Which THREE FIGHTS for LUCIAN BUTE after Berrio to prepare for CALZAGHE + KESSLER?***

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  1. Amsterdam

    Amsterdam Boris Christoff Full Member

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  2. boxfan99

    boxfan99 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Inkin
    Froch
    Mundine
     
    boxfan99, Jun 17, 2007
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  3. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :good
     
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  4. Jambon

    Jambon Active Member Full Member

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    I would like a unification after Froch and Mundine. Green and Manfredo are pointless to me. Green would bring a lot of money in Montreal but still...

    Its would be a coward move to fight them, but forgivable at only 21 fights. I hace to admit i dont know Inkin.
     
    Jambon, Jun 17, 2007
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  5. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Bute will never share a ring with Calzaghe I'm afraid. There's no point in this fight for Joe. It's too soon for Bute (unless JC ages overnight) and Joe is busy winding down his career pursuing Kessler/Taylor/Hopkins type fights. Bute is just too far off the radar unless, in the unlikely scenario this happens:

    Joe vs Kessler falls through - Berrio gets badly injured - Bute vs Kessler is made - Bute shocks the world.

    That would be the only scenario where Bute vs Calzaghe would ever be a reality. Bute is a completely different generation and would mean nothing on a Calzaghe resume at this stage.

    There are some great fights out there for Bute: Berrio, Inkin, Froch, Lacy, Mundine, Kessler - all very makeable. It's an exciting division in the next few years.
     
    PrideOfWales, Jun 18, 2007
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  6. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    let see if he can win the title first.
     
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  7. boxfan99

    boxfan99 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Even if he should lose his career doesn't necessarily end. I thought only Calzaghe fans thought this way.:roll:
     
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  8. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :good I'd rather see Bute take on too big a challenge than duck good/superior opponents just to remain unbeaten, because as achillesthegreat wrote yesterday, you cannot be sure about how great a fighter is until you see the way he comes back from a defeat. Of course I don't think Lucian should go into the ring unprepared against anyone...he should learn and develop, but every fight should be at least as good as the previous one...and if he gets beaten...no problem...I would look to see his moral stature - can he come back from a blow to his ego and his morale?? If not...I would lose a lot of respect for him...but so far...he looks good from that point of view; he looks like a winner who dares to be great, as, again, achillesthegreat would put it...;)
     
    Decebal, Jun 18, 2007
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  9. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    :good I wasn't being presumptious or jumping the gun...although I could very well have been interpreted as hyping the guy - not my intention!

    I wasn't counting my chicks either...I was just planning ahead were Bute really as good as Top 3/4 at SMW in the world and things went to plan.
     
    Decebal, Jun 18, 2007
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  10. djb2009

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    froch would be a mistake as bute would get KTFO
     
    djb2009, Jun 18, 2007
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  11. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    if so, better sooner rather than later...I disagree with you though...
     
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  12. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Can't see it. Would be a good fight
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    though. Yes, Froch can hit hard but Bute is a better boxer.
     
    PrideOfWales, Jun 18, 2007
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  13. Decebal

    Decebal Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Now/soon, it won't happen. Wasn't Froch saying he feels he needs to bed down and improve his skills by going for British, Commonwealth and European first? Sounds to me like he is doing the sensible thing...but a fight against Bute soon...alas...not on the cards:verysad ...the person that Froch should really be going for is Inkin...I'm not sure which one of the two is doing more to avoid the other, though...they are both weary of losing to the other because their stock would go down fast...at the moment they can easily pretend to be in the top 10...so why change that before they are forced to...
     
    Decebal, Jun 18, 2007
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  14. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If I was Bute i'd look to Berrio next. After that, he could have a couple of handy defences against Beyer and even Green or Andrade.
     
    Smazz20, Jun 18, 2007
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  15. PrideOfWales

    PrideOfWales Winston Zedmore Full Member

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    Because Froch is approaching 30 and he's been calling out the "champs" for a while now.
     
    PrideOfWales, Jun 18, 2007
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