Sorry Bro but it's my opinion i didn't feel Craig did enough in any of the rounds :good. Some of Craig's shots hit arms and gloves and just felt Larry had the more control of his work and of the fight. I went for quality over quantity of shots. Cheers for the sane comment :good.
Russ Abner has Denis winning, I agree Scotty but so far he's doing alright with having to take to much ammo. I think the later rounds where he comes on strong we may see Bute fall apart again.
Grachev is gonna stop him in the 8th IMO, Bute's body language isn't oozing the arrogance it once had and i think it's a left hook which will shake him up. He looks like a man knowing Froch has taken his mojo.
Bute does not handle pressure well. This could be a very tricky night unless Bute can start to hurt Grachev. I think it was a mistake to fight a solid 175lber.
Bute needs to get away from the ropes when he is hurt. It's going to cost him massively, in this fight or in the Froch rematch. Froch must be as nervous as Bute's trainer If it goes belly up, Froch loses a big payday.
What i've noticed with Bute is he's got no actually defence bar his feet and his counter punching from left hand. If you punch off the angles, and in bunches he cannot defend it. He doesn't see the punches coming and doesn't have the ability to avoid them. Brian Magee exposed it in his fight with Bute he would shoot a left hand over and land with regularity. Bute's gonna get stopped as long as he puts shots together.
Bute's getting handled here. Gutted I didn't put some money on him at 8/1 by stoppage, was strongly considering it all day