Bute v. Miranda - What if?

[Rantcatrat]

Does it make sense?

Here is why it may make sense:
1. Bute needs name recognition to get the big fights.
2. He'll need a tune-up after he fights Andrade (if he beats Andrade).
3. It may be a good fight.

Miranda has a recognizable name. He has been on TV many times and he has fought Pavlik and Abraham. Recall that on Friday Night Fights he had a contender for knockout of the year when he put David Banks to sleep. Of course, that was before Abraham put him on the receiving end of another knockout of the year.

Look at his options:

1. Kessler
2. Froch
3. Taylor
4. Mundine
5. Green
6. Bika

Kessler doesn't seem to have a desire to fight anyone worth mentioning. The winner of the Taylor v. Lacy fight will meet the winner of the Froch v. Pascal fight. Bute has already fought Bika who fights Manfredo in November. The only other available names I can come up with are Allen Green or Anthony Mundine. Allen Green has fallen off the map and Mundine suffers from the same disease as Kessler.

How is the match-up? Bute is taller by three inches (6'2 - 5'11), but loses seven inches in reach (77" - 70"). Although he has lost, Miranda has more experience versus elite compition. Miranda doesn't fight in the Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade mold. Thus, fans will be able to see how Bute reacts to a figher of a differe mold: a brawler with longer reach.