Lucian Bute made a successful return after losing his world title to Carl Froch when he out-pointed Denis Grachev over 12 rounds in a light-heavyweight bout Montreal, Canada on Saturday night. The scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 115-113 won him the NABF light heavyweight title. The extra weight suited Bute, who finished strong to improve his record to 31-1, (24). Bute never took any chances, instead chipped in with a few single shots throughout but he opened up in the final round...

By Marty Mulcahey: One of sports’ famous axioms states a loss does not define the person but how they bounce back from a defeat will. Very few champions – most famously Rocky Marciano, Joe Calzaghe and Ricardo Lopez – never had to overcome the mental hurdle of absorbing a defeat. Nearly every Hall of Fame boxer had to work his way through this process and without doing so, they never would have earned enshrinement. Tonight, Lucian Bute takes the first step in...