Cool. Wasn't trying to catch you out was just interested because I am at work and wnted to read it.:good
bute seems to be the best smw not in the tourney...so why not. however, i would love to see a pav/bute fight built up w/ the winner of that facing the winner of the S6.
My guess is Allen Green, because he´s from the US. isn´t he? And I suppose they want to replace an American fighter with another American fighter: I would love to see Pavlik, but it won´t happen. That way we could perhaps finally see AA vs. Pavlik
No problem. Dan Rafael mentioned it in last Friday's Notebook on ESPN. Michael Marley also tweeted it about an hour ago.
Bute in the super 6 would probably salvage this entire year of boxing. Ward-Bute would most certaintly give us the best SMW in the world.
I still feel Pavlik would be a more exciting entrant! Bute is guarenteed a shot at the winner so he has no need to risk all the other dangerous fights when he is already guarenteed a huge fight at the end! Pavlik doesn't have all that many options at the moment and he would also be one of the bigger men in the tournament as he is huge for middleweight! Williams is tied up now so whey not. I think it would be a decent educated gamble on Pavliks part. But hey that is the Dream scenario and this is boxing so we already know that it ain't gonna happen! As soon as I saw Taylor had pulled out I knew it would be Bika and I still think it will be. Bika beats green for me! As for riddiculous choices- Could you imagine if they put Lacy or Manfredo in to it. I'd cry my eye's out!!!
I don't think you can say that yet. Whilst Ward did great against Kessler (and I'll admit I called Kessler in that one), styles make fights and he has to prove that he can deal with a different kind of style in a world class fight. Bute did great against Andrade but the same thing applies. Froch ain't been beaten yet so hard to look past him and the same thing applies to King Arthur!
I would agree. But I'm not sorry he pulled out. His head was not in the right place and he genuinly looked like he could get badly hurt! I said to my mate if he was not winning that fight by the 6th they should pull him out!
how would you fit Bute in anyway, he's hardly going to enter and agree to be 1 loss down and there is no time to make up the extra fight so doesnt work...green or bika will just be making up the numbers anyway so will accept a minus position