In a lot of ways, 2012 was the best of times and the worst of times for fight fans. Competition for the eyeballs of fight fans created at least the hint of an effort to deliver good fights to the public and, although Golden Boy and Top Rank still insist on playing promotional turf war, both companies did a decent job of making some of the best fights within their power to make. … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute-Denis Grachev: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Fox Doucette Back on the horse after his devastating loss to Carl Froch, Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) takes on Denis Grachev (12-0-1. 8 KOs). Bute will be moving up in weight; this fight is to be contested at light heavyweight for the NABF title that Grachev won from Ismayl Sillakh in an Upset of the Year candidate on Friday Night Fights in April. In the co-feature, … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute Will Smash Denis Grachev. Full Stop.
by Fox Doucette When Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) got his brains bashed in over the course of five rounds against Carl Froch back on May 26th, most of Bute's fans had their faith severely shaken in the true championship potential of their fighter. Your columnist is on record as being a big fan of “Le Tombeur”, using this soapbox time and again to make the case for Lucian Bute … [Read more...]
Easy Like Sunday Morning: Ismayl Sillakh Returns in Ridiculous Mismatch
This Sunday morning, U.S. time, while most Americans will be finishing up their weekends, fallen light heavyweight prospect, Ismayl Sillakh (17-1, 14 KOs), will be scrambling the neurons of hopelessly overmatched, Igor Pylypenko (3-12-2) in a 10-round cruiserweight bout at Club Sportlife in Kiev, Ukraine. Pylypenko, 39, hasn't won a bout since 2002 and is on a 0-11-1 run … [Read more...]
Lucian Bute To Face Denis Grachev Nov. 3
by Fox Doucette Former IBF super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KOs) has announced his next fight. He will take on Russian light heavyweight Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8 KOs) at Bell Centre in Montreal on November 3rd, at a 170-pound catchweight for the NABF light heavyweight minor title that Grachev won from Ismayl Sillakh on ESPN2 earlier this year. For Grachev, … [Read more...]