FINAL and OFFICIAL: Lucian Bute v. Librado Andrade - Fri, 24th Oct, on Showtime!

Ok:good

 

hey anyway good luck to your boy and good talking.

 

I'm amazed to see people think bute is gonna knock him out. Andrade has one of the best beards in the game next to valuev.

 

Next to Valuev? You need a damn ladder to hit him on the chin:rofl

 

Bute's good and has all the skills to beat Andrade but he starts slowly, whereas Andrade starts fast. Andrade will win the first couple of rounds and then put pressure on Bute. In order to win rounds, Bute will have to fight more and box less. He will be looking to impress too, so he will fight more positively which will be to Andrade's advantage. In the mid rounds, I expect Andrade's pressure and workrate to put him up on the scorecards, forcing Bute to accept to fight even more to reduce the deficit. This would contribute to Bute being worn down even more. Is he strong and tough enough to last 12 rounds and win? Not if he has to impress the judges in the last couple of rounds to be sure of the win. This is why I predict Andrade will win by TKO in the 11th or 12th round.

Great fight, I hope.

 

bute stoppage

 

That is highly unlikely

 

Bute will box Andrade, but if it's necessary he is capable to go toe to toe with him... and win the war. He can punch harder, faster, more precisely, and have a good chin. Beside, Andrade does not have a better stamina than Bute. It may be the contrary. Andrade's only chance is an early ko. And early in the fight, Bute will dance, so the chance it happens is very slim.

 

andrade.

 

How do you know he is capable of going toe to toe with Andrade? I think very few fighters if any could and I don't think Bute is one of them. Not even Kessler went toe to toe with Andrade except when he was forced to. More often than not Kessler jumped back and kept well back when Andrade was coming in strong.

If Bute were one of those fighters who could go toe to toe with Andrade he would take many more risks once he had his opponents hurt instead of going risk-averse and staying well out of trouble. I have watched the Bika fight again last week and Bute doesn't like someone coming at him for a fight. Fighters who are capable of going toe to toe with someone like Andrade wouldn't back up against someone like Bika. But I guess we'll see on Friday.

 

You're right when you say anyone goes toe to toe with Andrade if they are not forced. We call that intelligence. Andrade does that because his other skills are not enough to make him win. Of course Kessler went back, he's not crazy, he punished Andrade all night with this strategy. Bute won't go toe to toe because he doesn't has to. That doesn't mean he cannot do it. As for Bika, Bute had to stay away because the headbutts and all the other tricks Bika uses when you stay at a short distance. That, too, was intelligence. Have you watched the end of the fight or just the beginning? The first three rounds, Bute was not himself, he was horrible. If you think that's the guy who will show up against Andrade, you're in for a big deception. He's the champion now and is used to it. Beside, Bute has improved a lot since Bika.

 

You call that intelligence? I call that patronising.


We'll see what happens on Friday.

 

Lucian Bute by late stoppage

 

Both made weight,looking forward to this one.