PLAYERS:
Lucian Bute,
Marco Huck,
Carl Froch,
Librado Andrade,
Allan Green,
Firat Arslan,
Ola Afolabi,
Junior Witter
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Lucian Bute vs. Denis Grachev, Saturday, WealthTV, Montreal
Good on super middleweight Lucian Bute for not taking on a soft touch coming off his knockout loss to Carl Froch. Grachev (12-0-1) is exactly the kind of rough and ready brawler, more than willing to take three punches to deliver one, that has given Bute (30-1) trouble in the past. He can crack too -- you can hear the echoes of Librado An...
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