~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

I don't want Bute to become a superstar. I want him to keep his feet on the ground and fight the best, not the biggest NAMES or for the biggest purses. This is what is important, I think. This is what is good for boxing. And THIS is what he should aim for, not fame and fortune. If he does the right thing, these will follow to; but he shouldn't aim for them, because in doing so he might diminish what is most important - in boxing: his legacy, and in life - his character. Bute should beware of anything that might lead to moral corrosion. His character is his biggest asset as a fighter.

 

I disagree. I think it's the best thing possible for Soto to test himself against a "supernatural" like Guzman! This is what all very good fighters should want - to test themselves against the best. And of course we should respect Soto more if he loses whilst fighting well against Guzman, than if he had been winning against a lesser opponent in a lesser/stay-busy fight! It does more for his legacy, after all.

 

Haha...mate, alas! I am not...I live in Britain...:|...maybe one day I will be able to come and see Bute fight. :yep

 

Bute has a good club behind him and good promoters. He will make a lot of money. Let's not worry about Bute! If he keeps fighting well and improving and not ducking, Bute will become very rich. Let us worry instead about guys like Mijares and Guzman who don't have to backing to be given the comp at the highest level to the extent that they deserve and would wish for.

Anyway, I disagree with you...according to your plan, if you wanted to maximise your earnings, after you become a great boxer, you should continue fighting even when you're past your best, taking on the biggest offer, even if it's some raw kid with an ambitious promoter who wants to bag a big beast and stuff him on the resume! This is ignoble in my opinion and betrays a lack of self-respect. You are selling yourself for money.

Money should not come above glory, especially since if you chase glory, money usually follows more than willingly.

 

I don't know...last time Bute fought (Bika), I only saw the fight 2 weeks later!!!:-(

 

:happy :happy :happy

 

Great interview, Maxime, mate! Thank you!:good

 

I am not sure how good his English is...but some of the American boxers don't speak great English either...