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To be fair though, Andrade has improved quite a bit since the first fight. I still think Kessler would handle him, but if he beats Bute, then he deserves to be in there.
In that case, I would just think less of Bute, and then would insist Andrade be put in the tournament just so he could be quickly relieved of the belt.

Andrade, i think, lacks the ability to change--he certainly didn't look any different against Bute. The only persons I would want to see him fight would be AA and Froch, just because somebody would get knocked out. Everybody else would just do some variation of what Kessler did.
Have you seen Andrade's chin? Kessler put everything he had on to it & didn't make a dent. I can't see anybody KOing Andrade, I think he could beat anyone in the tournament apart from Kessler & Abraham, not that he necessarily would. He has gradually improved as well, he boxed very well in his last fight against Tsypko.
At some point his chin is going to crumble and he is going to get stopped. It'll happen in much the same way it happened to Margarito and the way it is going to happen to Froch. He takes way too many clean shots and one day his chin will give way.

As for the tournament, he'd probably beat Dirrell and I'd give him a good chance of beating Froch (what a bloodbath that would be). Abraham would be another interesting one, Andrade could probably take that as well. He'd murder Taylor.