Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Lucian Bute v. Librado Andrade
by SC on Oct 24, 2008 5:07 PM EDT
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We'll be here live starting at 11pm ET for what should be a highly entertaining super middleweight title fight between IBF titlist Lucian Bute and always-exciting challenger Librado Andrade. It's a two-fight card, and we'll have live round-by-round coverage and scoring for both bouts. Swing by and BS with us!
| LUCIAN BUTE IBF Super Middleweight Titlist Ring Magazine No. 3 Ranked (168) |
LIBRADO ANDRADE Ring Magazine No. 4 Ranked (168) |
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| 22-0 | Record | 27-1 |
| 18 | KO | 21 |
| Montreal, PQ, Canada (Galati, Romania) | Hometown | La Habra, CA (Jesus del Monte, Mexico) |
| 28 | Age | 30 |
| 6'2" | Height | 6'2" |
| William Joppy (TKO-10) Alejandro Berrio (TKO-11) Sakio Bika (UD-12) |
Notable Wins | Robert Stieglitz (TKO-8) Yusaf Mack (TKO-7) Otis Grant (RTD-7) |
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Notable Losses | Mikkel Kessler (UD-12) |
| RONALD HEARNS | PAUL CLAVETTE | |
| 20-0 | Record | 14-1-1 |
| 16 | KO | 2 |
| Southfield, MI | Hometown | Longeuil, PQ, Canada |
| 29 | Age | 25 |
| 6'3" | Height | 5'10" |
| Jose Luis Gonzalez (TKO-7) Juan Astorga (TKO-8) |
Notable Wins | Victor Puiu (MD-8) |
| Notable Losses | David Banks (MD-6) | |
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I want to see how Bute handles the 8 inch reach disadvantage. How can you be the same height(6’2) and have such t-rex (70 inch reach) arms?
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 5:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and we are LIVE in Montreal
I’m hoping Hearns looks good and that the main event lives up to expectations.
Pony up and have Shobox in HD, Showtime.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bell Centre is great
This might be the best boxing venue in North America at this point.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
this standard def is bullshit
For serious. It’s been a while since I’ve watched without HD, except the Pavlik PPV which had the usual dull PPV glow, but this is just garbage. PURE GARBAGE.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ronald's entrance was something
My man was SLOW JAMMIN.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don’t expect punchless Clavette to present any real challenge whatsoever. Gimme Hearns inside of six.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R1
10-round fight.
Jab from Hearns. Nick says Clavette is “a bit of a runner and a clincher.” Hearns working the jab, goes with a right to the body. Hearns with long shots from distance, not too clean but quick handed. Hearns rocking him from distance, and Clavette really has no answer. Hearns is just stinging him.
Combo from Hearns, very pretty right. He’s completely dominating Clavette, who looks lost as he circles the ring. Right hand from Hearns. And another.
Hearns 10-9
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns had some clean right shots…
The venue is rocking. Sad that the Dawson/Tarver fight couldn’t sell out the 2,000 Pearl.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R2
Hearns is forced to chase Clavette all around the ring, which has Clavette fighting off of his back foot. Clavette isn’t doing anything to make this interesting, that’s for sure.
Hearns is trying to bait Clavette to come inside, which is fun to watch in its own way. Clavette is totally overmatched physically and from a raw athleticism standpoint. Clavette is absolutely nothing more than a stepping stone for Hearns to match up with John Duddy in January, or whenver Duddy’s cuts heal from his November fight.
Hearns 10-9
Hearns 20-18
Jet, huh?
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jet Music…
I think that Hearns power is very overrated… he has landed some flush shots to various fighters but he doesn’t have a championship level punch.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R3
The difference in speed here is just amazing. Hearns isn’t, like, abnormally fast or anything, either. Clavette is slow as molasses.
Weird bit of brawling in center ring with Clavette throwing his arms about and landing fuck all. Getting really sloppy now as Hearns seems to be looking for a knockout shot and Clavette is just warbling about the ring, clumsily rushing in and then trying to get back out before he gets hit.
No holding though, give ’em that. Hearns lands a big left hook, a thudder of a shot, and throws the big rights. Back to the chase, bell sounds.
Hearns 10-9
Hearns 30-27
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R4
Couple of big, off-balance shots send Clavette wobbling around near the ropes, and he’s on bad legs and desperate right now. Ties up, but back out of it, and Clavette’s legs look OK now. Just a momentary stun.
Right hand, left hook. Guess who? Hearns throwing the rights at will now. Hearns caught with a couple, mostly, it seems, because he has zero fear of Clavette’s shots. Clavette, bless his heart, is throwing what he can. Hearns with a right, and there’s a hook, and Hearns is just flinging.
Hearns 10-9
Hearns 40-36
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would consider this a disappointment if he can’t stop him this round. The guy is a club fighter.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R5
This is the mismatch the Hearns camp probably envisioned. Sloppy fight as it goes on, with Clavette warned for a headbutt. Hearns is toying with Clavette at this point, waiting to land big shots on counters more than leading the action. Hearns with a left hook as Clavette comes in. Hearns with long rights, driving Clavette into the ropes, and Clavette is shaky. They call it right: “Now you want to see a finish.” You betcha.
VICIOUS left hook from Hearns, and Clavette ties up to escape the danger.
Hearns 10-9
Hearns 50-45
Oh shut up with Katy Perry.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Steve Molitor in the house
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns
no surprise he’s having an easy time but I’m not very impressed with Hearns. Did I hear them say something about Hearns fighting Duddy?
-Brian
by bp on Oct 24, 2008 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
Tentative for January on Boxing After Dark.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hearns vs Duddy
I think Hearns loses his 0
-Brian
by bp on Oct 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
Duddy is really not very good (though he’s very exciting and I’ll never pass on watching him fight for free) and cuts if you hit him with a cotton ball.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duddy
I agree he’s not that good but I don’t think Hearns is that good and Duddy won’t be a push over.
-Brian
by bp on Oct 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duddy should have lost to Walid Smichet. That decision was a gift.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Molitor vs Cabellero is going to be a good fight… I want to see him vs 5’11 Cabellero.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope he kicks Caballero's ass
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hearns-Clavette R6
Hearns continues to dominate, making Clavette look like he has no business being in the ring. Hearns with a vicious right, and he’s unloading on Clavette in the corner. Clavette goes down. Don’t bother, dude. Take the count.
He’s up at eight. He does not look good.
Clavette running for his life. Hearns with a right, right, left, right, and Clavette runs again. Ropes hold Clavette up, so that’s another knockdown. Listen, call the fight. This is over.
Three-knockdown rule is in effect. Clavette continues to run, hitting the ropes HARD. And Clavette keeps running. HE’S NOT FIGHTING BACK. Call the fight!
Hearns doing all he can, and finally the referee waves this thing off. Jesus.
Ronald Hearns TKO-6
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Took a bit too long to stop the fight in my opinion…
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearns corner calling John Duddy out
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I never have been
He seems like a nice dude, though, and he does at least work when he fights. He’s not a bore.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
really, Nick?
The 154-pound top 15 is “power packed” with guys like Ricardo Mayorga?
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Mayorga would KO Hearns. He got hit by a club fighers punches. Mayorga has one thing…. he can punch.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's nothing to do with Hearns
Just that Ricardo Mayorga would not be in the 154-pound top 15 if you ask me. What’s he done in the last five years? Beaten Michele Piccirillo and Eric Mitchell, plus washed-up fat Vargas. Mayorga is living off of fights from 2003 and his mouth. He’s not a top 15 fighter in the division.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is more likely.? Andrade getting cut or him being knocked down?
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute and his corner forming Ultrazord
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a single American fighter could get this sort of reaction. Bute is a fucking rock star in Montreal.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He is trying the Kessler entrance that he had in Denmark.
by Zocalo on Oct 24, 2008 11:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah this is some awesome entrance
Again, for the millionth time, American promoters — LEARN FROM EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. Make your fights seem like events. Fuckin’ pro wrestling learned this years ago. There is nothing wrong with glitz and glamour.
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hey Mickey Vann's judging
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R1
Andrade stung with a left down the pipe, and here comes Librado with a charge. Bute ties him up after a nice right lands. Andrade eats a beautiful counter left. HARD left from Bute, and he’s really showing his speed, RIPPING Andrade with left hands. Andrade misses a big right. Bute is really quelling every advance in the first round.
Another left from Bute, but that one just glances. Still, he shot it in there before Andrade knew it was even unleashed. Bute with a jab and another left. Great opening round for the hometown fighter.
Bute 10-9
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by SC on Oct 24, 2008 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R2
Andrade walks into a couple more shots. Andrade with a right, but Bute ducks down and takes away any chance to keep the flow going. Right from Andrade. Bute with a combination, Andrade sneaks a right in. Bute is way too fast for Andrade so far — fast in every single way. Hand speed, footwork, anything else you can think of.
Bute is picking Andrade apart, and doing it with seeming ease. This is a lot like the Kessler fight for Andrade. He’s just out of his depth, no matter how tough he is.
Bute 10-9
Bute 20-18
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R3
Bute stings him with a right as he works Andrade around the ring. Big right from Andrade is blocked with Bute’s glove, then Andrade warned for elbows. Andrade with a right, but it’s Bute’s little head shove that gets the crowd going. Andrade misses all four punches in a four-punch combo.
Bute with another combo, then a four-punch flurry. Andrade is getting beaten to the punch, simple as that. He’s not fast enough to box with Bute, who is too good to get lured into a slug-it-out brawl like Stieglitz or Mack did. Andrade wobbled a little with a push after a combination. Bute is boxing circles around Andrade, and this so far is sealing it for me. I really like Librado Andrade and love watching him fight, but a top-tier guy he is not. He’s just not skilled enough for the best in the world.
Bute 10-9
Bute 30-27
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R4
Bute with a NASTY left hand. Andrade, of course, moves forward like none of this has even happened. Bute is kicking his ass.
Bute hit with two big left hooks, but Bute fires back with three shots moments later. Andrade caught coming in yet again. Andrade chasing like a damned rabid dog, but he’s not getting much done at all. Heads are coming together a lot.
Bute hits him again coming in. There’s an uppercut, there’s a nice left. Andrade keeps working his ass off, but Bute is still all over him.
Bute 10-9
Bute 40-36
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Best round for Andrade but Bute was better…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R5
Andrade doing what he can, getting rough inside and throwing what he can. Bute is getting hit a little more than he was in the first three, that’s for sure. Whoa what the fuck was that? Andrade had one leg in the air, grabbed by Bute, and punched Bute right in the head.
Andrade with rights, and he might be changing momentum a little. Andrade coming at him with more head shots. Bute with a counter as Andrade walks in. I think Andrade has decided to make this a war, and Bute is meeting him!
Hard body shot from Bute, and there are some lefts. Andrade with big shots! Andrade coming again, and Bute doesn’t look as confident as he did early on. This is getting VERY interesting in the fifth round.
Andrade with two shots, and I’m on the edge of my seat as Andrade does his thing. Bute loses the round, and I’m telling you, if momentum is going to shift, that was the start of it.
Andrade 10-9
Bute 49-46
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought Andrade clearly won that round. Bute back on was on the rope for half the round.
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R6
Andrade flicking the jab and coming with a hard right. Referee Marlon B. Wright (yeah he does!) is pissed about water in the corner.
Bute with jabs, which are halfway short hooks. He’s staying back and trying to slow Andrade way down, and right now it’s working. Bute with some lefts that miss. Bute trying to lead with lefts, even, putting the jab in the holster. HARD left from Bute. Andrade is way slowed down.
Combo from Bute, the step back and step in two-punch he’s used very well. Andrade put on zero pressure this round. He doesn’t have rounds to give away, he pretty obviously lost the first four. Bute with a left. Bute with another left. Back to the outclassing. Andrade did nothing this round. It wasn’t Bute’s best round, but it might’ve been Andrade’s worst.
Bute 10-9
Bute 59-55
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
that dancing girl
She has the same dance for every song, be it Blur or the Killers or Nirvana. Very little depth to her skillset.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
but there is a girl… tha tis the important thing…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R7
And now we enter the second half of the fight. I’ll say this, it’s been just fine to watch and easy as hell to score.
Andrade stalking with long uppercuts. Bute keeps trying to grab Andrade’s leg which is the goddamnedest thing I’ve ever seen, to be honest. Bute with another three-shot combo. Andrade seems to be in Derek Bell-style Operation: Shutdown. Andrade with a right, and walks into another combo. What the fuck, Bute grabbed his leg again! What a weird ass thing to do repeatedly.
Bute with a HUGE combo that pretty much all lands square. You could barely hear the bell over the crowd roar.
Bute 10-9
Bute 69-64
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R8
Steve Farhood calls Andrade a “poor man’s Antonio Margarito” — sounds about right.
Flush right from Andrade, and there’s a flurry, with Bute throwing back. Andrade is throwing and missing a lot tonight. Like, a ton. Bute has cut most of his offense off. And Nick points it out just after. That’s my line, Nick. “Lotta missing in this fight, Steve.” Mostly from Andrade.
Bute with a long counter left, just a pot shot, but it hit. BLATANT elbow from Andrade, referee misses it. Big combo from Bute. Bute catches him again after avoiding Andrade’s shots. Plain and simple, Andrade isn’t good enough for this level of a fighter.
Bute 10-9
Bute 79-73
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I thought Bute was holding him before the elbow…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R9
Andrade hits him with a right, but then Bute shuts him down. Andrade just doesn’t get more than one good shot at a time, and they’re few and far between. Andrade with jabs as Bute holds his right low. Big left from Bute! He’s making it look easy in there.
This fight DEMANDS a Kessler-Bute fight, but I doubt we get it.
Andrade warned for headbutting, and then he eats another bunch of good punches. This is a mismatch in its own way.
Bute 10-9
Bute 89-82
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So do they have dancers for every fight over there?
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R10
MASSIVE left hand from Bute, maybe the most flush shot of the fight. It stunned Andrade momentarily, snapped his face right back, and then he simply continued on. He’s a machine.
And that shot busted Andrade’s nose.
Left hand from Bute, looked like a push after, but they’re calling it a knockdown. It happened so fast, that’s just human error, which happens. Bute is all over Andrade as Librado gets up and soldiers on. Wicked right from Bute isn’t called as Andrade does land a right hand just prior. Andrade getting yelled at by Wright.
Andrade is getting fucking mauled in there now. Bute is hammering away, then getting out and making Andrade miss over and over. Great round for Bute.
Gotta score the knockdown even if it really wasn’t.
Bute 10-8
Bute 99-90
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
replay
A left did land, but it was a clear push with two hands plus a half a trip.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a push/trip… like I thought it was…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R11
If Andrade wins this fight, it’ll be a minor miracle.
Bute with more rapid fire shots. I’ll give it up for Bute, he doesn’t need to be fighting this hard at this point in the fight and he’s doing it anyway. And Andrade just. keeps. coming.
Crowd with the “ole” chant.
Andrade with a left hook! Andrade works him into the corner, and Wright is yelling at Andrade again. That was a great shot and the referee killed his momentum. Bute with a combination.
A shit load of BREAK Bute warned for holding again. Turned into a really sloppy round, but again Bute controlled most of it.
Bute 10-9
Bute 109-99
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!!!
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You want to be champ? push it? BAd advise from Bute corner in my opinion…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
they're trying to make their guy money
They know they have the better fighter. A guy that fights his ass off for all 12 is likely to get more and more TV spots in America. If he gets on his bike for the final round people will have that in mind.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly if Bute corner would have told him to play it safe… we would not have all of this…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bute-Andrade R12
Andrade corner: “We gotta put him on the floor, this fucking guy.”
Stiff left from Andrade. Blatant headbutt moments later from Andrade, and Bute is standing toe-to-toe with him and fighting.
Steve thinks BUte’s legs are gone. Andrade is pressing with all he’s worth! Oh man! Andrade is rocking him around.
About a minute left. Bute with a big right, Bute’s fighting on instinct! Andrade coming, Bute punching! Bute still fighting, ANdrade hits him again! WHAT A ROUND!
Andrade swings and misses, 40 seconds left! Andrade working and working, and he’s trying to get back at him every time they break. Andrade firing! Bute’s hurt! Bute is being held up by nothing! HE’S GOING TO GO DOWN! HE RUNS ACROSS THE RING!
DOWN HE GOES!
ANDRADE CATCHES HIM WITH A FINAL SHOT! IT’S GOTTA BE OVER!
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRIGHT DOING!
Bute is up and he “survives” but what the HELL was that referee bullshit?!
A FIGHT BREAKS OUT!
Oh God. The Andrade corner is going after the referee. That was HORRIBLE.
Andrade 10-8
Bute 117-109
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE
HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
Librado Andrade poured his heart out in the final round, KNOCKED LUCIAN BUTE THE FUCK OUT, and got JOBBED by a hometown fucking referee. I am DISGUSTED right now.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Librado Andrade still isn't awake
This is horseshit. Utter fucking horseshit and that referee should be fucking finished. A JOKE. An absolute load of spit in the face of this sport.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
er Bute isn't awake
I’m seriously angered. Andrade hugs Wright because he’s a better man than I am. Marlon B. Wright completely blew this fight.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terrible referee.
I mean, of all the ways to ruin a fight…I just…wow.
by keyz on Oct 25, 2008 12:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
WOW
What a finish…I almost went to bed. Andrade got jobbed.
-Brian
by bp on Oct 25, 2008 12:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He got robbed…. long count if there was ever was one…
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter what… Andrade walks out of the ring a champion
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
To me doesn't matter much in the end
Neither is in Kessler’s class
-Brian
by bp on Oct 25, 2008 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
it matters a lot
This is a disgrace.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nothing against Andrade and Bute
Bute did not do this. They hug. They should fight again, too, because this is going to stir it up. I’m going to do anything I can to stir this up. Lucian Bute is a hell of a fighter and he did great for 11 rounds, and then he got knocked out. This should have been among the best finishes of the year.
Big ups to both fighters. They didn’t cause this crap.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute wins by decision, of course
I don’t give a fuck what the scores were.
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by SC on Oct 25, 2008 12:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
up by 9
I’d say that Bute was up by around 9 from my count so even if the ref started counting in time he could have beat the count, right?
-Brian
by bp on Oct 25, 2008 12:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
still
poor work by the ref regardless
-Brian
by bp on Oct 25, 2008 12:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He stopped the count. You don’t do that… It was piss poor refing. It is a shame that a fight like this was decided by the ref and not the two fighters.
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
14
you could count 14 from when he went down right away but that wouldn’t be fair. Andrade has to go to his corner first like any other fighter…factor that in and Bute is up in 9
-Brian
by bp on Oct 25, 2008 12:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You are wrong…. I am not going to argue with you but you are utterly and completely wrong. He was in his corner.
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No matter what… I want to see both fighters once more. It was a great fight. I am damn glad we all got to see it. Much props for showtime for picking up this fight.
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 12:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Controversies aside...
I was thoroughly impressed by Bute tonight, and he’s a fighter I would like to see more of in the future. Librado I’ve always loved, but that twelfth round effort combined with the way he got robbed and STILL accepted it and showed respect to everyone was something else.
You’re the man, Librado.
by keyz on Oct 25, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bute's a hell of a good fighter
None of this controversy stuff is his fault at all. He was impressive all night long, then ran out of gas and got tagged.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Oct 25, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bute was as good as we all expected him to be. He outclassed him for good parts of the fight. The thing is that he caught.
by Zocalo on Oct 25, 2008 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
as a fight fan, i am sick for andrade right now. and as a canadian, i am embarrassed by the blatant hometown refereeing.
by boxingstudent on Oct 25, 2008 1:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bullcrap
As a friend of the Grants, let me tell you this, they have been robbed now three or four times in title fights. Anyone see Duddy vs. Smichet, they trained Smichet, Paul Malignaggi vs. Herman Ngoudjo, and now this disgrace. The Grant brothers are class and for Howard to attack a ref, it needed to be something as disgraceful as this. The ref should have no idea of how much time is remaining in the fight. If he gets to a count of 8, the actual 8, and asked Bute to walk forward, he would never had been able to continue. He couldnt continue 24 seconds later. They were robbed again, and lost anothe title to their stable of fighters. The IBF should do the right thing for once. Remove that incompetent ref and reversed this decision. I don’t think anyone would argue and looking at the posts on multiple site 95% of you agree Librado won this fight. Make it right for once!!
by sfp99 on Oct 25, 2008 2:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Paulie-Ngoudjo was an underrated, close fight
I scored it 115-113 for Ngoudjo, but that wasn’t even the same planet as this mess. And Smichet beat Duddy, too.
I don’t know if I want to punish Bute by taking his title, but a mandatory rematch would be a good call. Bute didn’t do the wrong things in there.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on Oct 25, 2008 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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