Brian Magee v Lucian Bute - March 19th

[Kev]

Nice to see Lucian Bute is stepping up and taking risks. Magee gave the prizefighter winner Tony Oakey a very tough fight indeed...

[ono]

Nice to see Lucian Bute is stepping up and taking risks. Magee gave the prizefighter winner Tony Oakey a very tough fight indeed...

It's a big test. I think if he wins, him and Donaire but a bit of breating space between them and the competition on the p4p rankings.

[Kev]

Nice to see Lucian Bute is stepping up and taking risks. Magee gave the prizefighter winner Tony Oakey a very tough fight indeed...

It's a big test. I think if he wins, him and Donaire but a bit of breating space between them and the competition on the p4p rankings.

It certainly shows that he is prepared to take risks.

I only hope that if he does get past Magee that he takes on the man we all want to see him fight. Of course I'm talking about the dangerous puncher and Mundine conquerer, the Australian contender champion Garth Wood.

I actually think Bute could win both fights, but I just worry that the wear and tear accumulated on him through a succession of such brutal fights might mean he is past his best by the time the winner of the Supersix Tourny is announced.

I'd hate for Bute to lose to the winner of that because of the quality of opposition he has had to face whilst waiting for them to stop pissing around and come up with an opponent for him.

[Oggie]

Very difficult fight to call, Magee is an absolute animal when he is in the 'Brian the Tiger' zone.
Still reckon Bute will somehow scramble out a stoppage victory late in round 1, after an all out war for the ages.

[Kev]

Very difficult fight to call, Magee is an absolute animal when he is in the 'Brian the Tiger' zone.
Still reckon Bute will somehow scramble out a stoppage victory late in round 1, after an all out war for the ages.

You certainly have to give him respect for not dodging anybody. I mean, this coming on the back of a tough fight with Contender quarter finalist and former junior middleweight prospect Jesse Brinkley as well.

Certainly his countryman Jean Pascal should take notice. With fights over Carl Froch, Adrian Diaconu and Chad Dawson, he's now taking on a 45 year old man in Bernard Hopkins and is in danger I think of losing credibility when you compare his level of opposition with Bute's.

He needs to start fighting top tier opposition like Bute is. Someone like Ovill Mckenzie who gave Tony Bellew all he couldn handle before getting stopped last weekend. You know Bute wouldn't hesitate to fight someone of McKenzie's calibre, and that to me is the difference between the two men.

[skel1983]

Good for Magee he has been a great pro, I think you give Bute a past as the super six has all the big boys tied up, but I cant see anything but a Bute win.

[JazMerkin]

I'm sick & tired of all these fraudsters like Andre Ward, Carl Froch & Jean Pascal recieving so many plaudits while Bute consistently steps it up against the best there is. Look for Bute to stop Magee even earlier than Froch (& much earlier than Ward or Pascal could) & show that he's a gazillion times better than them all put together.

On another note, James DeGale will be disappointed, as just today he was talking about taking on Magee in his next fight

James DeGale Targets European Champion Brian Magee - Boxing News

Yes, Bilbo, that's right. Bute was willing to take on the same kind of relentless competition in just his 27th fight as a hardened 9 fight veteran from Harlesden