Lucian Bute in the 12th shows us why he's an elite fighter.

Elite. Funny.

Grachev was gassed to ****. Only reason Bute looked decent. He was embarrassingly bad before that.

 

Yeah that was epic work from Lucian. Really picked it up there and dominated. Great speed, reminded me of Whitaker/Roy Jones a little bit near the end there.

Could have been a 10-8 round.

 

stfu ***

 

atsch:rofl

 

I'm ready to watch Ward toy with this guy.

 

Yeah, me to. Unfortunately Ward will never be.

 

You don't honestly believe Ward fears him, do you?

 

:deal

Shame, really.

 

Round 5 with Froch showed why he isn't really.

 

Exactly.

-Which Grachev had to do, knowing that he'd never get a fair decision.

Also, of course, because Grachev is pretty terrible. He has tons of heart, but no power, & no accuracy. I'm stunned that Bute was afraid of this guy for 11 rounds.


- And if the OP thinks that Bute's last- round performance, even if he could somehow do that for 12 full rounds, was at "elite" level, then he needs to watch more baxin.' Bute just pot-shotted. No good combos, and not a single punch caused any appreciable damage.

All he did was out-point Grachev.
In that one round.
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Froch would win the rematch easily.

The Ward that beat Dawson would take him apart, put him back together again, take him apart again just for practice, then send him home crying for his momma.

 

Why whold you avoid fighting a guy who you said weeks before winning the tournament that "the winner of S6" needs to fight him. Why would you bring down a guy from a weight class you plan on going couple of fights later instead of finishing what's right in front of you ? Linear undefeated undisputed terms Ward refused to get... for?! what?! Fighting a drained gun-shy LHW?

 

So you're saying Andre Ward is afraid of Bute. Alright, just clearing that up.

 

I say he was... not afraid but worried or puzzled however you'd like to call it.

 

:huh

Going into the twelfth, mate.