QUEBEC CITY, Canada (CMC) — Glen Johnson for once looked his age and Lucian Bute successfully defended his International Boxing Federation super-middleweight title with a dominant unanimous decision on Saturday.

The 43-year-old Jamaica-born Johnson, known as the Road Warrior because he often fights in his opponents’ home cities, saw his ring record drop to 51-16-2, after two judges scored the title fight at the Pepsi Coliseum 120-108 and the other 119-109.

The result meant that the 31-year-old Bute, a Romanian living in Canada, made his ninth successful defence of the title and improved to 30-0.

“I thought I won the fight,” said Johnson, who injured his right arm in the fight. “I don’t think he was landing anything.”

“My right arm swelled up in about the fourth round so I couldn’t throw my big right hand. I basically beat him with one hand.”

“It’s tough to win in your opponent’s hometown because as soon as he does one little thing, the crowd goes crazy instead of paying attention to what the punches are telling you.”

Johnson looked old and slow, when the fighters started to engage, after they kept their distance for the first several rounds.

He started to attract a succession of power shots from his former sparring partner, when Bute moved in close in an attempt to finish the show via knockout. A crowd of 15,306 however, failed to get that rare spectacle of Johnson on his back, but Bute cruised to victory.

Johnson refused to pull the trigger and was never able to solve the style of the southpaw champion, although he did end Bute’s string of six straight KOs.

Johnson connected with only 47 power shots as opposed to Bute’s 123.