it was pretty savage what joe did to lacy...he beat the holy hell out of him..apparently you have not watched this fight....the fight could have been stopped in any of the last 3 rounds
in terms of achievement they have achieved similar, Bute slightly edging it. In terms of skills shown in the ring, Bute is well ahead of Lacy.
Im suprised the fight wasnt stopped in UK, given that Calzaghe is a KO specialist:- [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACgTJhEdj5M[/ame]
atsch..damn a little better. i agree that his resume is average to **** so far, but bute slightly better? Bute has power, finesse, skills, slickness, precision wheres Lacy had only power going for him If they were to fight prime for prime, Bute would put a clinic on him an knock him out in mid-late rounds, into a very one sided fight. Lacy was the epitome of american hype machine I feel that bute is going to make ppl. eat crow in 2012
This content is protected Before Lacy was beaten we would all probably say Lacy. Lacys destruction of R Reid was impressive. I think if we went back in time it would be a case of most saying Lacy pointing to how Bute was lucky to survive Andrade etc, its just Calzaghe did such a good job, Lacy then got moved down the ladder and never recovered. Remember Lacy was favourite against a fighter that had beaten many top 10 SMWs and had beaten fighters that had been SMW world champs in Woodhall, Veit, Brewer, Mitchell, Reid and Eubank which is a better bunch than Bute has beaten, not to forget other then top 10 SMWs that he beat
Box101- You've clearly never seen Calzaghe vs. Lacy. Lacy was covered in blood after round 3 and a lot of reff's would of stopped it in rd 7 + a few times after that. KP - So Johnson wasn't 43? And Lacy didn't beat guys like Vanderpool.
People forget when pointing out Lacy's post Calzaghe resume that he tore his rotator cuff against Tyspo (and still won) and was never able to punch as hard again (infact I think he never got a KO). Let's not forget Tyspo beat Magee who still gave Bute trouble years later.
Also why has Bute never fought someone like Pascal? There are several people who have wanted to fight him. Bute's done his share of ducking but I think it'll be interesting to see him in a big fight. Just sick of his fans who talk about **** they don't know like Box101.
Will all the ******s STFU about Pascal? Pascal Is simply not very good. He moved up to LHW because even slow, limited guys like Froch and Omar Pittman were beating the **** out of him, so he decided to duck Edison Miranda. At LHW, he got lucky in facing Diaconu for a belt right away. Diaconu is shorter than the midget Abraham!! Then Pascal got his one good win by accidental headbutt against a heartless Dawson and faced a couple of ancient guys at his new weight, one of which exposed him badly. It's not just that Hopkins beat him. Did you hear what Bernard said after the fight? That Pascal had no skills, no fundamentals and was very amateurish? It's the same thing Froch's people saw when they made their fight with an even greener Pascal years earlier. Clearly, they saw him as less risky than Bute, so they ducked the IBF eliminator match-up with Bute. Pascal uses Bute's name to give himself publicity, like Adonis Stevenson did after his recent fight that noone gave a crap about. They're looking for a payday, but Bute would starch them faster than he did Miranda.
Stop boxrecing the fighters. He never beat Tsypko, he was gifted a decision. I had the ukranian ahead by 2 points at least.