Bute vs Andrade 2 - Las Vegas, September 19th

Bute by UD or TKO, but he will win this fight.

 

Bute wide UD

 

Now that's a tough one. Outside of backyard for the first time as a champ, opponent's promotion and crowd, no referee Marlon Wright, bad memories from first fight, a very determined opponent ready to double up the pressure, it's Bute's fight to lose.

My bold prediction before the first fight was Bute domination and late stoppage, but despite dominating most of the fight, Andrade's pressure took over and I found the ending very controversial, Lucian was in no condition to let him finish. The same won't happen again, and now the pressure is on Bute, so he might get my support although I absolutely love Andrade.

Of course, if Librado wins, a 3rd fight is very possible, so that might benefit boxing the most, but my early prediction would be Bute by decision, but anything can happen. Tsypko, a very good European schooled fighter just like Bute was utterly dominated by Andrade, so it seems Librado improved a little bit, making this fight 50-50.

It all depends on the last 3 rounds, safe bet is Bute survives to win a decision.

 

If Andrade don't KO's Bute in the first 5-6 rounds then it will be a UD win for Bute.

 

Tough call. If Bute shows up with the same game plan. I think he might get knocked out.

His game plan in the first fight was flawed. Bute just isn't good at clinching. They need to find another way to win that fight. They need to utilize his strengths not his weaknesses.

 

I dont think Bute will make the same mistake, Bute UD...

 

Exactly.:good

He should do less sparring and more training regarding stamina. He should also use his body attack to slow down Andrade, he didn't do that in the first fight. And he should work on his inside game because Andrade will try to get him from close range, knowing that with the right distance, Bute will outboxe him all night.

 

so is this on the Mayweather vs Marquez undercard??

 

Most likely yes.

 

Bute will clear any doubts about his status vs Andrade and he will shut all the haters that claims he's not an elite fighter. He will have to keep Andrade away by jabbing and better pace his energy by not clinching. Instead, he should move around Andrade, come in and apply a combo, then move away and make Andrade run for him. If he does that, it's Andrade that will look for air in the later rounds.

After that, bring the UK punching bag for a unification and shut even more hater's trap by calling out Kessler or Green or Direll or whoever you guys think is the best SMW.

Maybe then, he will be recognize as an elite fighter.:fire

 

I agree.

 

It's tough to hit Andrade to the body. He leaves his head open in order to use his long arms to protect his body. If Bute wants to hit more to the body, he will have to make Andrade move his arms. I expect Larouche to pepare something about that. Of course, the ref will have to make sure Andrade wears his belt at the right place.

 

If that same corrupt ref is going to call this fight, i got Bute wide UD.

But if a fair and competent ref calls it, i got Andrade via late KO. I don't know if you guys recall from the first fight but that ref didn't let Andrade do ANYTHING on the inside and let Bute hold like a ***** everytime Andrade got close. It was a disgrace. That's why Andrade lifted up Bute's legs and sort of dropped him around the 5th because he was so frustrated because he wasn't allowed to do any inside work.

It all depends on what ref we get for this fight IMO.