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Tuned into this card on NBCsports and its opening with top ranked Lt hvy Eleider Alvarez being knocked around by all out awkward slugger Isidro Ranoi Prieto! What do they feed these guys from Argentina? Come from obscurity..check. Tatted up...check. Free swinger...check. Prieto has badly hurt Alvarez 2 or 3 times going into the 8th round! Alvarez steady in 9th. Very good scrap so far Lucian Bute returns vs Andrea Di Luisa (???) in main.
Alvarez controlled 10th. Got off good combos with solid uppercut. Prieto looks to be on reserve tank and punches have slowed
Alvarez rips to body well beginning of 11th. Prieto dangerous as they come but ref misses a KD after Alvarez lands good body shot end of round! Big brass effort by both as 12th closes, quality scrap.
Alvarez takes it 117-111 on all three cards.
If Bute cant breeze here he needs to change jobs.
Adonis being interviewed. Says he is a new "Clark Kent" :vd: Di Luisa is composed in anything, tight defense with shoulders but smaller with the footwork of a 300 Lb hvy in close. Bute picked him apart in 3rd
A quality finish in 4th! Nineteen months out is a long timeQuote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
Pretty much expected! Bute is more excited about this win than he should be, in my opinion.
Good to see Bute get back in the winning column. Weak opponent but that's to be expected coming off a loss an a long layoff.
PBC show TV any time, any where and any format no loyalty to tv stations.
Bute is definitely popular in Montreal! He was cheered like he KO'd Ward and Kovalev instead of a fighter who never fought outside of Italy as a pro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker