Comments Thread For: Kessler: Bute Low-Balled Me, Johnson Can Beat Him

[GoogleMe]

Johnson is getting older, Froch gave him a beating also - Bute should win this one. But really, screw Bute trying to lowball Kessler!

[fastblack]

Funny thing is Bute is lowballing good white fighters pavlik and kessie. Boxing needs more whites fighting role models like the Klits. pay the dudes what they want.

[hillbilly]

Bute was sick in the first fight against Andrade, look at the rematch... painful !

It's impossible to block a liver shot while your gloves are protection your face... Bute as prove that many times already.

Watch Bute win an easy fight...

Bute didn't really struggle with Andrade. He was winning that fight going away and then ran out of gas He was lucky to survive the 12th, yes. But he kicked Andrade's ass up to that point. Granted, when he ran out of gas, he just fell apart, but I didn't think that was Andrade's doing (other than his insane ability to absorb ridiculous amounts of punishment--which he did in his fight with Kessler too).

[hillbilly]

Funny thing is Bute is lowballing good white fighters pavlik and kessie. Boxing needs more whites fighting role models like the Klits. pay the dudes what they want.

The world needs more good fighters, regardless of race. And, if Bute offered Kessler 1.35 million (what he offered Pavlik), that wasn't a low ball at all. That was a fair number as has been reported by numerous boxing writers. The problem for Kessler was that the fight was in Canada. He makes all his money in Europe and couldn't with a fight going off in primetime in Montreal (because of the time difference). Kessler can make much more money fighting in Denmark, so it didn't make sense for him to fight Bute in Montreal. Similarly, Bute makes more money fighting in Montreal so he wasn't going to go to Denmark to fight. Kessler knows that. He's just poking Bute, maybe trying to goad him into a European fight down the road.

[stoggio]

i don't see how $3 million is low for a dude that got his a** whooped decisively by Ward, won a controversial decision, and has done nothing since.

[ciochia]

Bute-Kessler fight

i don't see how $3 million is low for a dude that got his a** whooped decisively by Ward, won a controversial decision, and has done nothing since.

Exactly.Kessler was offered more money from the beginning than all others
(Pavlik ,Johnson).He was the main target for Bute and everybody was waiting
for this fight-especially if the fight would have taken place in Montreal-a
crowd of 20k people would had been assured.But Kessler preferred to take
the easy way of the less resistance-target:WBO belt from Stielitz.Probably
it's a better move for him because everybody's looking for to get rid off this fraud in person of R Stieglitz.

[HitmanHattonAY]

sounds like Kessler really wanted the Bute fight but Bute ducked out

[Grimmer]

Kessler doesn't want to fight Bute, he won't be the only one after the Bute vs Johnson fight...

Kessler is a warrior, he's been in with Calzaghe, Ward and Froch. Not a chance in hell he's scared of Bute.

[fastblack]

pay pavlik and kessler the money. give the lower class dudes chump change. bute isn't any good anyway. too bad pavlik is a bum he could have won even kessie the cupcake could beat bute.

[Alx.]

sounds like Kessler really wanted the Bute fight but Bute ducked out

what? kessler refused to fight bute and went for stieglitz...get your facts straight

on topic kessler would've made like 3m+ from fighting bute so he should man up and fight him after he beats stieglitz