Stevenson - Bika

I wouldn't say that at all. Bika made it ugly for them but they still won handily. And yes, we are a decade removed from one fight, and half a decade from the other.

I would say Dirrell struggled badly.

 

Both the Calzaghe and Ward fights were ugly , failing to stop a guy who's never been stopped isn't saying much he's no walk in the park for anyone

 

They were ugly but he clearly lost by a wide margin, and they are ancient history. And I answered your questoin, Bute won easier against Bika.

Yep, not stoppping a fighter who has never been stopped before is rather ordinary. What Kov just did to Pascal was extraodrinary.

 

Pascal was a KO waiting to happen I saw that in the Dawson fight there was nothing extra ordinary about that imo

Stevenson handled Bika with ease and basically with 1 punch not even Bute could do that pick apart a guy with basically 1 punch..

 

Unofficially, what Mr. Bute did is more impressive given his current reputation on these boards, which has revised his head to head ability to be somewhere between Mr. Charlie Zelenoff and the mentally challenged gym rat from Million Dollar Baby.

Officially, any performance by Mr. Bute that presents contrary evidence to the light his career is currently viewed in on these boards shall be disregarded. First on that list is every win obtained in an easier/wider fashion than his contemporaries, starting with Mr. Bika.

 

And you were wrong because a KO that doesn't materialize for a half decade isn't a KO waiting to happen. Getting hurt by Dawson means nothing. Dawson actually dropped Adamek, and he wouldn't be dropped again until he climbed in the ring with a great Heavyweight that had 50 lbs on him.

Pascal's chin has been tested against the one punch power of Froch and Bute. Being the first to knockdown and stop a tested fighter is an extraoridnary achievement, and your opinion can't change that.

So what, Bute had to use more tools to have an easier time than Stevenson. The point was he still had an eaiser time with him.

 

There was a reasonable chance there stylistically that Bika could have thrown caution to the wind (as he usually does) and got him out of there.

 

I thought Calzaghe was pushed right to the brink and I thought bika landed a lot of good shots and won a good few rounds, I might watch it again but I thought it was really tight. ward struggled too lost about four rounds most early but he did stop bika from landing after about half way. Stevenson was the most dominant in my opinion Bila had no case in that fight

 

You really think there was a resonable chance, Bika was going to move up and actually stop Stevenson? Nobody gave that a probably chance of happeninga nd there was no good reason to. You didn't even think that before the fight.

The only surprising thing was Stevenson being unable to finish off an overmatched opponent in a showcase fight.

 

Those choice of words is pushing it.

And Bika had no case in the other fights either.

 

well bika is one of calzaghes best ever opponents, who pushed joe to the brink, and calzaghe fans think its a great victory.

and one of Adonis worst, who Adonis toyed with, and people hate on Adonis for fighting someone so weak.

 

I can't remember the Calzaghe fight that well but I thought it was closer than ward and I scored that 8 4 but some pepople had it a draw. nobody could say that watching. The Stevenson fight

 

I'm surprised Bute couldnt knockout Pascal ,his poor attempt at a Roy Jones act gets him in trouble all the time .. Kovalev just being the superior boxer just finished off what others started .

As far as Bute and Bika goes fine no problem he beat him easier I concede there ,if he fought Stevenson though he would have got knocked out..Hey style makes fights right.

 

What does "pushed to the brink" mean to you? I used to think it meant nearly beating a fighter, not merely dragging him into uglier than expected fight and still losing decisively on points

Because a SMW Champion fighting a SMW contender 9 years ago isn't the same as a LHW Champion fighting a former SWM contender in the present after already having two easy defenses.

 

Bute did better late against Pascal I think his confidence isn't there anymore he seems like he can't really pull the trigger. Froch ate his soul!