Who will Lucian Bute fight next?

If you are a truly boxing fan, you know that any guy ranked between number 9 and 15 in the entire world is not a tomato can, a taxi driver, or call it as you want. Any of these men have worked hard for several years.

You sure don't respect boxing.

Bute's opponents are not the cream of the division, that's right, and Bute needs to fight the cream of the division. It happens he wants to and it happens he has a contract to do so.

Stupid thread.

 

...and you will thoroughly explain the real, entire story from the many facts you gathered right ?

 

Every single Bute threads attract "tomato can" posters like flies to ****....:yep

 

Ward, Dirrell and Kessler are the only ones on that list that would beat Pav..Froch is custom made for Pavlik

 

The alchie vs the fraud-with Byrd as the ref in Montreal.Perfection.:tired

 

Stop talking trash!!!! He is fighting Kelly Pavlik in November.

 

Seems that at last Bute is fighting someone with a pulse.

At least I hope so.

 

Bute would love to fight SOB Ward, but Ward would not even allow Bute to fight in his own personal tournament! Ward refused to fight in the tournament unless he got all his fights in his home turf, with his personal referee and judges! Ward gets to break all the rules, his opponent have to travel thousands of miles while SOB does not have to travel at all. Goosen has this thing figured out, like he did the judges for Paul Williams.............

 

Pavlik is on the wagon again. According to the Youngstown Vindicator, the hometown paper of Kelly Pavlik, he was boozing and fighting with his brother.

Pavlik is an alcoholic and nowadays isn´t in shape to be considered to belong to the top dogs in the division.

 

Hopefully a boxer.

 

If Pavlik is drinking again, Interbox should change it plan right away and choose Glen Johnson. He won't mess things up.

 

Not true!

Kessler could make a killing fighting cans in Copenhagen...

Over one million viewers tuned in to his fight against Bouadla (who??) and that was more viewers than what the national soccer team had for an official qualification match for the European Championship the very same evening. Denmark has a total population of 5.5 million.

This article puts the earning potential of Kessler in it's proper perspective:

"Kessler draws phenomenal viewing figures

Mikkel Kessler´s triumphant ring return was a huge hit on the TV markets. On Danish TV2, the Viking Warrior´s spectacular victory over tough Frenchman Mehdi Bouadla peaked at 1.137.000 viewers, which translates into a peak market share of 66 percent. “That is truly an amazing figure and tells you all about the Viking Warrior´s popularity in Denmark,” promoter Kalle Sauerland said. “The 12,500 fans at PARKEN Stadium created a fantastic atmosphere. And to have two-thirds of the entire TV viewers tuning into Mikkel´s fight is simply sensational. Other than Mikkel, I cannot think of any other individual athlete in Europe who would generate such a massive interest and beat the national football team by a landslide.”
But it was not just Kessler´s fight which generated enormous attention. Danish middleweight hope Patrick Nielsen´s viewing figures were equally impressive. The unbeaten 20-year-old notched a peak market share of 45 percent. The Danish national football team, which played Iceland in a Euro 2012 qualification match on the same night, recorded a peak market share of just 19 percent. “Patrick´s viewing figures are phenomenal, too,” added Sauerland. “It is a clear indication about how much excitement and interest there is in boxing in Denmark. We are working hard to find the next Mikkel Kessler on our TV2 Fight Night shows and these viewing figures are very encouraging.”
Frederik Lauesen, Head of Sport at TV2, was more than pleased with the viewing figures. “It was a great night of boxing on TV2,” he said. “The viewing figures are fantastic and we are excited about the interest the fight has created. Furthermore, it was a great opportunity to give young talents such as Patrick Nielsen and Kasper Bruun huge exposure on national TV. This will be a another big boost for boxing and the TV2 Fight Nights.”
SHOWTIME and Sky Sports also showed Kessler´s comeback, which brought out celebrities such tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki, football legend Peter Schmeichel, star singer Pernille Rosendahl, top table tennis player Michael Maze and heavyweight legend Super Brian Nielsen. "


Source: http://www.boxen.com/en/news-archive/news-details/article/v.html

 

I don't want to argue but i jsut want to ask a question!

Do you think that Kessler got those viewing number against Bouadla because it was a comming back fight ? do you think he can get those number over and over fighting this kind of competition ?

 

My mums just back from her holidays , she might get the call

 

He would and have gotten those numbers consistently. Very few people in Denmark know anything about boxing, but everybody knows Mikkel Kessler. It's not about who he fights he's just that popular.

I for one wouldn't watch his fights if he consistently fought fighters at the level of Bouadla though...