A guy named Lucian Bute...

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is about to lose in October.

 

He will out class Andrade, but lose when up against the likes of Kessler or Taylor

 

First big fight against Andrade in october,ife he gets passed Andrade he can unify with Kessler.I see him the no 1 man at 168 and maybe one of the best at 175 in the future

 

decebal is that you? but's a decent fighter, his fight with adrade should answer the remaining questions about him.

 

Nope,no Decebal here,but your right the Andrade fight will answer a lot of questions.You don't see him as the no 1 guy at 168?Calzaghe is gone,Mundine is gone,there is only Bute and Kessler at 168 maybe Andrade and Lacy so he gotta get past Andrade which is gonna be very hard

 

Have not seen enough from Bute to come to a conclusion. His style hasnt excited me from what i have seen, so i didnt search for his fights. His fight vs. Andrade is the first fight from Bute im really interested in.

168 is going through a change right now, some fighters have been going to 175, others are coming from 160, so 2009 should be a rather interesting year for the Supermiddleweights. At the moment i see it like that:

1. Kessler
2. Bute
3. Taylor
4. Mundine
5. Andrade
6. Miranda
7. Froch
8. Bika
9. Inkin
T. Brähmer

Think its quite an interesting division.

 

too early to tell. pavlik and abraham could make the transition to 168 sooner, as i think they'll struggle making weight in the future. then we've got kessler and adrade. probably in a couple of months, when these title holders at SMW start fighting each other, we'll a clearer picture to the 168 lb. landscape.

 

There's some very intriguing potential matchups in there along with the possibility of a 160 or 175 fighter going there for a fight or two as well..hopefully the fights get made. I think Andre Dirrell can make some noise there in the future, too.

 

Indeed he has a boring style,that's why I don't enjoy his fights that much altough he does some excitement.You pretty much got it right but Mundine has gone down to 160 and isn't Brahmer at 175?By the time Pavlik and Abraham move to 68 Bute will go to 75,he has some problems making weight also and they prob are getting bigger and bigger

 

You are off course right, Brähmer and Mundine arent @168 anymore. With Brähmer it isnt really a loss i would say, his management just tries to go the easy way. They dont have really much hope in his abilities.

 

I like him. Reminds me of Calzaghe but a little more conventional.

Reckon he can step-up when challenged by someone classier...

 

He certainly has that B-Hop style of boxing but a little more exciting