Great fighter. I thought he fought well overall. I think he should of finished him earlier but hey, he got the job done. And also in an impressive fashion.
Bute is always trying to built round after round to unload in the 10-11-12, watch every of is fight, always the same, I like that. No point of finishing Joppy earlier, he need rounds.
I hope he can do better than what he showed tonight, otherwise he'll have trouble against any top smw.
I agree...and on top, an early stoppage would have looked bad on the record - would have made Joppy look even more shot than he was... BUT: Bute needs to finish guys when he has the chance...I am not asking that he punches himself out, but that he doesn't let them off the hook unnecessarily...no?
Considering calzaghe as a Light Heavy already, I see Bute as the 2nd best 168 after Kessler. He outboxes all the other guys at 168 right now !!