Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson was a professional boxing match contested on 5 November 2011, for the IBF Super Middleweight championship.

[1][2] In July, Bute returned to his native Romania, where he had fought once earlier in his career but had dreamed of making a title defence there.

He scored a fourth-round knockout against mandatory challenger Jean Paul Mendy.

[3] They then turned to former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, who said he wanted the fight[4] but he also ended up turning down the bout because he was unhappy with the $1.35 million offer he received from Top Rank to challenge Bute.

[5] Johnson was bumped out of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic semifinals in June when he lost a competitive decision to titleholder Carl Froch.