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.
Bute vs. Grachev
Bute in must win situation against Grachev on Saturday
By 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.
Bute vs. Grachev on Saturday in Montreal
By 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.
Bute looking for an impressive win over Grachev to get to Froch
By 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.
Bute must prove himself against Grachev
By 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.
Grachev: I’m going to destroy Bute
By 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.
Bute vs. Grachev: Lucian with a lot at stake in this fight
By Scott Gilfoid: To show boxing fans how much self believe he has in his skills and incredible heart former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is basically putting his career on the line in his November 3rd match-up against unbeaten Denis Grachev (12-0, 9 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada.
Bute: People think my career is over; it’s not
By 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.
Allan Green vs. Renan St Juste on November 3rd on Bute-Grachev card
By 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.
Bute: My fight against Grachev will show that I’m back
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is ready to show the boxing world that he’s back as a major player in the super middleweight division after he faces and beats undefeated Russian Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KO’s) next month on December 3rd at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. But, 32, fought a sloppy fight in his last bout against Carl Froch, losing by a 5th round TKO last May in a fight where Bute made a number mistakes that ultimately cost him the fight.
Bute said to Bravosovultau.ro, “I can not wait to see my fans again. After my loss people probably all thought that Bute’s career was over. But you will see that Lucian Bute is able to overcome difficult times and return to where he was.”