Bute-Grachev

Bute must beat Grachev tonight to get Froch rematch

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Image: Bute must beat Grachev tonight to get Froch rematchBy Scott Gilfoid: The talented ex-IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is putting everything on the line tonight against the monstrous punching unbeaten Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. A loss for the 32-year-old Bute will ruin any chance that he might have of trying to avenge his loss to Carl Froch.

Bute lost to Froch earlier this year in a shocking upset in Nottingham, England, and Bute badly wants to avenge that defeat. However, Bute isn’t making things easy for himself by choosing to fight NABF light heavyweight champion Grachev.

Bute could have done what Froch did by choosing a much safer fight against Yusaf Mack, but Bute didn’t want to go that way. He has too much respect for himself to take easy fights just to pad his record and make easy money. Bute cares too much about boxing as a sport to take the safe route.

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Grachev ready to walk through Bute’s shots on Saturday

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By Scott Gilfoid: NABF light heavyweight champion Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) is ready and motivated to try and walk though the hard shots of former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) on Saturday night in their crucial fight at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Grachev, a fighter with a steel chin, believes he can actually walk though Bute’s big shots and he’s going to try it this Saturday night.

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Bute in must win situation against Grachev on Saturday

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Image: Bute in must win situation against Grachev on SaturdayBy Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) has decided to test himself by facing one of the hardest punchers in the light heavyweight division in unbeaten NABF light heavyweight champion Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Bute realizes that this is a dangerous fight and that it could mess things up permanently for his hoped for rematch against Carl Froch next year but Bute doesn’t care. He’d rather find out whether he still has his talent or not sooner rather than stringing it out for a long time before he finds out the truth.

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Bute vs. Grachev on Saturday in Montreal

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Image: Bute vs. Grachev on Saturday in MontrealBy Scott Gilfoid: The moments is almost upon is with the talented former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) will be returning to action on Saturday night against big puncher Denis Grachev (12-0, 8 KO’s( at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Bute, 32, will be back at home for this fight after agreeing for some reason to travel all the way to the UK to fight challenger Carl Froch last May. It was a crazy, crazy thing for Bute to do because it might have cost him the fight against Froch because Bute wasn’t comfortable without his huge home fan base to cheer him on for that fight.

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Bute looking for an impressive win over Grachev to get to Froch

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Image: Bute looking for an impressive win over Grachev to get to FrochBy Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is in a must win situation next Saturday night against the tough and hard hitting Russian Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

A loss for Bute will make it all but impossible for him to get his much desired rematch against IBF 168 lb champion Carl Froch, who pulled off an upset win over Bute last May in Nottingham, UK. Bute wants to avenge that defeat but first he has to get over the considerable hurtle of Grachev, a fighter with better power than Froch and about the same slow hand speed.

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Bute must prove himself against Grachev

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Image: Bute must prove himself against GrachevBy Scott Gilfoid: Getting stopped so badly by Carl Froch last May puts former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) in an unenviable position where he has to prove that he’s still a world class fighter in his next fight against Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) on November 3rd at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Bute honestly couldn’t afford to fight a scrub opponent after the way that he got whipped by Froch. Had Bute done that he’d have done nothing in terms of building up his own shattered confidence, and he wouldn’t have shown the boxing fans that he’s not the fighter that Froch easily beat. This is why Bute chose to fight an even bigger puncher than Froch in 30-year-old Russian Grachev.

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Grachev: I’m going to destroy Bute

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Image: Grachev: I'm going to destroy ButeBy Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is going to be showing his iron balls when he takes on tough as nails light heavyweight power puncher Denis Grachev (12-0, 8 KO’s) on November 3rd at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.

Bute, who is coming off of a loss to Carl Froch in his last fight in May, doesn’t want to take it easy and face just anyone. Bute has chosen the biggest puncher in the light heavyweight division in Grachev. That shows you what kind of person Bute is.

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Bute: People think my career is over; it’s not

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Image: Bute: People think my career is over; it's notBy Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is foolishly being dismissed by a lot of boxing fans just because of his 5th round knockout loss to Carl Froch last May in Nottingham. It’s obviously a negative the Bute lost that fight to the much slower Froch, but it’s not the end of Bute’s fabulous career.

He’s going to come back from this loss starting with his fight against light heavyweight contender Denis Gratchev (12-0, 8 KO’s) next month on November 3rd at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Allan Green vs. Renan St Juste on November 3rd on Bute-Grachev card

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Image: Allan Green vs. Renan St Juste on November 3rd on Bute-Grachev cardBy Allan Fox: 33-year-old former Super Six tournament contestant Allan Green (31-4, 21 KO’s) will be facing #13 WBC super middleweight contender Renan St Juste (23-3-1, 15 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at light heavyweight on the Lucian Bute vs. Denis Grachev card on November 3rd at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. This is really a do or die type fight for both Green and the 40-year-old St Juste.

Green’s once promising career has been nosediving downward since he was soundly beaten by WBA Super World middleweight champion Andre Ward by a 12 round unanimous decision two years ago in June 2010 in the Super Six tournament. Green attributed his loss to being weight drained and it sounded like a reasonable excuse at the time with him looking terribly weight-drained with his efforts to make the 168 lb super middleweight limit. Green followed that loss with an 8th round TKO defeat at the hands of 42-year-old Glen Johnson in the Super Six tourney.

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