Your opinion of Lucian Bute - the man, the warrior - is Bute good for boxing?

Forget about how good Bute is as a fighter or where he ranks in the division. How good is he for boxing?

Is he gunning for the best, win or lose, never dodging the best out there and giving his all, daring to be great?

Or is he milking that belt for all it's worth?

Or something in between?

And has your opinion of Bute changed? Are you a fan, a hater or a hugger, or are you indifferent to him because he's not really relevant?

 

My opinion of Bute has changed radically. This was me a few years back:

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showpost.php?p=599203&postcount=1

Now, I think Bute is a lot more interested in maximising income whilst minimising risk, instead of trying to be the best or daring to be great. I am disappointed with Bute, the man, the warrior. I don't really think he is particularly good for boxing. More of an entertainer making money than a warrior or a fighter aiming for greatness.

To his credit, Bute did insist on rematching Andrade, though...

 

Or maybe Bute should just man up and move up a division like Martinez did, aiming to fight the best and become Champ?

Bute cannot be favourably compared to Martinez.

 

:huh


I wouldn't be accusing Bute of anything if he fought better fighters at 175lbs than he's been fighting at 168lbs, like he could have.

I've been requesting he do just that for a while now, since there haven't been and still aren't any good fights for him at 168lbs.

 

Yeah, well, sure... but that's also a bit like saying that a demagogue is good for politics because he's more popular with the masses than your typical politician that has long since made people switch off.

What I'm really saying is that Bute could have been great for boxing but chose to be great for his bank account instead.

 

Hmmm.... instead of pulling in more and more casual boxing fans every time, his support is actually dopping. Interbox's plan of turning Bute into the next Ricky Hatton is failing. If Bute had been fighting the best do or die, daring to be great, he'd be pulling in an average of 18kplus right now, instead of 16k-13k-11k and dropping.

 

Yap... that was pathetic. And what makes things worse is that instead of taking on Bhops next, he's taking on an even worse fighter than Brinkley... unbelievable!!!