News – Bute vs. Andrade on November 28th; Wladimir Klitschko to Fight Chambers
August 11th, 2009
By Erik Schmidt: A year after their controversial fight, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (24-0, 19 KO’s) will finally be giving a much needed rematch to Librado Andrade (28-2, 21 KO’s) on November 28th, in Quebec, Canada. Bute and Adrade fought last year in October, with Bute getting knocked down in the 12th round by Andrade and ended up winning the fight on a long count by referee Marlon Wright.
The outcome should have arguably been overturned by the IBF, or at the least forced an immediate rematch. However, Bute was given credit for the victory and moved on, fighting Fulgencio Zuniga in March 2009, who Bute easily defeated by a 4th round TKO.
In the meantime, Andrade was forced to start over again by fighting Vitali Tsypko in a IBF super middleweight title eliminator bout in April. Andrade easily won the fight by a 12 round unanimous decision, which again put him in place as Bute’s mandatory challenger.
This time, the fight likely won’t have Wright as the referee, although the fight will still be held in Canada. Hopefully, there’s no controversy this time because the last fight left a bad taste in the mouths of many boxing fans. The fight will be shown on HBO’s Boxing After Dark.
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Wladimir Klitschko to Fight Eddie Chambers Next
IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (53-3, 47 KO’s) will reportedly be facing American Eddie Chambers (35-1, 18 KO’s) next, possibly on December 12th. Chambers, 27, is Klitschko’s number #1 challenger for the WBO, beating Samuel Peter and Alexander Dimitrenko in his last two fights. Wladimir had considering whether he should fight Alexander Povetkin, his IBF number #1 challenger, whom has been waiting around since last year for an opportunity to fight Klitschko.
However, Povetkin apparently needs more time before he’ll be ready for a fight of this magnitude, which gives the green light for Chambers to move forward and take the fight. Chambers is about as prepared as he could ever hope to be. He defeated the Klitschko clone, the 6’7” Dimitrenko by a 12 round decision in his last fight in July, and did well against Dimitrenko’s Eastern European fighting style.
Chambers appeared to quickly solve the style, realizing that if he got in close to Dimitrenko, he could batter with blistering combinations and not have to worry about Dimitrenko’s power shots. This is likely what Chambers will try against Klitschko. However, more than a few fighters have tried using that strategy against Wladimir, and it usually fails because the big Ukrainian either backs away quickly while firing shots or he grabs his opponents in a clinch, not letting them get more than a shot or two off.
Wladimir punches much harder than Dimitrenko, has a better jab and is a quicker with his shots. Indeed, Dimitrenko is like a poor copy of the younger Klitschko brothers. Chambers will have to show more than he did in the Dimitrenko fight if he wants to win. It’s unlikely that Chambers can win by a knockout, because he doesn’t have much power. This means he’s going to have to try and outwork Wladimir somehow. I can’t see that happening, but then again I never thought Chambers would beat Samuel Peter and Dimitrenko.
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before going into the fight with vlad, brewster’s cousin, chris byrd, widely made accusations that they put something on the gloves in his fight with vlad that blinded him—have we forgotten this? just before the brewter/vlad fight the odds suddenly swung dramatically toward brewster. someone with fake credentials entered vlad’s dressing room…and at the enbd of it all the post fight blood tests disappeared. stewart has often said that vlad wasn’t right from round one, i even noticed after the 1st round that he was stumbling strangely. i turned to the man next to me and said he was drugged then. brewster landed more shots in the 2nd fight and lost badly, vlad threw more punches in the 2nd fight and didnt get tired. don king, brewter’s promoter, has been convicted of fixing heavyweight fights in the past. its a matter of record. and brewster went on to have a protected career, though brief, where he never defended his title against a legitimate top 10 contender, vlad has dominated against the best. after all we’ve learned about boxing, including panama lewis’s drugged bottles, there is no chance vlad was drugged?
roots, eddie will be a bum as soon as he loses. i never thought i’d see the search for a gbh….
MIKE,I ALSO WILL GO WITH ANDRADE.HE WILL COME OUT FASTER THIS FIGHT AND THROW MORE PUNCHES.I PREDICT A 4TH ROUND KNOCK OUT.BUTE WILL TRY TO RUN BUT WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO RUN TO.
chambers will shock the world
chambers will beat him and you all will have a new excuse,he ran out of gas,he was poisoned by chambers uncle etc.he definitely can`t take a punch and chambers is the fastest punching heavyweight today,he also punches harder than is given credit for.Add the fact that he is hard to hit solid,convince me he will do a number on Klitskhyo.
I am quite looking forward to these two fights.Vitali V Arreola, Wladimir V Chambers. I said way back in January 09 Haye and the Klitschkos wouldn’t meet and I said it was the year of the Klitschkos, and I still think it will be.
Both now have credible opponents who have worked their way to this spot. And this is good for the HW division. I don’t see Wlad as a clone of Dimitrenko they are completely different fighters.
Good luck to both Arreola and Chambers.
Vitali by TKO late rds, Wlad by TKO mid rds.
Im going Andrade on the rematch.I dont want to sound like a hater but I think Bute Is overrated.I hope Andrade picks up where the 12th round ended.Im saying Andrade by KO.
Man that sucks,I like Chambers,but I dont believe he will make it past 5 rounds.The only thing Eddie has a good advantage is in speed,Hopefully Chambers can win.We will find out
I agree with all above, Chambers will loose
Eddie Chambers will lose.
I wouldnt quite go that far . It is difficult to know how good they are because quite frankly , physically they are so damn big.
Wladimir Klitschko in particular is a physical specimen never before seen in boxing.
I really think that only a similar size guy has a chance against them eg prime Lennox Lewis , Ike Ibeabuchi , David Tua (with a lucky punch)
Can’t see anybody coming up that has the size needed
chambers is a great fighter but he is no match for the mighty eastern european steel hammer
this will be a good fight for the first couple a rounds then the great white hope will find his range and plaster chambers through the ropes.
boxing has evolved seens the brothers came on the seen ,even lewis could see it and sent him into retirement.
no american fighter even on the horizion will match up to the klits. they are to good and a superior athlete to anyone comeing up through the ranks or that have ever been in the ranks.
the klitschko brothers are simply the very best thats ever been.