I am impartial, I like Bute, sure, but I have always been impartial for these situations as it goes from the credibility of boxing.
First of all, it is not 30 seconds before the end but between 13 and 12 seconds, the time for the referee to give a count (telling, absolutely according to the rules) to Andrade to go back to his corner and to resume the fight.
Second, If you look at the match carefully, it's Andrade who was furiously jumping in Bute "Hatton" style to bully him, Bute had no choice to clinch because Andrade was virtually on him and it costs less energy to just clinch in these moments than to push plainly.
Third, I say 100 euros because I could afford such bet, I would never bet something I can't afford or that would put me in problems, no matter how, call me a conservatism prick but I would never put my life on the edge. In the same vein, as you don't know me at all, can I ask you how can you question my integrity and my "real will" to honore the bet to the end? If I would bet one million, I could understand as it is a bit crazy or unrealistic, 10 000 I could understand perhaps as well as it sounds the money that most don't have, but 100...
Also, Let's see what some of the greatest experts/professionals/important insiders have to say on the matter, by the book, the referee was right according to most specialists, this controversy, actually, has been steered up mainly by golden boy promotions (the same one that almost bailed before the fight because they wanted Interbox to force Bute to box with their gloves even though in the contract it was stipulated that the champion decides which gloves to use):
Russ Anber on the matter: http://watch.tsn.ca/in-this-corner/clip106538clip106538
Muhammad, president of the IBF on the matter: RDS - Bute : aucune irrégularité selon l'IBF (he's a prick but on that one he,s kinda right)
The very respected George Kimball about the false controversy of a robing in Montreal: Lucian Bute defeats Librado Andrade, but questions remain - ESPN
An article where Guy Jutras, judge over 81 fights state that Marlon B Wright didn’t do any wrongdoing and refereed the bout by the book: National Post Story
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