All those fellers who have Librado Andrade beating Lucian Bute say AYE

Aye

 

Aye!!

 

I'm so gonna bump this thread up after the fight

 

chuffy! I am shocked!

 

I forgot to say AYE.

 

I was hoping you weren't going to see me Decebal, you caught me out Really like both fighters to be honest with you :good

 

So do I, mate! I wish no one had to lose, but if I go with my head, I have to favour Bute, despite Andrade's style advantage...he's just a level above, I think.:good

 

Think you're right to be honest, going to be a good fight no matter what happens. There's alot at stake in this fight, the winner can really move onto greater things. In saying that though Decebal i don't think the losers entirely out of the picture either. Two very good fighters..

 

Bute by K.O...something Kessler was not able to do...

 

If Bute loses, it shows that his strengths aren't as great as we thought they might be. If Andrade loses but in a best-career performance, he might be even better than the solid B level most people have him as, right now. I think he's in between B and B+ right now. If he beats Bute, he's B+. If Bute loses to him, Bute could still be B+, but he won't get much better, I feel. Overall, it's better if Bute wins because that means he's really quite good, if he can overcome the style disadvantage. If Andrade wins, well, we already know his limits at the top level, even if we assume that he's improved and has some way to go. I'd rather see the Bute that beat Andrade take on Kessler than the Andrade that beat Bute rematch Kessler, if you know what I mean. Bute will be out of the picture at the highest level if he loses. I think Bute has more to lose than Andrade has to gain, to be honest. We'll see. Ultimately it's about the level of performance, not about who wins and loses.

 

No-one is KOing Andrade. Anyone who thinks so is probably on the same Cotto express that said he would KTFO Margarito. Dumb asses.

Haven't seen Bute, but if he can't hurt Andrade or keep him off him he will get TKOed 8-10. Andrade must be close to PFP granite chin.

 

Agreed:good

 

Even iron chinned fighters can be sent to their knees by some very hard, precise body shots. Bute is good to the body. Just because he cannot KO him by hitting his chin doesn't mean he cannot KO him by going to the body, although I strongly doubt it. What is certain is that Bute will have to go to the body to slow Andrade down. Who knows, this might lead to a KO, but again, it's a less than 5% chance, I'd say.

 

Good assessment :good