Brain Magee v Lucian Bute - IBF SMW title, Bell Centre, Montreal - March 19

Vintagekits

Poor ould Brian never seems to capture the publics imagination. Look at the way people are interested in Casey-Rigo but Magee slides under the radar.

Good luck to him. His style is right for Bute but Magee is no idiot and knows all the 'tricks of the trade' in the ring.

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110107_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetVqpt5oi4

supersean1999

Vintagekits wrote: »

Poor ould Brian never seems to capture the publics imagination. Look at the way people are interested in Casey-Rigo but Magee slides under the radar.

Good luck to him. His style is right for Bute but Magee is no idiot and knows all the 'tricks of the trade' in the ring.

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110107_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetVqpt5oi4

#he did not get catch the public eye 10 years ago, so the hiding he will take in canada will not get anyone excited, hope he earns a load of cash fair play to him for sticking at it

joepenguin

Pity. Is there any talk of this been shown on domestic tv in any way shape or form?

TheProdigy

Its unfortunate a certain Mr. Harry Hawkins won't get recognition for a fighter he has predominantly produced.

Vintagekits

TheProdigy wrote: »

Its unfortunate a certain Mr. Harry Hawkins won't get recognition for a fighter he has predominantly produced.

I dont think anyone will forget the years that Harry put in, but if you are going to fall out with a fighters manager then usually something has to give!

nacho libre

it seems to me he's just very happy to get the fight, but knows deep down he can't win this fight.

deisedelight

any one know when tickets go on sale for this

coronaextra

What time will I set the alarm clock for? is it on tv?

makl

nice one for findin this thread. seen somewhere 11.10pm eastern time, so add 5 to that - 3.10am, 240 to be safe.

froch reckons magee will do this, he reportedly looked seriously weight-drained yesterday, but worryingly there are two canadian judges --- jean pascal hopkins fight comes to mind.

coronaextra

Its going to be hard to get a result over there alright. Hopefully he will put up a good fight.

makl

defo. dont see any tv coverage for it. maybe here for a stream http://boxingguru.co.uk/gurutv.html but don't know. mite leave it myself.

Boooourns

Setanta are showing it a 2am.

Wild_Dogger

c'mon McGee !
yer , on setanta ireland !

makl

watchin it on stream, hasn't started yet has it?

Wild_Dogger

no , just entrances at the moment

makl

cool, in sync. bute some clown isn't he. that intro?

Jayob10

Magee is fighting very well so far, he has Bute worked out at this point

Wild_Dogger

McGee is in with a slight chance here !
he's doing ok

Wild_Dogger

should have kept my trap shut

makl

aye bute no clown in the ring. some classy stuff. commentators right tho, magee very one dimensional.

slapbangwallop

Bodyshots the key to Bute’s defeat of Magee

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110320_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

walshb

BBC1 showing the fight at 10:45 tonight.

walshb

My god, Bute looks two weights bigger than Magee...

walshb

Bute is a class act, and seemed to be carrying Brian. It was man against boy in there. I thought at times that Bute could have really opened up and destroyed Brian, but he seemed content to stay two steps ahead throughout.
The size difference was unreal

makl

thats funny cos much of the talk beforehand was about bute being weight-drained!

american commentary was interestin on setanta - they kept referring to the one-dimensional european style of guard and lack of emphasis on bodyshots, maybe a reason for limited success. magee didn't offer much beyond that.

walshb

makl wrote: »

thats funny cos much of the talk beforehand was about bute being weight-drained!

american commentary was interestin on setanta - they kept referring to the one-dimensional european style of guard and lack of emphasis on bodyshots, maybe a reason for limited success. magee didn't offer much beyond that.

He tried his ass off, but Brian is simply not world class. The guy is 38 or so, and was never a threat on the world scene. Very little power as well, and that is almost essential at these weights.

Bute makes for some tasty scraps with Froch and Ward and some other world SM fighters.

nacho libre

Magee lasted longer than I thought he would. He is tough but that's all he has going for him really, in terms of boxing skill he has always been below world level. Anyway Bute is likely to be fighting Kessler next.

walshb

I always thought Magee was 37/38.

35 he is....

Spazdarn

He was one dimensional though I don't think it's the European way to headhunt. He did well enough considered how good Bute is...

nacho libre

ToiletFusion wrote: »

He was one dimensional though I don't think it's the European way to headhunt. He did well enough considered how good Bute is...

Would it be fair to say though that Bute has not really been tested at the highest level yet?

walshb

No, he has not been fully tested. Unless you wanna' list a past it Miranda?

He has not met any of the top SM fighters from the super 6.

Ring have Bute at 2 I think. Ahead of Kessler and Froch.

He did beat Bika; but so did others. Bika is a hell of a tough fighter.

I do think that he would be a very tough guy to beat for
Ward and Froch and the others. He can box so well.

Jayob10

Bute has some really good skills, he has a wicked uppercut.

I wanna see him fight a counter puncher though, I think Ward would give him fits. Dirrell may even pose him some problems although he beats Dirrell.

Bute looks extremely classy when his opponent is walking him down.

Spazdarn

He had the opportunity to join the Super Six and declined it, he needs to fight 2 or 3 of those guys...

makl

ToiletFusion wrote: »

He had the opportunity to join the Super Six and declined it, he needs to fight 2 or 3 of those guys...

think he was contracted to some other mob so couldnt