Bute-Edwin Rodriguez: March HBO?

[Dece Bal]

Originally Posted by NonStopBoxing

As for me I was never sold on Lucian Bute. A lot of you here are giving this guy to much credit but was he ever really tested? I'm not so sure. Froch takes him to school not once but 3, 5 times. Face it...it is what it is.

He was tested by Bika, Berrio, Andrade and Glen Johnson and he put in some impressive performances and closed the show very well against lesser fighters like Zuniga, Miranda, Brinkley, Mendy...

How good is he/was he? Watch the Bika, Berrio, Andrade 1/2 and Glen Johnson fights, and compare those to the Froch fight.

Is he a proven top world-class fighter, though? No. Not yet. And if he continues to fight prospects instead of proven world-class fighters, he won't be one either.