Comments Thread For: Bute Disputes That He Has Any Issues With His Chin

[nomadman]

Froch hits hard, Bute didn't even go down. I don't think Bute has a problem with his chin - rather, he has a problem reacting to getting hit. He has a problem with pressure. The chin argument is dumb in this case.

Thing is, how can you tell whether that reaction is due to physical or mental factors? He was definitely getting buzzed by Andrade and Froch enough for me to suspect that he has a less than durable jaw. Pure glass? No. But if it leads to him panicking, freezing or whatever, then it might as well be, since it results in the same thing.

[» HE3R0 «]

Whatever his opinion is on the strength of his chin, this fight further proved that he might need to adjust his style, but he definitely needs to fix his defense.

I agree that he may not have a glass chin because he did take a lot of bombs and managed to stay upright for a few rounds, but it is a clear weakness. On top of that, he has a terrible poker face inside the ring.

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Bute would've been knocked down at least 3 times if the ropes hadn't held him up. Not saying his chin is rubbish cause Froch punches hard, but it certainly isn't on the same level as Ward/Froch/Kessler.

[thepower]

I don't think he has a bad chin. He took some heavy shots clean.

[Uncle Rodge]

His chin's not pure glass or he would have gone down a lot earlier, despite the ropes and all.

It's not exactly a Froch Chin tho.

[95 DOE or DIE]

I see Emmanuel Steward, the chin protector, in Lucian Bute's near future dude.

[bojangles1987]

Froch hits hard, Bute didn't even go down. I don't think Bute has a problem with his chin - rather, he has a problem reacting to getting hit. He has a problem with pressure. The chin argument is dumb in this case.

He was hurt by every clean punch Froch landed. That's a chin problem if ever there was one. It's not he was considered to have an iron chin going in, it was questionable.

[Main Source]

This is the second time he's been KO'ed as a professional and third I know of (Golovkin KO'ed him in the amateurs)... so I'd say he's got some chin problems. The only reason, IMO, this hasn't happened more to him is because he's been fighting guys with not enough skill to land a solid punch on the chin.

In the first fight with Andrade it was due to fatigue. He was seriously exhausted.

In his fight with Froch he got stunned by Froch's power punching. He's been in the ring with hard punchers before. I won't categorize him as "glass chinned". He just looked very uncomfortable, some may even say scared, because of the hectic atmosphere and Froch's pressure. I was surprised to see him being hit so many times as his defense are usually very solid.

[florinmarcus]

In the first fight with Andrade it was due to fatigue. He was seriously exhausted.

This is another myth busted. Bute seems to loose his legs when hurt. Call it what you want, he can be easily hurt by elite opponents.

[Paclan]

oh ok so it's just his heart then

thanks for clearing that up lucian