Before this fight I had Jean Pascal winning within 8 rounds.. I thought that he'd maybe finish Bute quicker after seeing the ring walk as Bute was visibly shaking!! After watching the fight I had it as a draw, maybe even Bute nicking it by a point! Now I can see a case for Pascal winning it by a round also but that was certainly not a 117-111 fight!
Pascal was inactive for too long only fighting in 20 second bursts most rounds, when he did land he would swing wild missing nearly every other punch! Now a case could be made for the knockdown but as it wasn't given I'm not arguing to much as a punch landed but I thought it was the leg tangling that caused the fall!
Bute while looking tentative letting his left go, maintained a jab throughout, out boxing pascal for long stretches! And he made pascal miss a hell of a lot!
But hey I'm tired it near 6am here in Ireland so maybe I'm missing something, what do you guys think!
Btw, what's clear is Stevenson wouldn't have trouble with either guy, and Jean Pascal didn't look to comfortable when asked about a possible fight!!
You also have to factor that that wasn't the real Lucian Bute.
We only saw the real Bute for one round. He injured his arms early in the fight.
Unfortunately I didn't watch the fight live... (even if Bute is my compatriot)...
I was afraid he didn't fully recover -- he's old by now...
... The "real Bute" is an old Bute... That's it...
Dam I miss good boxing ,Bute used to look like Jones Jr til Froch took his Spirit , Pascal is not a hard guy to hit Hang`em Up your done
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Jesus Christ, how did I know there would be a thread like this on NSB.
To start, the only thing that matters is who wins the most rounds. That's it.
Because no matter the fight, no matter how obvious the outcome, people will say the guy who lost the fight should have won. Happened with Pac/Bradley, happened with Abril/Rios, happened with Rigondeaux/Donaire, happens with them all.
Imagine of Bute did somehow get the nod.
Froch would have been ecstatic.
He could have earned a massive purse and smashed him in about 3 rounds in a rematch.
Someone else mentioned it but Bute overstates his own own fragility. He took some solid shots from Pascal but he he refused to exchange and had the rabbit in the headlights look when hit.
Maybe if somebody was on high dose LSD they could see Bute taking it. I mean I'm talking like a half sheet of acid.......naaaahhhh. Still couldn't see it.
Maybe he got their names mixed up? I really don't know
I gave Bute the 3rd and 12th...that's it
Don't know how anyone could possibly think he won the fight
Maybe if somebody was on high dose LSD they could see Bute taking it. I mean I'm talking like a half sheet of acid.......naaaahhhh. Still couldn't see it.
That was one of the weakest displays by a former champion that I've ever seen. Don't think I'd ever want to watch Bute again. And Pascal will get annihilated by Superman.
It wasn't even close...Bute looked like crap because that's what he is. He almost made Pascal look good...who got his ass handed to him by a then 46 year old Bernard Hopkins. The whole home town Montreal Casino boxing scene... including Adonis Stevenson...is a big ass crap.
How did the HBO brodcast scored the fight?
If I recall correctly Lederman had it 11-1. Or maybe it was 10-2. One of those. I know for a fact Lederman had the first 9 rounds going to Pascal.
I didn't score it but I would have guessed two rounds.
Bute simply didn't throw until the 12th. I understand being gun shy about being countered but when you're down 7 rounds to zero, at that point, don't you throw everything out the window and go for broke? Why wait til the 12th round to go for broke? Bute would get him cornered and then be like, "oh sh*t, I can actually do something here, but....naaaaahhhhh kinda paranoid I'll just feint a little bit and call it a round".
Gave Bute 2 rounds. The media here gave him only 1 round. What kind of boxing fan are you? Are you trolling or u being serious. Go learn abt boxing my friend cause u truly dont know sh*t:boxing:
I gave Bute 3 rounds, I could understand 4 and maybe 5 if you're being generous. No way in hell he won. Pascal CLEARLY won that fight. Commentary shouldn't matter. That was incredibly easy to score.
This right here anything more towards Bute (and 5 is pushing it) and your nose must be too far up Bute's bum to be opjective
I gave Bute 3 rounds, I could understand 4 and maybe 5 if you're being generous. No way in hell he won. Pascal CLEARLY won that fight. Commentary shouldn't matter. That was incredibly easy to score.