Pascal if this fight happens is possibly being robbed of his chance to be LHW Champ, Pascal has a great chin and can take his best and still has enough pop to put Adonis away IMO, or at the least has a good chance of outboxing him.
IMO Pascal likely beats Stevenson. He has a grade A chin. Bute sells well and is the less risky fight, although he still has a good chance of upsetting the odds.
...but he lost to Pascal. In a damn title eliminator! atsch ...and even if he was more of a draw in their early-mid primes, he certainly isn't anymore.
I'd like to see either but Pascal has the better chance so Adonis is ducking once again. A Haitian Death Match would sell way better in Montreal than Adonis-Bute.
Can't see this fight happening. Bute is so shell shocked at this point - no confidence - Stevenson will knock him out of the ring. This will be a slaughter.
It would be wonderful if Bute KOed the scumbag pimp enforcer Stevenson. I think Stevenson will likely win. But maybe the time off has been good for Bute, who knows.
No. Quite a few guys Roach has recently trained have looked better than recent form suggested. Just because you don't personally like Roach doesn't mean he can't get the best out of certain fighters. By taking Roach on board, at this stage, (and Roach has mentioned how impressed he is by Bute) it gives me the impression Bute want's turn his career around than cash out, thus if he does take this fight, he and Roach probably think they can win it. And who's to say Bute hasn't gained confidence from how he finished against Pascal and Stevenson lost his from how he finished with Fonfara?
Bute has class but I just don't think he no longer has the mental focus required..:tired....I hope I am wrong but he lacks that self confidence that only he can give himself. I hope he can find it like in Rocky III:bbb You gotta wanna win Buteeeeee:smooch :smoke
Stevenson Pascal in talks to fight on April 4, so that puts an obvious question mark over the validity of this thread.