~~~The Lightning Lucian Bute Battleship~~~

I agree, and the sooner the better. Bute is not going to start training again until early April...early June is the earliest date for another fight, I think. He has to defend his mandatory by mid July. This means he will fight his mandatory next - the winner of Andrade v. Stieglitz who fight on the 22nd of March. The fight will very likely be on an undercard in the USA, especially if Andrade wins, most likely on the undercard of Pavlik and Abraham on the 7th of June at MSG.
It's a shame it doesn't look like he will make the Mosley v. Judah, Barrio v. Juarez, Ponce de Leon v. Caballero and Lacy HBO PPV in Las Vegas on the 31st of May...this is what I would do...

Anyway...this all means he is free to fight whomever he wants at the end of the year. His next mandatory would be at the beginning of March at the latest...one year from now...this is when the Kessler fight could happen.

Only 2 more fights before Kessler after Joppy? Or would the Kessler fight happen after the mandatory?

 

If Bute cannot get Taylor in autumn, I think he should get Mundine.

 

Yap, especially after Bute!:yep

 

No...but CarltonBlues posted a megaupload link; I'll check it out.:good

 

Joppy, Andrade + another voluntary, this year...doesn't look that great...unless the voluntary is Taylor/Mundine/Miranda/Green...

Next year...first fight in February/early March - mandatory...who knows...maybe Kessler, maybe someone else...and another 2 fights...just like this year...

Bute is a 3 fights/year fighter...and we hoped he could fight 4 a year...:think

 

Joppy promises a KO:

http://espace.canoe.ca/LucianBute/video/view/36951/