Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
I'm such a die-hard Bute fan that I'm biased in his favor so take this with a grain of salt.

People say Bute was overrated. I just don't get it. Pre-Froch fight, when you compare his performances against common opponents, Bute performed better at every instance. Watch Froch against Johnson or Ward against Miranda and Bika. Bute did better. He stopped Miranda and dominated Bika and Johnson. Froch took a split decision against Johnson and Ward had difficulty with Bika and couldn't put down Miranda.
First rule of boxing is not to judge a fighter by comparing common foes. After all, Mundine caused Kessler problems over 12 rounds, Ottke knocked him out with one punch. Should we suppose Ottke is better and hits harder?

People don't get that Bute was overrated? it's silly? The dictionary definition:-

To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.

Bute was bookies favorite, and almost all experts picked a close fight, or win for Bute. Ring magazine had 22 experts polled. 10 picked Froch, 12 Bute. None picked Froch KO. The only warnings were that Bute has not fought anyone as good as Froch, whereas Froch has faced as good or better than Bute.

The result was Bute not only being beaten, but being easily outclassed. Given the experts and bookies pre- fight predictions, it makes Bute the very example of overrated by the definition above.