Wow! Good! fight! I guess it would put Bute-Andrade on hold for little while. Maybe we will end up with Bute-Green. Who knows. Still, Andrade-Bika ... good fight!
Yes, this should really decide whether any of these guys deserve another title shot in the near future. Last chance saloon for Bika perhaps. Andrade has plenty to prove... ie, whether he can box or not.
It'd be interesting to see if he'll try to keep up with Andrade, who has a very good workrate. This could turn out to be a sloppy, not boring but sloppy, fight due to their styles. It's still always good have to good undercards of fights, especially PPV. I hate when I have to waste money and the whole undercard is garbage.
Bika's only losses are to two of the top SMWs. (not counting the questionable loss to Soliman in Soliman's backyard). He could surprise people. Unfortunate for Bika is that Andrade does not have Codrington's glass chin. It should be a really entertaining fight regardless who wins.
This will lack anything resembling technical skill and yet it'll still be superbly entertaining. I got Bika by decision, Andrade isn't gonna get knocked out.
:admin :admin :admin Don't worry. This shouldn't mean Bute v. Andrade doesn't happen. In fact, if Andrade wants to fight Bute, it's a good thing he fights Bika first! DAMN! Great, great respect to Sakio! What a great fighter! Nothing but the best he can get will do! I am sure he would have fought Mundine too, if his compatriot had wanted it! So, in less than 2 years, Bika would have fought: Beyer, Calzaghe, Bute and Andrade, with some solid journeymen like Thysse, Soliman and McCrary thrown in for good measure! Damn! How many people can beat that? My respect for Bika gets greater by the day! GO SAKIO!!!:happy :happy :happy Much respect to Andrade for taking on a tricky customer with a chin and heart as great as his own! Don't write off Sakio as quickly as all that. He is very good at finding the right distance to suit him! Don't forget those looping attacking shots that sometimes end up hitting around the back of your head and that are used to come inside - notice the way he pulls his head back when he throws them, making him very hard to hit. Once he is inside, the dark arts are employed beautifully. You jab him fush. He leans back and grins at you like a madman. Andrade will not have an easy time, that's for sure. What a great fight! Not the best for Bika (I would have preferred Mundine)...but WOW, great respect to both men if this happens. :happy :happy :happy
Very interesting fight, for many reasons. For the fact that both men are true fighters. Because it's a close match (I think Bika has slightly more chances). Because of what will happen after. Will the winner fight Stieglitz for an eliminator to be the mandatory of Bute? Bute could then take Green, also on HBO, on April (HBO already made Green an offer). That would be a good year and make us forget the Joppy fight.
If Andrade wins, I think he'll fight Bute in a voluntary defence for the title. No need to beat Stieglitz too. If Bika wins, will he ask for another shot at Bute? He always said he thought he let himself down the first time around... Can he do better this time around? I doubt it, but you never know what Sakio thinks; he constantly surprises us and never backs down. I doubt Bute would say NO, if Bika beat Andrade...If Bika loses, he might still get a shot at Bute if he really wants to by fighting Stieglitz in an eliminator, if he is still ranked high enough... :conf
