We should wait the rematch with Froch and then we will have the real answer about what type of fighter is Bute. IMO it was something wrong / suspicious with Bute when he fought with Froch. :think Right now Bute beats convincingly guys like A.A , Stieglitz , Thomas Oosthuizen , Stevenson , Grooves or Rodriguez, period.:yep Do not let that bad performance against Froch to fool you , Bute's still a top smw , u will see !
Based on what ? Name 1 ****ing top 10 SMW fighter that Stevenson blew him away? Stevenson is as the same level as Miranda is , period ! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hhWntWMC5w&feature=player_detailpage[/ame] indeed this Stevenson would "blow" Bute away :thumbsup
:think Bute's defense isn't as tight as Ward's and he doesn't have the athleticism to employ daredevil "keep-away" D with his hands down as well as Dirrell...and his chin obviously isn't a tenth as good as Froch's... So he's going to get hit, if Abraham is as aggressive as he was against Stieglitz. (and I tend to think he would be, and that he's turned over a new leaf and is on a warpath now, intent on making one last run and smashing all in his path) If he takes one of those big right hands flush, :hi:
:think Quite a bold statement. If you'd said "wide UD", there would seem to be a basis for that as Bute can certainly box and Abraham can certainly be outboxed...that would be a mere difference of opinion between yourself and the majority as to whether Abraham would at some point over 12 rounds catch him with a monster shot to put his lights out... This has quite a bit less of a foundation beneath it, I mean stopping Abraham? Miranda didn't at MW, despite ripping his jaw literally half off and landing bomb after bomb... Froch didn't at SMW, also connecting at will with a terrific boxer-puncher clinic... Dirrell, Taylor, Eastman... Abraham's logged many rounds with guys who can hit, and been hit by them plenty (despite his turtle shell) I know Bute's got that mean left uppercut and all, but you really think he could be the first to crack that shell and crack the chin behind it? :huh To even try and force a stoppage on Abraham, wouldn't he have to leave himself pretty vulnerable to getting put to sleep himself? I'd think if anything Bute would want to safely pot-shot his way to victory on the outside.
Yall are crazy if you think Abraham stands a chance! Just cause you can hit hard doesn't mean you can beat Bute! Look what happened to Edison Miranda, Glen Johnson, Zuniga, Berrio, Bika.....all dudes that hit just as hard as AA at SMW. AA couldn't even KO Stieglitz who got got the **** beat out of him and KO'd by both Andrade and Berrio! AA didn't carry his power to SMW it's clear by the fact that STieglitz doesn't have a good chin and took a ton of flush shots from AA, when he took that many from Andrade he was on ***** street and then KO'd. Bute easily beats AA any day of the week. AA has no workrate and would allow Bute to set up his shots and get his rhythm going. Bute by WIDE UD. It's like after the Froch lost people forget all about the solid wins Bute has notched at SMW over legit powerful punchers.