:yikes :deal !!! No wonder the ref was so F***'ed up this friday. I just read that Mads Larsen (Sauerland boxer) had already agreed to meet Bute in february for the IBF title! Either they made quick business in the weekend while Bute was still couting stars - OR THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED IT BEFORE THE ANDRADE FIGHT!!! In case you don't know Sauerland it's the same promoter that carried Ottke through his career of fraud and biased refereeing. They are planning to take over the Danish Boxing scene when Mogens Palle retires (no wonder they made Kessler fight a bum like Haussler...) and are using a big fight with Mads Larsen to do this. I'll bet one of the warm-up fights will have Rudy Markussen (recently left Palle) as a newly signed fighter! bogus.
? If I remember correctly, Markussen signed with Palle's protege (don't know his name) but has no real motivation to go on with boxing. So he's as good as retired. Larsen was once a top class SMW and b/c of his name/skills SE signed him. Sauerland either signs boxer with an elite amteur backround (though, this could involve a brother who's a club fighter at best) or listens to his top coach Ulli Wegner who often invites/give sparring mates a chance to prove themselves at his gym. SE would never sign a bum just for the joy of a specific country...(Wolke's time is nearly coming to an end...)
You don't think it's wierd they make a deal as to who Bute will fight before they even know if he'll win his next fight?
Both way, the end would have been controversial... Here, regardless of Wright crying at Andrade, Bute was up at 8 and the fight was over (no time left...) IBF rulz said Bute just had to get up...
If the ref had counted to eight and said "box!", andrade had about 20 seconds to hit Bute again so that he would never get up again. Since Bute could hardly stand or see Andrade could hardly have avoided KOing Bute for good - Had the ref been legit. Therefore, if the ref ha been legit, it would have been a clear KO. Most would have stopped it right there and then, thus savinf Bute from serious injury - but the few that would have let Bute fight on even if he couldnt stand would still have called a KO when Bute was down and out cold next. And Bute would have been.
What the hell does that mean?Last year when Bute was gonna fight Berrio(who is a Sauerland fighter) for the title they said they will take Berrio to Montreal if Bute then defends his title against a Sauerland fighter and they agreed.This fight should have happened in may but Bute had an injury.Bute has a contract to do,that is all
What 20 seconds,it didn't matter if Bute had gone up at 1 or 9 the fight would have been over from the moment Wright would have said ''box''
