Froch hoping to face Bute on May 12th or 26th in Nottingham
February 16th, 2012
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is hoping to lure IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over to Nottingham, England so that Froch can have a home fight against the fighter that some boxing fans feel is the best fighter in the super middleweight division.
Froch told Sky Sports News “Amir Khan is fighting on the 19th, so I think will either be on the 12th or the 26th.”
Bute said earlier this week that he doesn’t care if he has to travel to Nottingham to make the fight happen; he just wants the fight and obviously sees some vulnerability in Froch’s game in order for him to be so open to traveling and fighting in Froch’s home city. In October 2009, the last time Froch fought at home, he beat American Andre Dirrell in a fight where people outside of the UK thought Dirrell easily won. It was a very controversial decision as Froch landed so few punches due to Dirrell’s incredible defensive skills, and Froch got away with an awful lot of fouling in that fight without once being penalized.
Perhaps Bute hasn’t seen the Froch-Dirrell fight because if he did, he might not be in such a hurry to agree to fight Froch in Nottingham. Bute has excellent power and Froch’s puss will be there to hit all night long. Maybe Bute is counting on putting a big dent in front’s lantern jaw early so that he can take the judges out of the fight.
What’s good about Bute is that he punches well to the body, and he’s not someone that necessarily is limited to just knocking a guy out with head shots. This is good because Froch likes to brag about his ability to take punishment. Well, if Bute has no luck in taking Froch out with head shots, he can always go to the body to accomplish his goals in a different route.
I think Froch is making the wrong decision to fight Bute next. Froch was just soundly beaten by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward last December by a 12 round decision in the Super Six tournament and the last thing that Froch needs is another hard fight right now. He needs time to learn some new skills in how to deal with hit and run fighters, and he probably needs a good confidence instilling win to boost his spirits. My advice is for Froch to take two or three tunes-ups against Bute-type opposition before trying to get a fight against the real thing. There’s no point in Froch fighting Bute right now and getting schooled in front of his own fans in Nottingham.
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froch will win by ko 8or9 bute get hit to much.o well
am american and i thought dirrell got picked apart. like everyone eles apart from you thinks
why did u delete my post?
i said the truth i know
Bute will OWN Froch Eazly. Then a win vs Ward then Dirrel bros. then go up to 175lbs for Pascal and Dawson for 2 other wins.
U can bet on it.
Scott G You are the best writer of all time!
To Beartcat:
I’m not sure fighting in Montreal would bring thta much more money. It’s true we can expect a bigger crowd in montreal (few thousands), but without a big tv network, it changes everything. If the fignt happen in montreal, I’m not sure many european would buy the fight on tv with the time change (it would be 4am overthere). But if the fignt happen in england, with the suport of a big european tv channel, they could make a fair decent amout of money. On top of that, People from Canada (especiallay Quebec province) would buy the fight anyway since it would only be late afternoon for us. So, I think, fighting in england makes sense moneywise, especially since there is not US tv network involved. Anyway, it’s just my theory …
WOW Scott, fisrt time I completely agree with you. It should be a great fight. Froch is probably the best opponent so far for Bute. He has a great heart, but his poor defensive skills, his great chin and offensive style will be perfect for Bute’s style to make it interesting. With fighters that do not come forward, Bute’s fights are sometime boring because he just slowly picks his opponents apart without taking too much risk, But with Froch’s pressure, he’ll have to show all his skills to prevail. That could definitively be one of the great fight in 2012. That will not be that easy for Bute. BUTE UD12
bute is good ,by fighting Carl Froch we will find out just how good.
so scott gilfoid if u need any other information about whats going down with ibox just ask ill give you the scoops
i got good friend wich as a franchise in jean bedard business (cage au sports) that is also a great boxing fan as i am and i do ear some gossips ! and that extra fight would be the one against ward .. believe me they (showtime) dont want to lose that fight and apparently thats the reason why they are not approving bute-froch at first.. cuz that would mean it would be the end of the contract with lucian .. but now the negotiation (bute-froch) are taking more time then expected cuz american tv cant avoid the fight that could lead up to one of the greatest clach in the smw devision (bute-ward) and i also know that bute clan as a lot of respect for dirrell .. bute himself sees a lot of challenge in that fight (talking of andre of course) these are infos that i eard from a reliable source very close to jean bedard
good article and by the way in quebec they talking about some kind of agreement between bute and showtime for an extra fight !
This fight is good for the fans, I’m suprised hbo/show don’t want it. I hope Epix picks it up.
Scotty, you don’t like to see me fighting Bute, do you ??? Maybe must I to fight you man ? STOP NOW, PLEASE.
Very nice article Scott!
ohh, finally an good article from scotty
Is HBO insane!! Bute vs Froch is a good matchup leading up to Bute vs Ward. Froch comes to fight, and he’s a good guage as to how Bute might matchup against Ward. Ward is good, real good. Bute is good, real good. I am happy that Bute is fighting. He one didn’t know better, one would think that he was Calzache. Froch is good, but Bute is one of the great ones!
It is not a matter of this being a bad fight for Froch. It is a matter of being a fihgt the fans want. And it this is what boxing is about – fight that fans want to see and pay money to see.
Another fight that fans want is Bute vs Froch. But then again some poeple think it is a bad fight for Ward and so it is not happening right now due to various influences (Ward’s promoter, Showtime politics, etc)
Be a close one this, Froch by UD
You got it wright this time Scott,you just agreed you used to be stupid
Will be a good match. Both are real fighters. I think Bute has an edge and will win by UD.
A decent article, at last!
LOL. Earlier the better!
Fireworks for this fight!