If you think Andre Ward is Better than Lucian Bute...

[Joey Giardello]

Bute should have a 12 round tko loss on his record, librado andrade was robbed of the title that night

[TheGreatA]

Bute does lack the experience of fighting someone who can present him with more than just pressure. No one knows how he can adjust to a crafty boxer like Ward. Ward's lack of power is worrisome to me though, but as a result he goes into fights knowing they will likely last the entire distance and prepares accordingly.

A hard hitter runs the risk of falling in love with their power, preventing them from becoming a complete boxer.

[Hitman932]

Bute does lack the experience of fighting someone who can present him with more than just pressure. No one knows how he can adjust to a crafty boxer like Ward. Ward's lack of power is worrisome to me though.

Exactly what I said above.

You can "think" Bute could beat Ward but there is nobody on Bute's resume that gives you any idea how he would fare against a classy defensive boxer like Ward.

Also, I agree Ward's lack of power could catch up to him, but I see Bute with his wide open and sometimes careless offensive style as being more likely to get caught by a precise counterpunch and stopped than Ward is of being clipped and stopped.

Bute rushes in with that left handed uppercut from the outside and the competition he has faced has been so limited he has gotten away with it to this point.

I don't think you can throw uppercuts from across the ring against Ward and be as successful as you are against Andrade and Miranda.

[Horvo]

If Ward gets by AA and Froch/Johnson, (which I think he will), he will have far more top level experience than Bute and should be the favorite.

Also, I disagree with the notion that Bute's style is more wide ranging. I think Ward is a very difficult fighter to solve. We've never seen Ward in the kind of trouble Bute was in against Andrade.

[Sweet Jesus]

I really dont see your argument.

Ward went the distance with Miranda, Bute knocked him the **** out.(i was 20 feet from the ring)

Ward struggled with Bika in the early rounds and eventually grinded out a victory, Bute had no trouble with Bika and cruised to a decision.

Bute has KO'd 6 out of his last 7 opponents all credible opponents, Brinkley, Miranda, Andrade, Berrio, Zuniga, Joppy, Bika

Ward has KO'D 2 out of his last 7 opponents against arguably lesser competition Miranda, Pudwill, Buchanan, Green, Kessler, Camou, Bika

Both being home fighters Bute's KO power holds more weight P4P because when he fights in hostile city's he has more ways to win than Ward does because he doesnt just beat people he stops people.

Also you may say Bute got saved by the refs count in the first Andrade fight, but what happened when they rematched a year later, Bute KO'D Andrades face in 3 rounds.And Andrade was 27-1 vs excellent competition when he first faced Bute.

Ability to bounce back strong from adversity is something Bute has shown, yet Ward has not shown that ability yet. And you KNOW Ward is gonna get into a REAL fight one of these days.


I think its pretty clear if Ward is in front of Bute at this point its not by much, I have them neck and neck with Ward the slight edge for his extremely high level of technical skill.

Bute may be better than Ward, who knows.

But I got to say, that is some of the worst technical analysis I have ever seen on Boxing Scene. (And that includes the opinions of Pacquiao fans)