kind of a lose/lose for lucian. with hopkins last fight w/ roy still fresh in everyone's mind, a win for lucian won't really mean all that much and god help him if he loses. he should focus on trying to get the dawson/pascal winner.
This would be a pretty big fight. Hopefully it's in Montreal so I can go. Bute will be the first person to stop Bernard here IMO
true. I would say this would have been a good fight for Bute before he was an HBO fighter. But now that every boxing fan knows who he is, he doesn't really have anything to gain. However, its still a fight i'd like to see. I'd love to run into Hopkins man.
I understand why you say that, Bernard has nothing left to prove & his legacy is in tact! However, if he were to beat Bute, it would be a big win Hopkins & would show that still, he's at the top level, even though he'll be approaching his 46th birthday! I think its a winnable fight for B-Hop!
I would put this 65/35 in favour of Bute. Hopkins is a live underdog at this age. But I bet you if he wins everyone will say "WAAAAH Bute was a super-middle WAAAAH". I think Hopkins will **** up Bute's rhythm by clinching and then he'll try to work Bute on the inside.
no one cares about canada! anyways bute ko's old man river and sends him to the retirement home where he belongs.