Did the Froch beating scare Bute from fighting?

[ykdadamaja]

I just watched the Stevenson/Bellew fight, (Bellew didn't stand a chance from about the second round and it was a ko waiting to happen) and I saw Bute at ringside.

The LH division has become "Concussion City" as Lampley succinctly put it after Bellew was stopped from two Stevenson left hands. It has become more exciting at LH and Super-Middle, with skilled fighters and KO's almost in every other fight.

So, the question is: Since the Froch beating, Bute has been slated to fight Jean Pascal, another hard hitting Super-Middle/Light-Heavy (Haitian descent as Stevenson), for nearly a year now. The fight has been put off for several reasons or the other, IS Bute afraid to get back into the ring, at such a high level and against a dangerous opponent like Pascal, and has the Froch thrashing put enough fear in him to want to NOT fight at a high level again?

What say ye?

I always thought Bute was a little more hype than delivery. But, my personal feelings on him aside, he was a champion and had fought a few guys that one can say were good fighters.

My take on it is that he is scared to fight tough, big fighters and fighters. Froch put him out of it. The Pascal fight is still on, the last time I checked. Scheduled for January 18th, 2014, God's willing. So, we will have to see if Bute just had a terrible night vs. Froch, or if whether or not Bute really has hit a dead-end in his career and has peaked and has nothing else to give the sport.

[Master]

I think Bute was over hyped and protected and just been exposed for an average world class fighter he is. Pascal should beat him.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

Bute was all but knocked out in the first andrade fight. If it wasn't the final round andrade would have ko'd Bute. Bute did bounce back by fighting Grachev, after being tko'd by Froch. Now he'll face another hard puncher.

[IamInuit]

Steele should have waited in the Chavez/Taylor fight but the ref should have have called it in the first Bute/Andrade fight. So I guess it depends on the fighter and not the circumstances. What a crock of shit and we all know what happened in the second Andrade fight. He mentally fell apart in the Froch fight. Its the reason countless fighters dont travel.

[ykdadamaja]

Pascal thrashes Bute. Unless Pascal, overnight, forgot how to box.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Agreed! That beating turned a hoe into a bigger hoe, that's how I see it. I say this because Bute made a championship career out of beating bums and C level oppositions in his backyward..

After winning the vacant title against C level Berrios, he defended it against nothing but tomato cans and guys who just didnt belong in the ring with him..

People complain how Ward gets hometown advantage?! Take a look at this guy Bute's resume and see where he's fought. At least Ward fought the best available..

I used to get into alot with the Butetards when I was at ESB cuz I always told them the same thing, that Bute is a pampered fighter and he'll get knocked out by the first elite fighter he faces then bamm, Froch proves me right..

BUte is a B level fighter at best..

[ykdadamaja]

Agreed! That beating turned a hoe into a bigger hoe, that's how I see it. I say this because Bute made a championship career out of beating bums and C level oppositions in his backyward..

After winning the vacant title against C level Berrios, he defended it against nothing but tomato cans and guys who just didnt belong in the ring with him..

People complain how Ward gets hometown advantage?! Take a look at this guy Bute's resume and see where he's fought. At least Ward fought the best available..

I used to get into alot with the Butetards when I was at ESB cuz I always told them the same thing, that Bute is a pampered fighter and he'll get knocked out by the first elite fighter he faces then bamm, Froch proves me right..

BUte is a B level fighter at best..

[beenKOed]

Steele should have waited in the Chavez/Taylor fight but the ref should have have called it in the first Bute/Andrade fight. So I guess it depends on the fighter and not the circumstances. What a crock of shit and we all know what happened in the second Andrade fight. He mentally fell apart in the Froch fight. Its the reason countless fighters dont travel.

All I can say is, if that first Andrade fight had been a 15 rounder, Bute would be looking a two KO defeats.
My fun loving personality and the devil made me say that.

[Dropanuke]

Doubt itscared him!!

Froch was a pensioner when he beat bute

[ykdadamaja]

Doubt itscared him!!

Froch was a pensioner when he beat bute

So he let a pensioner beat him?

[Dropanuke]

Yeah I guess so.