweight bout went to the scorecards after six rounds due to an accidental head butt.<\/p>\n

Viorel Simeon (13-0), a 29-year-old Romanian, made an entertaining debut with Montreal promoter InterBox. The rapid-fire puncher got up twice from the canvas in the second round to earn a split decision over Pedro Navarrete (25-11-3) of Mexico.<\/p>\n

Newcomer Schiller Hyppolite (1-0) knocked down journeyman Patrick Tessier (4-13-2) with an overhand right in the second and got the four-round unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout between local fighters.<\/p>\n

Sebastien Gauthier (20-2) of Canada knocked out Jovanny Soto-Ramirez (29-13-1) of Mexico in the second round of a bantamweight bout.<\/p>\n

Light heavyweight Colin McFadden of Canada was scheduled to make his pro debut but it was canceled when opponent Mike Bucannan didn\u2019t pass the pre-fight physical.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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