Anyone besides me excited about Andrade/Bute?

[ICB]

Don't see much about it on the boards...Me I think it will be entertaining as hell....Librado Andrade and his chin of Granite VS Butes punching power going at it for the IBF strap.....

I take Andrade personally but that is just one guys opinion...Anyone else looking forward to this? It's less then 2 weeks away...The winner will more then likely face Kessler to see who is the dominate champ at 168

Yea i've been interested in this one considering i've been saying for awhile, that Lucian Bute is the darkhorse of the division. I was impressed how he stopped Kabary Salem, who had floored Joe Calzaghe heavily and gave him 12 tough/awkward rounds, plus he had never been stopped before.

And also his win over Sakio Bika no one at that time had an easy time with Sakio Bika, not even Joe Calzaghe. Yet Lucian Bute schooled him, i expect Lucian Bute to school Librado Andrade aswell. Unless Librado Andrade can make his power apparent.

Andrade is completely different than Salem and Bika, Bika wings wild shots from left field and Salem is just a one shot plodder. Andrade is relentless, he's hit the canvas before, but you just can't stop him. I think that the key for Andrade is not to outmuscle Bute, but just outwork him for 12 rounds, which he is more than capable of doing.

I wern't comparing Librado Andrade to either of those fighters, i was just saying Lucian Bute impressed me in those fights. But now you brought it up, Sakio Bika may not be as good as Librado Andrade. But i think he is just as strong and his chin isn't that far off either.

Lucian Bute moves well and fights well from the outside, and right off the bat Librado Andrade will struggle with those tactics i just mentioned. Librado Andrade does roll with the punches better, and his defense has made an improvement.

But he is still limited although very exciting i think Lucian Bute, is a bad style match up for him. And will win quite wide on the scorecards.

[killersheep]

Yea i've been interested in this one considering i've been saying for awhile, that Lucian Bute is the darkhorse of the division. I was impressed how he stopped Kabary Salem, who had floored Joe Calzaghe heavily and gave him 12 tough/awkward rounds, plus he had never been stopped before.

And also his win over Sakio Bika no one at that time had an easy time with Sakio Bika, not even Joe Calzaghe. Yet Lucian Bute schooled him, i expect Lucian Bute to school Librado Andrade aswell. Unless Librado Andrade can make his power apparent.

Andrade is completely different than Salem and Bika, Bika wings wild shots from left field and Salem is just a one shot plodder. Andrade is relentless, he's hit the canvas before, but you just can't stop him. I think that the key for Andrade is not to outmuscle Bute, but just outwork him for 12 rounds, which he is more than capable of doing.

I wern't comparing Librado Andrade to either of those fighters, i was just saying Lucian Bute impressed me in those fights. But now you brought it up, Sakio Bika may not be as good as Librado Andrade. But i think he is just as strong and his chin isn't that far off either.

Lucian Bute moves well and fights well from the outside, and right off the bat Librado Andrade will struggle with those tactics i just mentioned. Librado Andrade does roll with the punches better, and his defense has made an improvement.

But he is still limited although very exciting i think Lucian Bute, is a bad style match up for him. And will win quite wide on the scorecards.

You know it's great you're bringing up these counterpoints, because that just shows to me how great of a fight this is gonna be. Can't wait.

[Galaxy]

Yeah this is a great match-up!!!

I'll be hoping Andrade can pull it off but I just think Bute will be a little to crafty!

[Galaxy]

Yeah this is a great match-up!!!

I'll be hoping Andrade can pull it off but I just think Bute will be a little to crafty!

[Rantcatrat]

Just to add: were you aware that while they are the same height, both stand 6'2, Andrade has an 8" reach advantage over Bute (78" to 70")?