Actually it's Larsen,a dane SMW.He was robbed with Ottke,beat a undefeated Haussler,and beat Nader Hamdan
The fight comes too late for Larsen - A prime Larsen would have beaten Bute, but present day Larsen - I doubt it. A good opponent for Bute though - if the fight comes through.
I cant see why a prime Larsen would beat Bute. He had all he could handle with Ottke and never met anyone beside him with a pulse.
I wouldn't say destroyed. Actually far from it. Realistically they would have been on par prime for prime. Now I expect Bute to win a 9-3 kind of fight. Larsen 'can' still win, but he would have to take uncommon risks for him and be in the shape of his life. Good fight for Bute though as he gets a good technical name on his cv and will probably learn a lot from this fight.
Bute vs Larsen is a done deal since Larouche said the next fight will be in europe..., and if u look at IBF top15 challenger, it must be Larsen. And than, the rematch, of course, people in Montreal are asking for the rematch, because of the way it end and because people here think the rematch would be even easier for Bute, like 120-108 kind of score.
Actually Larsen was supposed to fight Siaca for the WBA title, but alas he got injuried and Kessler got the fight instead. The rest is history....