His team have recently said he's moving to 175 though? I hope he does fight the Super 6 winner because it's a fight that needs to happen.
Slightly better overall but not for Bute's weight and the real reason--HBO wont allow him to enter the super six--they turnin Bute into Floyd Jr # 2
Bute want to stay at 168lbs but till the S6 it's over he want better oppostion for his next fight in Marsh!
Put Andrade against Ward in s6 if showtime have balls and see who's best. Andrade will take Ward the distance and test his chin. Ward will see that 12 round against Andrade equals 15 rounds against normal ppl.
If he plans to move to 175 for a couple of fights then move back down to 168, I think that's a great idea. There aren't any fights at Super-middle for him at the moment, so fighting a couple of the better guys at 175 while awaiting the end of the Super 6 would be perfect.
Andrade would get picked apart by Ward. Bika would be another story though and glen Johnson is even more dangerous yet
Yet only available fighter at 175 might be Cloud. Since Hopkins is fighting Pascal and After Pascal is fighting Dawson. Interbox was planing for Diaconu to challenge Cloud.
It's not easy to move up in weight and then came back! if you want to move properl you need to gain muscles but not just weight!so it make it harder to come back to your weight even if it's only 7 ponds! I think that if he move to 175 it will be for good!
But the Super 6 is dragging on and with Kessler's injury there's no telling when will see the end. HBO on the other hand is hot on a Bute / Pascal matchup in March 2011.
That's why a temporary move to 175 might be best - there's no-one for him to fight at 168 until the Super 6 finishes. Maybe Kessler next year if he makes a speedy recovery. I assume that Pascal will have to re-match Dawson if he beats Hopkins though. Bute-Pascal would be a huge fight, especially in Canada, but we might have to wait a while for it.
So the tittle says Ward is ducking Bute, and then your very first sentence says Bute refuses to sign against Ward. Moron.