Re: Lucian Bute - Dennis Grachev thread

Originally Posted by
CFH

Originally Posted by
Greenbeanz
Bute has always been limited. Overrated and limited.
He has a ton of skill, but I feel like his handlers never gave him the chance to grow as a fighter by not putting him in against anyone with a real chance of beating him. He looked completely lost against Froch, in part, because it was the first time he had ever really faced adversity (aside from the last 10 seconds of the first Andrade fight where all he had to do was stand back up) and a fighter who negated him game plan. He couldn't learn to adapt on the fly against a fighter of Froch's calibre and as a result he got steam rolled and we got to see his confidence shatter over the course of 5 brutally one-sided rounds. I actually still think Bute has the skills to beat Froch, but I don't think he ever will now.
I be fair Andrade has Bute doing the chicken dance for about the last 2:00 of the fight. He had Bute in way worse trouble than Martinez was against Chavez. Marlon Wright was practically standing him up. If he had made Bute take 2 steps from the corner in the last 10 seconds (which is prob what u r referring to...) he would have fallen on his face. But, instead he let Bute get up turned around and yelled at Andrade for standing in the corner for some strange reason.
Bute has tons of skill, a great chin, and tons of heart. I do not know how people are getting off that it is for any lack of effort or output. The problem is simply he cannot box and win rounds. He will not use his jab, and he allows other fighters to walk him down without using a job at all. Froch is tailored for this and so is Grachev
Bute will learn to hold his hands up some more, bc he obviously is not nearly as slick as the swagger he gives off in the ring. He like the shoulder shrug a lot
Also, Bute was weight drained for this fight. I think he got big and comfortable measuring his wallet after the big payday from Froch. He had no pop on his punches after the 4th round. All the damage he did in the last round was an accumulation from rounds 11 &12
"Floyd needs to inject Xylocaine into his balls to gain the courage to fight Pacquiao."
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