I'm scratching my head a bit with this choice of opponent for Bute. Grachev (12-0) just starched unbeaten Ismayl "The Black Russian" Sillakh. He is a big puncher with a granite chin. Is he too tough of a foe for Bute to face in a comeback fight after Bute suffered his first defeat, a dehabilitating knockout loss at that, and especially when a big money Froch rematch looms in the future?
Lucian Bute will face Denis Grachev before Carl Froch rematch - ESPN
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