And also because Kessler ducked Miranda. Debatable I know, but still Kessler took 10 months off before fighting a no-name fighter in Denmark.
You won't be disappointed, Bute usually puts out pretty entertaining fights (very nice workrate) from the little I've seen of him. Nice overall game. His fans could give you a more detailed evaluation :!:
1. Calzaghe 2. Kessler 3. Dawson 4. Johnson 5. Hopkins 6. Abraham 7. Pavlik 8. Bute 9. Taylor 10. Mundine
1. Calzaghe 2. Pavlik 3. Hopkins (assuming he isn't retiring) 4. Kessler/Abraham 5. Abraham/Kessler 6. Dawson 7. Tarver 8. Johnson 9. Taylor 10. RJJ/Diaconu No one else had RJJ on their list? Weird. I had Hopkins up so far because it was hard to justify putting people above him if he split a decision with my #1. Who else could do that with Joe C? Abraham could be too high, but he looked very good against Miranda. Kessler could be too high because he didn't look great when he fought a no-name after avoiding Miranda. Plus he hadn't fought in while. Taylor may not belong on the list. He hasn't fought since losing to my #2 fighter twice. Maybe Diaconu? I don't know Froch. I can't comment on him. Who have been his biggest victories?
Froch never gets on there. He's somewhere 11-15. More mouth than substance so far, no great victories to speak of, his best is a win over shot Robin Reid, decent European standard Magee, and Tatevosyan who he did deal with more impressively than Bute, but still nothing to warrant top 10 Could potentially get in though.
1 Calzaghe 2 Abraham 3 Pavlik (I can't say) 4 Wright, Kessler 5 Taylor 6 Tarver 7 Sturm 8 Sylvester 9 Dawson 10 Gevor