| Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's | |
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| Subject: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:41 pm | |
| BoxingScene.com was advised that it's practically a lock for Lucian Bute (26-0, 21KOs) to make a mandatory defense of his IBF super middleweight title against Jesse Brinkley (35-5, 22KOs) on the date of October 15 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Talks are ongoing for the fight to get televised by ESPN as part of the Friday Night Fights series. I've been told that InterBox, who promote Bute, are very interested in placing super middleweight contenders Kelly Pavlik and Librado Andrade in separate fights on the undercard. There is a decent shot for Andrade, a popular fighter among Canadian fans, to land on the card. Pavlik is doubtful to fight on the show. InterBox would like to get him on board to further build a future fight with Bute, but the price of getting Pavlik involved on the card is too expensive. A source close to the negotiations told BoxingScene that Pavlik's minimum is too high to make him a realistic possibility for the card. http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=28974 |
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captainanddew Brown Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : Ricky Burns Posts : 2946 Join date : 2010-05-22 Age : 47 Location : Richmond, Virginia
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:14 pm | |
| I love Bute. He has built a following in Canada. The Canadian shows on FNF have been very good. The fact that Bute (along with other local fighters) can pack the house in Canada means that he doesn't have to wait around for HBO or Showtime to have a date. He can take the mandatory, get it out of the way, and have ESPN televise it (hopefully) as his team doesn't require a big tv fee in order to have the fight.
If other fighters would build a darn home fanbase, then they could fight more often. Right now so many guys have to sit and wait for HBO or Showtime as they couldn't draw 1000 to see them fight. | |
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| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:19 pm | |
| I would love to see Kelly Pavlik and Librado Andrade meet, Andrade's style is perfect for Kelly to bounce back and remind us all what he's made of. |
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captainanddew Brown Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : Ricky Burns Posts : 2946 Join date : 2010-05-22 Age : 47 Location : Richmond, Virginia
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:24 pm | |
| Pavlik vs Andrade would be a great fight. | |
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Ring Purple Belt
Posts : 1032 Join date : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:57 am | |
| I wouldn't think that ESPN FNF could afford Bute, but we shall see. | |
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dmar5143 Purple Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : marciano pep robinson greb manny pac Posts : 1619 Join date : 2010-05-12 Age : 81 Location : charlotte nc
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:08 am | |
| im surprized also brute in a FNF..much credit to him for relying on a sell out gate in montreal ..if they want pavik on the card why not go to hbo..you would think they would pay brute a little more than FNF and have money to give pavik his minimum..if they go a little over budget soo what..make it up the next fight..look a 2 fight card on hbo a 2 for oner..come on.jump on it. | |
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| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:41 am | |
| HBO already passed on this that's why they're considering ESPN. |
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dmar5143 Purple Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : marciano pep robinson greb manny pac Posts : 1619 Join date : 2010-05-12 Age : 81 Location : charlotte nc
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:38 pm | |
| they passed with pavik on the card. | |
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| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:46 pm | |
| No, but considering Pavlik's next fight isn't going to be against a name HBO won't be that interested. |
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| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 7:06 pm | |
| If it gets done that'd be great, but when has anyone at Bute's level been on FNF? I''m skeptical that it can get done. |
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captainanddew Brown Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : Ricky Burns Posts : 2946 Join date : 2010-05-22 Age : 47 Location : Richmond, Virginia
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:05 pm | |
| The reason they may be able to get this fight is Bute isn't going to draw on PPV.
The bulk of the money from this fight would be from the nice live gate. Thus, a fee that ESPN may be able to afford to show it, might not be out of the question. | |
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NJBeatdown86 Blue Belt
Favorite Fighter(s) : Highlander, Ricardo Romero,Roman Gonzalez, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Marco Huck, JMM, Frankie Edgar, Jose Aldo Posts : 786 Join date : 2010-05-20 Age : 38 Location : Kendall Park, NJ (732 ALL DAY SON)
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:33 am | |
| Everytime ESPN gets a big fight for FNF it falls through. Hopefully the huge gate this would draw would offset the costs and make it happen. | |
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gomez1012 Black Belt
Posts : 3011 Join date : 2010-05-26 Location : Bay Area
| Subject: Re: Lucian Bute vs Jesse Brinkley likely for October 15th, could be on FNF's Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:22 pm | |
| Love it
Get this done ASAP! Thank you ESPN | |
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