~ Lucian Bute v. Librado Andrade ~ whom will you support?

Touch? It's a full-on diddling of envy!

Bute's not boring at all. He could stand to up the tempo at times.

 

Well, Andrade will certainly give him something to think about. Very good fight. If he catches Bute sleeping, he could well pull off an upset.

 

You gotta love Andrade's personality but I hope Bute whips his ass :smoke

 

Do i sense a touch of hypocrisy... or did you miss your guy's last fight :deal

 

Did u saw Bute in his 15 firsts fights ? He was a Calzaghe. Now, his coach tell him to be a "hit and run" type of boxer. Fu** Larouche.

This guy can be a monster.

 

The justification for this that I can accept is that a Kessler-Bute showdown (mismatch though it is :yep) is good for the division...and for both fighters. If Bute can beat Andrade, I'll give him props and definitely jump on the "Mikkel should make him a priority" express.

 

Hardly his fault now was it. Lets be fair

 

I think you underrate Andrade here, he's more capable than you would think and gets his work in. Bute's a good solid fighter, but this is a bad style for him, the type of guy that would totally dominate Andrade like you say would have not dropped the first 4 rounds to Bika due to Bika's pressure and workrate. Joe of course dropped some rounds to Bika, but that was later on getting sucked out of his own gameplan, Bute was troubled from the start so it basically showed that he was doing the best he could and had to adapt to win against Bika.

It's a whole different animal with Andrade. I also don't overrate Kessler's power, it's accumulation power and not 1 punch KO power.

 

I'm rooting for Andrade. Rare hybrid of blue-collar toughness and modesty.

 

Bute has just as much heart and will if not more.

I pick Bute yet Andrade, now being trained by Howard Grant, will be a very tough challenge.