{"id":2127,"date":"2010-04-15T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T04:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2010-04-15T00:01:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T04:01:13","slug":"edison-miranda-warning-can-lucian-bute-fend-off-le-tombeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2127","title":{"rendered":"Edison Miranda Warning: Can Lucian Bute Fend Off Le Tombeur?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Saturday, Colombia\u2019s Edison \u201cPantera\u201d Miranda, 33-4, 29 KO\u2019s, is set to fight Lucian \u201cLe Tombeur\u201d Bute, 25-0, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As most of you fight fans know, Bute is currently ranked #1 among super middleweights and holds the IBF Super Middleweight belt.\u00a0 Even in the midst of the upcoming breakdown of the results in the Super 6 Tournament, the super middleweight division is so filled with talent and Bute can have his pick of fights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has selected to fight Miranda and for now, Miranda must prove himself as a viable contender among the top 10 super middleweights.\u00a0 In order to defeat Bute, his fighting chance must turn into a must win-win situation.<\/p>\n

Currently ranked #17 among the super middleweight division, Miranda\u2019s losses are keys to his own potential.\u00a0 His record is far more respectable in the quality and caliber of his opponents.\u00a0 With the exception of Bute, Miranda has fought against the best among the super middleweights.\u00a0 Going back to 2006, Miranda\u2019s loss record is nothing to be ashamed of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As I always look to a fighter\u2019s loss record, Miranda\u2019s loss record reads like a who\u2019s who among super middleweights.\u00a0 See if these fighters sound the least bit familiar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2006, Miranda lost a 12 round unanimous decision to Arthur \u201cKing Arthur\u201d Abraham.\u00a0 In 2007, he defeated now Super 6 Middleweight contender Allan \u201cGhost Dog\u201d Green in a 10 round unanimous decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2008, Miranda lost to Kelly \u201cGhost\u201d Pavlik with a 7th round TKO in a WBC Middleweight title eliminator bout.\u00a0 He later decided to fight Abraham for a second time and lost in the 4th round with a TKO.\u00a0 Finally, in 2009, he lost to Andre \u201cS.O.G\u201d Ward in a 12 round unanimous decision for the NABF Super Middleweight and WBO\/NABO Super middleweight title belts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miranda has fought against 3 of the Super 6 Middleweight fighters and has fought Pavlik, the current WBC & WBO Middleweight champion.\u00a0 No shame in losing to solid championship fighters for a potential belt.\u00a0 Miranda has fought the best in his division, he just hasn\u2019t quite learned to win in a convincing fashion and emerge as the victor on a championship level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his first bout against Abraham, Miranda earned an unfortunate accusation of being a \u201cdirty fighter.\u201d\u00a0 For me, a dirty fighter falls under the now infamous DQ of Abraham in his fight against Dirrell.\u00a0 Against Miranda, Abraham had suffered a broken jaw in the 4th round.\u00a0 Later in the 5th round, Miranda was deducted two points for an intentional headbutt.\u00a0 And later, in the 7th round, two points were deducted, followed by another point deduction in the eleventh round.\u00a0 Both deductions were for low blows.\u00a0 Despite the broken jaw and low blows, Abraham won the fight via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Even with his losses against notable fighters, Miranda has his share of easily defeating opponents in convincing TKO\/KO fashion.\u00a0 Following his loss to Abraham, Miranda defeated Willie Gibbs with a 1st round KO and later defeated Green.\u00a0 After his loss to Pavlik, he bounced back to defeat Henry Porras by a 5th round TKO followed by a KO in the 3rd round against David Banks. Miranda\u2019s KO of Banks in the 3rd round made the Best KO List of 2008.\u00a0 I saw it \u2013 it\u2019s brutal!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ref continued to count with Banks\u2019 body thrown on the ropes and outside the ring.<\/p>\n

In 2008, as he faced and lost to Abraham for the second time, Miranda again defeated his next two opponents, Manuel Esparza with a 3rd round KO followed by a win over Joey Vegas with a 5th round TKO.\u00a0 Now, after his loss to Andre Ward, he defeated Francisco Sierra with a 1st round KO.\u00a0 Strictly by patterns, he takes a loss and wins big.\u00a0 The time just may be due to reel in a major belt and who better than against Bute, the currently #1 ranked super middleweight?<\/p>\n

Whether his time is due (and I think it is), Miranda has tremendous fighting instinct.\u00a0 He is a quick starter and tries to establish pace and intimidation in the first round.\u00a0 In his fight against Pavlik, Miranda did not initially back down and Pavlik was struck by surprise by his aggression in the first round.\u00a0 Miranda does, however, have a tendency to be surprised, even bewildered, when he confronts a fighter with as much aggression and fight as himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Against Bute on Saturday night, Miranda must put the pressure on.\u00a0 From footage I\u2019ve seen, he has a solid right hand and a left hook.\u00a0 Once in combination mode, he is difficult to stop.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t back down from the mix and with the exception of getting in trouble in the corner, he makes an imprint with his power shots.\u00a0 Edison is solidly built, always going forward; and immediately puts the pressure on his opponent.\u00a0 In order to defeat Bute, Miranda needs to cultivate his defense, establish his power jab cross combination that will solidly connect against his opponent, and of course, intimidate his opponent by a strong offense.<\/p>\n

For now, it\u2019s safe to say that Miranda definitely has his work cut out for him against Bute.\u00a0 Like I believe, his time is due and he\u2019s got the fighting chance that all champions must take and take advantage.\u00a0 One can never know what to expect from him and that is exactly why he makes a dangerous opponent and potential championship title beltholder among the super middleweights.<\/p>\n

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By Gina L. Caliboso This Saturday, Colombia\u2019s Edison \u201cPantera\u201d Miranda, 33-4, 29 KO\u2019s, is set to fight Lucian \u201cLe Tombeur\u201d Bute, 25-0, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 As most of you fight fans know, Bute is currently ranked #1 among super middleweights and holds the IBF Super Middleweight belt.\u00a0 Even in the midst of the upcoming breakdown of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[226,342,465],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-edison-miranda","tag-ibf-supermiddleweight-championship","tag-lucian-bute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}