Let the Summer of Boxing begin!

July is awesome !!

 

What I think is most annoying about Bute is the fact that he's generally ranked as #1 in the division, I'd imagine purely on the grounds that he's unbeaten.

I don't think he's anything special.

Andrade had already been dominated by Kessler - Bute got a gift in the first fight
Miranda is a C-class/*European class type opponent with a shaky chin
Magee/Brinkley similarly

* Before anyone starts being pedantic I know he's not European, I'm using the turn of phrase

If Kessler looks alright in this comeback fight and Bute dominates him or takes him out I'll sit up and take notice. Until then I'm well and truly a sceptic.

His best punch to me is the right hook to the body, which probably matches up pretty well with Froch, though if Kessler is tight at the weight (which I've always believed) it could be a factor also. But he's hittable with the right hand and if you catch him with the uppercut coming in I think you're in business.

It's probably unlikely as they seem to be friends, but I think Johnson would take him to hell and back.

 

I just can't believe he's fighting Mendy next :-(

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I know he's the mandatory contender but

He's absolutely terrible..... if this goes three rounds I'd be amazed. It's one of the worst mandatory mismatches in recent years.

 

Definitely up there with Salita!

 

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:yep

 

Nothing can be as bad as Salita

Not many promoters will ditch a decent ticket seller for not wanting to take tough fights..... usually it's the promoter shielding them.

Salita was ditched by both DiBella and Arum because they wanted to put him in with Malignaggi and Cotto respectively. It was quite an interesting piece in Boxing Monthly...... Arum said he always wanted too much money and was offered a million dollars to fight Cotto at MSG and balked at it, then he went to DiBella and was offered a few quid to be Paulie's comeback opponent after the Cotto fight..... wouldn't play ball.

The story behind him was quite good, shame he was ****ing useless in the ring :-(

 

True.

Though he'd have been dominated and stopped by any of Cotto, Malignaggi and Kotelnik.... probably Rees too.

In answer to your other question I've not seen any of Mendy's other fights, but simply looking at formlines, what was really a one round blowout against Bika doesn't look good. When you think Bika has faced three good fighters and lost to all of them clearly on points.

 

There probably have been, but not many in the big 3 and certainly not many that have been mandated to fight a beltholder as good as Bute is.

Ricky Hatton had better mandatories given to him and told them to get lost.....

 

I notice the Rhodes fight will be live as well.