~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

Bit of news and a request:

News: Bute's in Romania. He was invited by the Minister for Sports for a meeting and she said she will try and help organise a fight for Bute in Romania, this summer, together with Bute's mentor and friend, Romanian Boxing Federation President, Obreja. They say it's pretty much the last chance they'll get to see Bute fight there, with Bute likely to be involved in some big fights soon...Of course, the big problem is getting the money together. Then, there's the other, even bigger problem: convincing Showtime to agree to this fight...

...Personally, I don't think there's much of a chance of this happening. I don't think Showtime'll be interested even if the money is there...

And, my polite request to Bute fans:

It's come to my attention that Bute's becoming better known and more rated these days, not just on ESB, but also in the American Boxing Press and TV...and this is good...

...but...Bute's started to get a bit of hate lately, because of this new found fame and recognition...and this is bad...

...my polite request to you: let's not go overboard with defending Bute against these haters, because it just drags us down to their level and we end up looking like fanboys too...this doesn't reflect well on us or on Bute....instead, let's continue using this thread to talk about him and his career, and let others, neutrals who know their stuff, defend him on ESB against the haters. Please?:?

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Yeah, but I'd rather ESB didn't turn into a Bute hate-fest, like it did against countless fighters: Calzaghe, Pavlik, Taylor, Waldo, etc, etc, etc,...

...the only way to avoid that is if we don't become defensive of Bute, when the hateful trolls attack...just ignore them or less neutrals put them in their place...:good

 

Bute in the Romanian press: "I like technical, intelligent fighters, those who hit without getting hit. I don't like brawlers. If you land 100 punches but take 99 yourself, one of those 99 could be the end of you."

A little video:

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(the girls are from the sportspaper that filmed the videos)

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(Reporter: "Which part of your body are you most afraid of getting hit in: chin or liver?

Bute: "When you get hit on the chin, you see some stars but you recover pretty quickly, but a liver shot is worse; you don't recover from that".

Bute: "My next opponent hasn't been established yet. There are still negotiations going on. In the next couple of days, I hope my next opponent will be established."

The guy with the headgear is a national team football player.

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Bute: "My favourite shot is the left uppercut to the liver."

Bute doing the staredown, saying that it's important. He says that he tries to psyche his opponent out and that from the staredown he can see how confident his opponent is.

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What do you mean, Maxime? How would the latter affect the former?:think

 

I'm not sure why you think there's a good chance of Taylor fighting Bute after Froch...Di Bella talked about him fighting Green next, ...and then the plan is for him to fight Jones, if Jones beats Lacy! Keep up, Maxime!

As for Bute, he NEEDS to fight Andrade, if Andrade beats Tsypko, and chances are he will...BEFORE fighting Taylor, Kessler, etc...

So...it's pretty simple...Bute will fight a voluntary defence either in Quebec, Romania or USA in summer, before taking on Andrade in autumn.

The earliest he could fight Taylor/Froch/Kessler is next year.:good

(Froch needs to fight a secondary mandatory defence if he beats Taylor before he can call himself a full champ (before being allowed to unify).:good

 

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Yeah, 2nd of April, I think. He is attending the Andrade v. Tsypko gala.

Bika or Miranda, but I think Miranda is for Froch and Bika is for Bute.