Bute in the big time
Canada based Romanian Lucian Bute moved to 21 – 0 (17) and claimed his first world title by stopping rugged Colombian Alejandro Berrio for the IBF strap in the 11th round at Montreal's Bell Centre last night.
The victory puts Bute's name in the Super Middleweight mix and he will now look for a lucrative unification bout against either the Calzaghe versus Kessler winner or Aussie WBA titlist Anthony Mundine.
A fight against any of the those big names however appears unlikely as both Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler have stated their intentions to move up to Light Heavyweight should they win their November 3rd meeting and there is serious doubts over Mundine's ability to continue fighting after he suffered a serious eye infection earlier this year and was told that his vision may be permanently impaired.
So, what next for Bute? Well, this fight will have fallen under the radar of most people in America and although there has been some internet talk already about a meeting with the "Buck eyed Banger" Kelly Pavlik that's not going to happen. More likely is a initial defence against likes of a Vitali Tsypko, Juergen Braehmer or even Canada's own Jean Pascal. Jeff Lacy's name has also been mentioned should be look good in his return fight in December.
A clearer picture as to whether a unification match up is actually possible will be able to be made after the Calzaghe – Kessler fight. This is because it is likely that whoever wins that match will vacate their belts and look for a contest at 175 pounds with Bernard Hopkins. So with the WBC, WBA and WBO championships up for grabs the Romanian southpaw could see a title fight for double world glory against someone like Russia's German based banger Dennis Inkin or Britain's Carl "The Cobra" Froch (a man Bute has been accused of avoiding in the past).
Talking recently about Lucian Bute unbeaten loud mouth Carl Froch said "In my last fight I utterly destroyed Sergey Tatevosyan, who Lucian Bute had to go to points with two months earlier."
"Lucian Bute is not a massive puncher and has not been hit by someone like me yet. Tatevosyan told me after our fight that I'm better and stronger than Lucian Bute." Whether Tatevosyan did tell him that though is debatable considering that the Russian does not speak any English.
By Andy Wake
Canada based Romanian Lucian Bute moved to 21 – 0 (17) and claimed his first world title by stopping rugged Colombian Alejandro Berrio for the IBF strap in the 11th round at Montreal's Bell Centre last night.
The victory puts Bute's name in the Super Middleweight mix and he will now look for a lucrative unification bout against either the Calzaghe versus Kessler winner or Aussie WBA titlist Anthony Mundine.
A fight against any of the those big names however appears unlikely as both Joe Calzaghe and Mikkel Kessler have stated their intentions to move up to Light Heavyweight should they win their November 3rd meeting and there is serious doubts over Mundine's ability to continue fighting after he suffered a serious eye infection earlier this year and was told that his vision may be permanently impaired.
So, what next for Bute? Well, this fight will have fallen under the radar of most people in America and although there has been some internet talk already about a meeting with the "Buck eyed Banger" Kelly Pavlik that's not going to happen. More likely is a initial defence against likes of a Vitali Tsypko, Juergen Braehmer or even Canada's own Jean Pascal. Jeff Lacy's name has also been mentioned should be look good in his return fight in December.
A clearer picture as to whether a unification match up is actually possible will be able to be made after the Calzaghe – Kessler fight. This is because it is likely that whoever wins that match will vacate their belts and look for a contest at 175 pounds with Bernard Hopkins. So with the WBC, WBA and WBO championships up for grabs the Romanian southpaw could see a title fight for double world glory against someone like Russia's German based banger Dennis Inkin or Britain's Carl "The Cobra" Froch (a man Bute has been accused of avoiding in the past).
Talking recently about Lucian Bute unbeaten loud mouth Carl Froch said "In my last fight I utterly destroyed Sergey Tatevosyan, who Lucian Bute had to go to points with two months earlier."
"Lucian Bute is not a massive puncher and has not been hit by someone like me yet. Tatevosyan told me after our fight that I'm better and stronger than Lucian Bute." Whether Tatevosyan did tell him that though is debatable considering that the Russian does not speak any English.
By Andy Wake
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