He does good with B- to C+ fighters. And has fought better or the same against fighters that Ward, Kessler, Pavlik, Froch, Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, and Andre Dirrell have fought and defeated. Such as: Edison Miranda TKO 3 Lidardo Andrade KO 4, UD 12 Brian Magee TKO 10 Sakio Bika UD 12 Fulgencio Zuniga TKO 4 Those fights he looked good, he never lost. But none of them are real good. Edison Miranda, Sakio Bika, Lidardo Andrade and maybe Magee have been Top 10 Super Middleweight at some point, so they are okay. But my point is HE HASN'T FOUGHT TOP CONTENDERS, SO HE MAY BE THE BEST, BUT WE WILL NOT KNOW 100% UNTIL HE FIGHTS A TOP SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT. I am a huge Lucian Bute fan and cannot wait to see him fight a top Super Mid. fighter, to proof for sure to me he is the best ( In Which, I hope and think ). I hope he fights Pavlik as expected, to help proof it for sure. So please, Don't say Bute Cannot or can beat another top fighter. Bottom line is, we must wait and see.
It proves he belongs in the ring with them, and also that he is without a doubt the most spectacular guy in this weight class and the most dangerous.
I don't care who Bute has fought or who he is about to fight, Ward would beat the brakes off of him. Kessler too. Maybe Dirrell.