It's an exciting fight even if Johnson has lost three of his last five. Rightly or wrongly, Bute has a certain aura of vulnerability to him since the first Andrade fight. Here's the thing Bute has faced good pressure fighters in the past -Bika and Anrade - it's actually a style that he may have somewhat down at this point.

Who do you think benefited more from the 50 rounds or something of sparring that Johnson and Bute have done together?

Bute has more punching power than Froch. I'm not sure who said he didn't, but that is wrong at least on paper. Froch has knocked out 4 people in his last 10 fights and he hasn't knocked out anyone in his last 4; Bute has knocked out 8 of his last ten and is on a six fight knockout streak. Froch's competition has been better, but I haven't heard anyone of his recent competition say that Froch packs a huge punch. Bute's power comes from his speed, which is different than Froch's power.

That said, this fight will be a good guage of where Bute stands in comparison with Froch since Johnson just fought Froch and lost a mixed decision. Will Bute do better than Froch or not?