Why I think Bute will stop Berrio

Bute doesn't like to throw caution to the wind. He has not really pushed the boat out against Mock and Tatevosyan, when he could have. Now, that he is so close to realising his dream, he will not go crazy, particularly not against puncher Berrio. He would much rather outbox Berrio from the outside for a very wide UD.

Berrio sure can punch though! To win, he could either wait for Bute to get overconfident (not likely) and then hammer him, for Bute to make a mistake (bound to happen) and then hammer him or, to go for it and apply pressure from the beginning, (possible) and then hammer him.

If Berrio goes for it, he might open himself up to a Bute counterpunch and get KDed himself. Berrio does not have a good chin. Even if he doesn't go down, he might get TKOed by Bute, if he goes for it and gets tagged.

Of course, Berrio might get tagged and might sway, and as Bute goes for the TKO, Berrio might deck Bute!

Would Bute get up from the canvas? I think he would do his best to get up. He really wants this; he has been dreaming of nothing else and he is hungry! As hungry as Pavlik!

Eventually, being outscored on the cards, Berrio will have to take a chance and go for it. This will be his downfall!

All in all, I see Bute tagging Berrio with a counter and then TKOing him.

But, who will lead in this fight? Berrio or Bute? I think Bute will draw him in for an attack to counterpunch him, while using his jab to poke him for the rest of the time.

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What are your thoughts?

 

I think beating Bika and Berrio at this stage of his career (21 fights) would be a big deal. Bute's career progress is very good!

 

Bute's fights against Bika and Berrio will have been against better opposition than that of anyone else's in their last two fights, except Mikkel. This is encouraging for Bute fans. If you take the last three fights into consideration, only Mikkel and Joe will have fought better opposition....not bad!

 

Let's hope Bute keeps up the good work and keeps going for good opposition. If he wins against Berrio, he should be able to step into the ring against another good, live, opponent next time! This would be good for boxing and great for us, fans.

 

Everyone agrees that Stieglitz would have been a better test for Bute. But Berrio can hit! Bute has not been in with a real puncher before - Berrio is more dangerous to Bute than Stieglitz in my oppinion because Bute could probably handle Stieglitz, whereas a big punch out of the blue might be harder to handle.

Yes...I am assuming that Bute will go into the ring with some intent too. If he just looks to catch Berrio out, but win on points, he might only TKO him in the late rounds. Bute will not want to do anything foolish, but he shouldn't be afraid of Berrio either. He needs to show Berrio that.

 

If it is to be, then better now, then against, say, Froch, in a year or two...I don't want Bute to be KD'ed...but if he is, then this would be a good time to see whether he would get up or not, and how he would fare, because he will be thinking it could happen, and he must be steeling his resolve against such an eventuality.