~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

From what I've heard he has or he had a romanian wife... with that being said.. we can assume that he has his share of subjectivity.
It is to be proven between the two of them.. even if I hope Froch will win the s6.

 

Buffer says anything for a buck.

 

Same for Joe Pesci.


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Buffer still got his Romanian wife and i'm sure it's a good reason why he say all those things , and most of Bute fans don't rank him at no 1 ( i know i don't)

It's just nice to see someone as important as Buffer liking my Favorite boxer

 

He probably said it because his wife his Romanian

 

There is a good reason indeed.. in matter of boxing skills Bute & Ward are the names for the first place, Andre Dirrell has a thing to say also, and from here on comes Mikkel Kessler and Froch.. both of them exciting fighters.. with Froch being more of a fighter than a boxer.. and Kessler somewhere at the middle.
What really makes Bute unique.. is the fact that he is an exciting boxer.. and there aren't many in all of the divisions not just in this one..( from that point of view Ward or Dirrell surely cannot qualify.. a bit of hope from Dirrell though ..in the future)

 

:yep

 

Glen's is 75"
Bute's is listed as 72" on boxrec
Dirrell 75"
Kessler/Froch 74"
Ward 71"

 

Twice. Once at the weight in and once after the fight was over.
Or was it a hug and a kiss ?

 

Just a small kiss with the tongue :hey

 

Nope, we don't have gypsies where I'm from.

 

So your a nazi from Bosnia.

 

Ponosni Hrvat.

We took care of our serbian and turkish population a few years back.

 

there are no nazi's where im from either.

 

This is one of those crossroads fights coming up, for Lucian Bute. In particular, it'll show his overall boxing IQ, he's gonna have to move gracefully around the ring and make Johnson come after him in straight lines, if he does not.. I'm pretty sure, Lucian is in big trouble here.


Lucian Bute's keys for this fight:

Lateral movement
Lucian must move in this fight, he's not gonna be able to back up in straight lines. Movement has always been key to get Johnson to fall off balance in his relentless assault, because Johnson more often than not, has heavy leverage on his front foot when he's coming after you. Lucian can neutralize him by moving AWAY from Johnsons right hand and occasionally tying Glencoffe UP.

Combination punching
This is simple, Lucian should not fall in love with his ONE PUNCH that is the left uppercut to the body AND head, Lucian needs to throw more than one punch at a time, because Glencoffe after over 50 rounds of sparring, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETECT that left hand missile. Glencoffe is gonna expect Lucian to rely on that one punch, so for Lucian to bring in more combination punching, he'll throw Glen off guard a little bit. And as both Froch and Dawson did, combination punching helps ease some of that pressure from Glen.

Footwork
Will Lucian use smart footwork, getting out of the way AND most importantly, not strafing in the direction of Glencoffe's right hand. There were moments in both the Froch-Johnson and Dawson-Johnson fights where, even if they had Glen figured out and circled AWAY from his big right hand, he was able to sneak it in to both body AND head, because he put so much pressure on them, he made them punch themselves, and opened up for his right hand bombs.

Turning his opponent
Glen has very good physical strenght, whenever Lucian ties him up, Lucian MUST TURN HIM and make space, if he can't, Johnson could back him into a corner, where things will get ugly for Lucian.
Glen Johnson's keys for this fight:

Smart, relentless pressure
Relentless pressure alone has broken Lucians pipes in the past, we all know Glen brings relentless pressure, but he must also be able to bring smart pressure, in other words, he's gonna have to make Lucian circle into his right hand, and he's gonna have to go to work whenever he gets Lucian up on the ropes.
If he does this, I think it's very possible for Johnson to beat him up and stop him.

Footwork
What I mean here is, Johnson needs to step over and around Lucians front foot, not follow him in straight lines, it'll enable him to put on smart pressure as posted above.

Feints
Feinting the right hand will make Lucian throw his left hook to the body, and if he's smart enough to do it whilst Lucian is backing up, he can make Lucian throw, and then throw his own punches behind it, when Lucian is defensively ALL OPEN. Yes I said it, open.. Lucian after throwing his strongest left hook, is WAY OPEN to any sort of counters. And I'll be bringing up this thread for his future fights, I think smart fighters will lure him out to throw that punch, and then act upon it.

Body punching
This is understood already, if Glen is able to go to the body early and HARD, Lucian is in trouble, simple as.


Overall, I think experience fighting another benefits the counterpuncher/boxer, and I think Glen is more of a one-trick pony than Lucian, so Lucian will be able to throw things out there that Glen does not expect, like combination punching and constant movement.



Copying this post here for all you Lucian Bute fans. WAR LUCIAN :smoke