Lucian Bute

I think Bute would beat the likes of Kessler and Froch, plus to say he doesn't deserve these fights is ridiculous!

 

Why is it? He has two good wins to his name (Andrade II and Miranda), but other than that he hasnt fought anyone of note. Why should he be given a shot at the best in the division without fighting other top tier opposition first? Kessler, Dirrell, Johnson, **** even Pavlik. These names are missing on his resume. Yes i understand these guys have been tied up in the S6 so it's not really his fault, but it doesnt excuse the fact that should he fight the winner of the S6, he has been practically given a bye to do so. Kessler deserves to fight the winner of it. He lost his WBC belt out of the ring, and was well on his way to claiming a semi final spot before he was forced to pull out with injury.

1 big fight is all I'm asking of Bute. Kessler, Pavlik, Dirrell or Johnson. If he comes through (even if he scrapes through like Andrade I), then he can fight the winner. The Super 6 champion will owe Bute nothing.

 

Hey dumbass, read a news or two about Bute vs Stieglitz before open you mouth, Robert turned Bute down at least twice.He was refused by Sartison to.

 

Hey dumb-ass Bute was not invited in the super 6 , said the man who created the tournament. Once at the beginning of it and once when Bute signed the contract with Showtime.

Stop embarrassing yourself.

 

How is he marketable??? By filling out some shack in Quebec?

 

As a matter of interest, have you got a source for that?

 

He's sold 36,000 seats combined for fights against Brian Magee, Jesse Brinkley and Edison Miranda. Show me another super middleweight who's done that?

It's not about earning the right technically. As I said earlier, who did Andre Ward beat to deserve a shot at Kessler when he was #1 in the division?

That said, if the winner of the super six refused a fight with Bute and just said "get in line", it would be quite funny.

 

Putting arses on seats in an arena is only part of the deal, fighters like Greenberg or Salita could put arses on seats but it doesn't make them marketable outside of the obvious....its not like they are long on sporting entertainment in that part of the world is it

 

The World Boxing Blassic was the brainchild of sr. vice president of showtime sports, Ken Hershman, who has said in the past that Bute was "not invited to participate" in tournament without elaborating as to why.

Source:Bscene (i'm not allowed to post other boxing sites links out here so google the text above for yourself)




Dan Rafael :
Super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute was not invited to be part of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic, the six-man tournament that is down to the semifinals, but he has followed it closely.
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=6230615






Bute, 30, fought two fights in a row on Showtime, in late 2008 and early 2009, but he was not invited to join the Super Six when Hershman put it together in July 2009. Hershman said his exclusion was nothing against Bute. He said the tournament was very difficult to put together and "the only way to get five promoters and six fighters on the same page was within the existing relationships I had. It wasn't that I didn't think [Bute and Bedard] were worthy or trustworthy. I just didn't have the depth of the relationship I had with the others."

Bedard and Bute were disappointed that Showtime left him out, but that's in the past, they said.

"We were surprised because Lucian was IBF champion and one of the best fighters in the division," Bedard said. "We understand the reason. The problem was all the guys we were dreaming to fight were with Showtime. But at the end of the day, Lucian is more popular without being in the Super Six because everyone was speaking about him and asking why wasn't he in."

Source:http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5769178