Quote Originally Posted by Althugz View Post

Are you serious about Kessler? The guy has left his backyard before to fight Ward and Calzaghe. Maybe you mean he "lost his stones" as in he won't be up for that now..but he doesn't strike me as that kind of guy.

Also the guys who are saying Bute's chin let him down are off...The pressure is what Bute showed he couldn't handle. He took 3 rounds worth of hellacious shots from Froch but didn't know what to do. It was exactly as the British commentator said "You would never see the elite such as Mayweather fold under this kind of pressure" and that is what Bute lacks. He can't keep composed while being attacked. He showed that against Andrade and now it's been confirmed by Carl.

I think you're bang on with the last bit, and it won't bode well for Bute in the future. People were billing him as a "slick boxer" in the build up to this fight, which isn't close to the case really. Bute is slick in a large sense, he is very athletic and offensively does great things. His problem is he doesn't really do anything well off the backfoot, only jabs to set up power shots rather than control distance etc. He has quick feet but doesn't move as a pure boxer ever would, everything he does well is from a distance while still coming forward. Froch had no trouble selling out to get inside, where Bute can't really do anything. He basically needs an opponent who will respect his power and let him keep them on a leash so to speak.