IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute, right, poses next to Jean-Paul Mendy of France, during the weigh-in ceremony in Bucharest, Romania. Bute will fight on Saturday to defend his IBF Super Middleweight title. Both fighters were in excellent shape. Lucian Bute was ripped and ready, weighing 167.7-pounds, while his challenger Jean Paul Mendy, who was also in great shape, weighed 166-pounds.