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Report & Photos By William Trillo

Super middleweight Eric Lucas (39-8-3,15 KO’s) wanted a real test to see if his comeback had any promise, so he chose top ten ranked Librado Andrade (29-3,22 KO’s). Although Andrade had proved himself as a World Class fighter with a titanic set of whiskers the thinking in Quebec was that the defeat to IBF Super Middleweight Champ Lucian Bute had rendered Librado “Gun Shy” according to trainer Stephan Larouche. It was a notion that Larouche admitted to being wrong about and it was just as clear to the over 8,100 in attendance at Quebec’s Pepsi Coliseum that Andrade is still the same formidable foe he has been in his last 4 fights in Canada, maybe better.

With that said this fight was a real crowd pleaser and Lucas did everything he could do before being stopped by cuts after 8 hard fought rounds. From the onset Andrade was all about coming forward and landing vicious combo’s while Lucas would pick his moments in every round and get off a barrage of his own that would get the hometown crowd roaring with pleasure.

The back and forth action made for an exciting fight but with every exchange Andrade was slowly chipping away at Lucas while the shots from Lucas had little or no visible effect on Librado.

From around the fifth round on Lucas was dripping blood from his nose and small cuts over his eyes but the former champ would not relent and he still was hanging in there with Librado and was not out of the fight yet.

But in round 8 a hard right hand opened a huge gash over the Canadian’s eye that forced the ref to have the doctor take a closer look. The fight was allowed to continue and Lucas made one last attempt that fell short and the remainder of the round saw Andrade lay some serious leather on the hometown fighter.

Eric’s corner took one look at his eye in between rounds and decided it was time to put a halt to the valiant warrior’s night. The ref was notified and the fight was waved off before the bell for round 9 would ring.

In a move that shows why Andrade has endeared himself to the Quebec boxing fans, Librado lifted up Lucas in celebration of the man he just defeated and his wonderful career. The crowd applauded both Lucas and Librado for their accomplishments and it should come to no surprise to anyone to see Andrade in another major fight in Quebec before the year comes to an end.

Hat’s off to Interbox Promotions and Eric Lucas who have put together one of North Americas premier promotional companies. We look forward to seeing what you have in store for boxing in the coming years.