Lucian bute vs mikkel kessler

this would be a great fight. kessler does have experience with southpaws...and bute is a damn good one. bute does move very well but both men are sound fighters. to be honest, i think bute/andrade II and kess/ward will tell us a lot about where both guys are and would help in making this decision.

 

Totally agree !

 

i think it would be a good fight..i still think kessler beats bute,but the more i watch butes fights im liking him...

 

This is going too far, the-demon! How am I supposed to be angry when you write such posts?

 

Demon is such a nice guy!!

 

Kessler late stoppage. Bute has the skill to compete with Kessler, but not the chin.

 

:huh People often have the impression Bute has no chin because he went down, once, against Andrade. That was because of exhaustion. Bute took Berrio and bika bombs without a problem. How could he have a bad chin? I'm not saying Bute would win against Kessler, not yet, but his chin won't be a factor, in my opinion.

 

i watched butes fight with bika last week..:thumbsup

 

Good no?Not awfully entertaining but was interesting to see him adjust after a few tough rounds.

About the same score differences as Calzaghe-Bika.

 

bute handled bika well,bute in some ways reminds me a bit of calzage.

 

I agree with the chin part :good

actually I think Bute might even have better boxing skills than Kessler, but he doesn´t hit as hard Kessler.
Im also 100% sure that the weakness Bute showed against Andrade will be seen again. Maybe not in the 2nd Andrade fight but at least when he faces tougher opponents. It´s the Jermain Taylor story all over again...call it exhaustion or whatever.

 

i think the exhaustion was due to butes eagerness to please his big following,i doubt he will make the same mistake again.

 

So then is it the chin or the stamina?

If anything it's the stamina cuz his chin I don't see how it could be weak.

Taylor doesn't have a weak chin either btw.

 

I think its a combination....without Stamina you get KOed

and getting hit will take away some stamina.

The better chin you got the less stamina you will loose when you get hit.

But I don´t think Bute was badly prepared for the Andrade fight...but of course he could have been sick or something :think...we also saw Taylor really try to prepare himself better but it did not help.