~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

Well i don't think hes gonna say no if they give him an offer...

 

Allan Green is fighting Rubin Williams so i don't think he'll be ready for February.

 

ESPN would let him off the hook for a title fight especially if that fight is on ESPN.

 

I bet the third one is Hanshaw.

 

It's the Holidays. It does suck tho. No tv shows on tv. No boxing news. Nothing.

Hopefully we'll get some news in about a week.

 

I havnt seen too much of Bute and from what i've seen of him its just a plain "he's ok". Im keen to see how things go in his career.

 

Happy New Year to all Lucian Bute's fans!

 

In my opinion the two leading available opponents are Sam Soliman and William Joppy.

Soliman his ranked 11th at 160lbs. He finished 3rd in this season of The Contender. He has fought guys like Eastman, Joval (x2), Mundine (x2) and Bika (x2) and Wright.

Joppy is a 3 time world champion. He defended his title successfully 6 times. He fought guys like Hopkins, Taylor, Trinidad and Eastman.

Both of them would be an easy first title defense for Bute. But both of them are decent name in the USA. If I had to choose between those two guys I'd pick Soliman. He still has a decent name and he has fought on US tv quite a few times in the last 2-3 years against guys like Joval (Fox), Ornelas (Showtime), Wright (HBO) and Bika (ESPN2).

Most importantly I think ESPN would accept to broadcast the fight since Soliman was part of The Contender 3. Giving Bute some US exposure before his fight with Andrade this summer.

So Bute-Soliman it is! :deal

With Andrade against Brian Vera on the undercard!

Bute-Soliman
Andrade-Vera

Setting up Bute-Andrade for May 10th on HBO.

 

What about Hanshaw. He is a big name in the US and is better for Bute's career then Soliman.

 

Get ready for Lucian Bute -vs- Allan Green if he Green wins tonight against Rubin Williams.

 

funny thread...I only read the first page and I get the gist of what this thread is about.

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