What's next for Bute after Joppy?

Bute will retire after the Mighty Joppy takes him to school.

 

How is Joppy getting a title shot in the first place? Bute should have a better opponent.

 

Allen Green said no to a title shot?...What an idiot, remember the days when guys like Hagler waited years and would of killed for that one shot?

 

He should fight Kessler, but he won't.

 

He ain't ready. Kessler too good. No point throwing himself to the wolves for the sake of it. Bute said he hopes to be ready this time next year. This fight NEEDS to happen in 2009 - no excuses of any kind accepted.:good

 

Maxime, we both know it's not so much whom he should fight but whom he can fight.

Not a fan of a Lacy fight, to be honest, unless he fights four times this year, one of these fights being Taylor.

Pretty much the same goes for Allan Green; in fact, I'd prefer Green.

Next fight could easily be against winner of Andrade v. Stieglitz - the mandatory.

Miranda? Would he take it?

Taylor would be perfect, after Joppy, before Andrade, or after Andrade. If only Taylor would take it!:?

 

The truth is Miranda wanted the fight but Bute would not take it. That is why Miranda is fighting Pascal! Don't act like Miranda is busy. There is still no contract with Pascal, and there never was. It has just been talk since there are no other options.

 

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You made that up!

Let's see a source for that, buddy!

 

Pantera2000, the only man Bute's ducked so far is Kessler; he said he wasn't ready for an opponent of his calibre; recently, he said he hoped he'd develop and improve enough by Spring 2009 to face someone like Kessler.

 

I am not saying Bute ducked him. I am saying that there was talk from Miranda's promoter to Bute's promoter and they could not get the fight to happen. Whether it was a financially or something else, I dont know. I just know that was one fight Miranda's team was looking into when Bute did not have an opponent and they couldnt make it happen.

I would tend to beleive it had to do with the fact that there was no TV coverage in the USA, and since they couldnt get that to happen there was not enough money for the fight.

Maybe I wordered it to harsh that 'Bute would not take it'. I should have said 'They could not make it happen'.

 

Miranda should have taken the title shot if offered, with or without a TV deal; I'm sure there was a lot of money on the table even without it. Bute is selling 13,000+.

 

Like I said, I dont know the details. I know Miranda is far from being all about the money, he just wants the big fights and a title shot.

I would also imagine, since it was not a mandatory, that Bute's promoter would have demanded some options. This is something I highly doubt Warriors would give considering how highly they think of Edison and know he will get his shot at 168lbs soon enough.