But you can't base it solely on talent as both Ward and Bute have that in abundance. So it comes down to records. Ward posseses the single best win of any fighter at 168 and Bute has got some solid wins under his belt now. All Abraham has is Miranda and Taylor. Hardly enough for him to break the top 2.
Bute - Andrade x2, Bika, and Berrio Ward - Kessler, Miranda Kessler - Andrade, Beyer, Mundine Abraham - Miranda, Taylor Froch - Pascal, Dirrell, Taylor (would be higher if i felt he actually beat Dirrell) Dirrell - Hanshaw, Oganov...thought he beat Froch
Shooting from the hip: 1. AA 2. Ward 3. Kessler 4. Froch 5. Bute 6. Dirrel I think AA is another level of tough. I can't put Froch ahead of Kessler yet. I just didn't feel like putting Bute ahead of Froch, it's late. Oddly, Dirrel might beat Kessler on points easily.
Bute has wins over - Andrade, Berrio, Bika, Zuniga (Zuniga was past it like Miranda but Bute had a much more impressive win) Ward has - Kessler & shot Miranda fact is there are lots of things that people can pick at with his win over Kessler (inactivity, holding, headbutting, referee, etc) Bute has shown more consistancy, more impressive wins and is just as talented with handspeed , footwork, angles while having a better chin and waay better punching power.
Goddamn bro! You called it. Did you know that KEssler also had a tummy ache? I mean go watch all those headbutts Ward landed from rounds 1-9. Like 20. And he was holding bro. One time he held Kesslers leg while he punched him in the nuts! I saw it. Bute is far more consitent. I mean can you get any better then Andrade, Bika and Zuniga. Legends of the sport right there. Bute demolished all of them Bro, do you think Bute should be P4P top 10? I know I do.
Bute has to at least be above that cherry-picking Fraud Mayweather fellow and that Chad Dawson chum that you stupid yanks hype up so much for beating shot fighters.
Not this yank. I recognize that Floyd and Dawson are overrated cherry pickers. No argument here bro. Floyds better keep ducking Senchenko. Senchenko puts him on his ass in 2. And boy oh boy, think what Bute would do to Dawson. Dawson barely beat ADamek, imagine if he had to fight Andrade!
Ward Bute AA Dirrell Kessler Froch Bute needs to prove that he can now get it done at the next level. This was a very impressive win for him which will definitely put the rest of this stacked division on notice.