Lucian Bute Returns To Action on Feb. 29

Hell yeah, I beg for Bute vs Andrade, It would be a great opportunity for us fans to really see what both fighters are able to do. In my eyes Andrade in mentioned way to rare, when people talk about good fighters at smw...

Have not seen much with Bute, but I have a feeling he is a rising star and so is Andrade... Then the winner could fight against the winner of Kessler vs tune-up guy:good

 

Yeah, I am pretty sure that they are trying to get Andrade rather than Lacy because Andrade was Kessler's most recent and notable win...it will be interesting to compare how they do. Stieglitz they might consider to "prove" that Lucian would beat the man who beat Berrio too...although I see no point, really...

The rest, I know less about...maybe Maxime will tell us more...

 

stieglitz would be nice. good record, competent fighter......but certainly beatable for bute.

 

Maybe...

 

I'd like to see Bute against:

Mundine
Inkin
Tsypko
Lacy
Braehmer
Andrade
Zuniga
Miranda
Allan Green
Stieglitz

There are plenty of worthy opponents out there. No excuse for fighting a bum in his next fight

 

I would like to see Bute against those guys too...but Bute needs to improve too - he needs time to develop. Otherwise, he'll never be better than very good. If he fights a bum in February, this would not help him get better...he has a year to make the step us...he needs to use it wisely...but thinking that he will fight Inkin or Mundine in Spring is completely unrealistic...you see that, don't you?

 

Why not Markus Beyer?

edit. I see he is no longer in the ratings what happened? Did he stop?

 

He has been inactive for so long that he is de facto retired.

 

Didn't Joe say he going to Light Heavy? That would mean he vacates his titles, and Mundine would inherit the full WBA strap.
So him and Bute could unify, from my understanding.

 

Perhaps you are right...I don't know...maybe someone will clear this up...can Choc INHERIT the full WBA strap just because the Super Champ vacated it, or would he have to fight a mandatory first to get the full belt?:think

 

I'm just going off what happened last time. He beat Antwun Echols for the "regular" belt, while Ottke had the full version. Ottke retired, and Mundine inherited the full version. I don't think he'll have to fight a mandatory, they should make him though IMO.

 

I didn't know that...I am quite new to boxing...:good

 

wont be andrade he is fighting dec 8th, HBO love him for some reason!

 

No...Andrade was only on the cards for Bute's second fight in 2008

 

If joe drops his WBA belt, Mundine becomes automatically the full WBA champ, just like Sturm became the full WBA champ when Taylor droped his WBA strap.
But as of now, Mundine is only the WBA regular title holder and can't unify.