Surprised that no one has mentioned this matchup. I'm going with the upset in this one. Bute isn't the fighter he used to be, but I think he can muster up enough to expose fraud ass DeGale.
Bute is afraid to get hit. He's too tentative a fighter. He froze against Froch and Pascal and he'll likely freeze against Chunky.
And Chunky will take him out of the freezer and chuck him straight into the oven. This won't be competitive.
DeGale - unfortunately now in a division where the only good fights for him are either a) easy to win or b) impossible to win Re-match vs Groves I think...
Yeah, Groves is in a bad place mentally. Every time he's interviewed he looks like he's going to cry. Froch has ruined him.
Agreed, this won't be competitive, once Degale gonna start hitting him, Bute gonna go in his shell once again.
There were glaring opportunities for Bute to let his straight and uppercut go but he seemed hesitant to pull the trigger. Froze is a good way to put it.
Bute didn't freeze against Froch. He simply got his ass kicked. The guy doesn't have the best chin. I feel this will be a close fight though, as DeGale fuckin blows!
Froze my backside. Bute was always overrated - the farmer was too good. That said, Chunky is shit. It's a fifty-fifty fight. MTF
In Slice's world Chunky has the speed of Roy, and the power of Michael Spinks. In reality, he's just shit. Pre-Froch Bute would have wiped his ass with DeGale. It's only a debatable matchup now because Bute is faded.
Bute was overrated and probably would've lost anyway but he clearly froze against Froch. If he wasn't going to let his left hand go when Froch missed those long rights there was no point in him showing up other than a paycheck.
