~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

They are both big enough now to deserve to head the bill though; it's nice there is mutual respect and admiration between the Montreal fighters and very good for the local boxing scene! If boxing is good now, imagine how good it will be in 5-10 years' time, as both InterBox and GYM become bigger and better!

 

Good news for Bute fans - according to an article in the Romanian press:

http://www.prosport.ro/articole/bute-pe-hbo/68217

Lucian has caught HBO's eye and there is talk that starting with his fight in summer think Andrade/Lacy???) he might head the bill on HBO!:happy

 

He is very big in Romania - even my 80 year-old Granny knows quite a bit about him and watched his last 2 fights!:yep But I guess he would be even bigger on the other side of the Prut...

Also, they all think that he is a very good rolemodel and are very proud of his attitude and behaviour outside the ring. There are other very good Romanian sportsmen/women out there too...e.g. Adrian Mutu, for example...he is very famous too - more famous than Bute, of course - but out of all sportsmen out there, Bute seems to be the most respected and liked, as a man, and he is certainly one of the best.

The pics are great, yes! It is humbling and heart-warming to see how much Lucian loves and respects his family and acknowledges his roots in such a heart-felt, honest way. His family are hard-working, proud, honest, God-fearing Romanian peasants and are a very good example of Romanian people at their best. :happy

The first thing Bute said when he went to Romania and spoke to the press after winning the belt was that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground and remain the same man - I wish him the very best of luck! I think it is his moral qualities more than any other ones that will have had the biggest impact on his career. :good

 

Yeah...you're right! It used to be much better before 50 years of Communism and 15 years of post-Communism...which destroyed the people and their mentality first and foremost - it will take it at least another 30-50 years to recover, I think...There are still huge political problems to overcome - the old guard and all they stood for is still going strong! And so much looks ugly and nasty now...:-(

 

:happy :happy :happy

I guess your Montreal is a bit like our Cardiff - you are very lucky too!

 

That would be great! It would be amazing for the fans to see Dawson v. Diaconu and Bute v. Top 15 guy in their back yard in the space of hours/days/weeks???