Lucian Bute is a punk. Possibly ducking his mandatory challenger?

[umzi4prez]

You ready for this?

First, the Brinkley fight was not a joke by your logic, because it was... well, his mandatory.

Second, as he JUST fought his mandatory, he is allowed to make a voluntary defense before fighting his current mandatory.

Third, any idea what happened in the Mendy-Bika fight? Bika, a guy Bute outclassed, was torching Mendy, and then blasted him when he was down, getting disqualified.

So... all in all, your argument is trash. Do your research.

BRAVA...Well said..Bute the future.

[Who are you?]

Honestly,

I do think Bute needs to get a bigger fight.

But Jean Paul mendy is garbage and was essentially KO'd in one round by Sakio Bika in his last fight.

Mendy is a damn joke, and Magee is probably a better fighter than Mendy.

[BattlingNelson]

People need to get their facts straight.

- Brinkley wasn't a mandatory. He won an eliminator for the IBF #2 position, but it was not a final eliminator.

- Mandy is the mandatory after winning by DQ last July

- Magee is not a world-class fighter and he's not as good as either Stieglitz or Sartisan

I was saddened to read Bute is fighting Magee. I don't think Bute himself is deciding to do this, the truth is his promoters in Montreal and Showtime are doing a shitty job.

Bute should be fighting Mendy, Stieglitz or Sartisan not Magee.

So Brinkley was not even a mandatory????


Ahahahaa @ Bute. How the hell can the canadian fans keep on accepting this level of opposition? It is baffling.

[gingeralbino]

Im just curious as to why Sartisan v Magee didnt happen. Magee's promoter had booked the kings hall for the fight in January. Hopefully Magee makes a statement explaining things. It was a much easier way to a world title (even if Ward was the real WBA champ)

Maybe he just got a biger offer from Bute and decided to take it for his retirement fund and exposure on the off chance he wins a world title (beating Sartisan wouldnt mean much on the grand scheme of things)

[The Hammer]

So Brinkley was not even a mandatory????


Ahahahaa @ Bute. How the hell can the canadian fans keep on accepting this level of opposition? It is baffling.

Well, I'm a Canadian and I agree with you.

Magee is not a suitable opponent at this stage. He should try to get Stieglitz, Mendy or Sartisan.

Chad Dawson said last year he can make 168. Or they could fight at a catchweight of 170.

Perhaps Sturm, Golovkin, Pirog, or someone else could fight Bute at 164.

[£-4-£]

Nah. Kessler fought him with no sparring due to a broken hand and if anything Kessler made a nice comeback against Froch.

Calazghe out-classed him and took his '0'... He then had 3 easy fights before Froch, and I scored the Froch-Kessler fight a draw too.

No denying that Kessler hasn't been the same since losing to Calzags.

People need to get their facts straight.

- Brinkley wasn't a mandatory. He won an eliminator for the IBF #2 position, but it was not a final eliminator.

- Mandy is the mandatory after winning by DQ last July

- Magee is not a world-class fighter and he's not as good as either Stieglitz or Sartisan

I was saddened to read Bute is fighting Magee. I don't think Bute himself is deciding to do this, the truth is his promoters in Montreal and Showtime are doing a shitty job.

Bute should be fighting Mendy, Stieglitz or Sartisan not Magee.

Finally something we agree on!

[Fox McCloud]

My facts are straight.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5363778

Although Lucian Bute was not invited to participate in Showtime's six-man Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament, the super middleweight titleholder hasn't let it put a crimp in his schedule.

Bute (26-0, 21 KO) will make his sixth title defense against mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley (35-5, 22 KOs) on Oct. 15 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Bute promoter InterBox announced Thursday.

"At this level, it is very dangerous to take any opponent lightly," said Bute, a native of Romania who now lives in Montreal, where he has become a major star. "Brinkley surprised many experts during his last bout. He fights very bravely in the ring and I expect him to be fully prepared and to give it his all in the Bell Centre ring."

Bute has fought 12 of his past 13 bouts at Bell Centre, including a dominant third-round knockout April 17 of Edison Miranda. That bout was televised on HBO, as was his previous bout, a fourth-round knockout of Librado Andrade in their rematch. However, the fight with Brinkley won't be on HBO and does not yet have an American television outlet.

Brinkley, of Las Vegas, gained fame as a participant in the first season of "The Contender" reality series in 2004. He has won nine fights in a row, including a surprisingly easy, lopsided unanimous decision victory against Curtis Stevens in a January title elimination bout that earned him the shot at Bute.

"I am beyond excited to fight Lucian Bute for his IBF super middleweight championship," Brinkley said. "This is something I have dreamed about my whole life, and I feel that it is long overdue. I know I'm going in as the underdog, but there is no doubt in my mind that I'm bringing that belt back with me to the United States."

Said Tommy Lane, Brinkley's promoter: "He has worked his butt off, and there is no one more deserving than Jesse. He is on a nine-fight winning streak, and with how focused and determined he is I think Bute will be Jesse's 10th victory in a row. Bute is the popular favorite in this fight, but in boxing there is no better story than the underdog coming in and knocking off the champ, and I think we have a recipe for that."

The winner of Bute-Brinkley will have nine months to make a mandatory defense against the winner of the Sakio Bika-Jean Paul Mendy title eliminator. That fight was added Wednesday to the July 31 Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz II undercard in Las Vegas.