By Scott Gilfoid: It was announced today that former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute will be taking a tune-up fight in November to sharpen up for a rematch against Carl Froch in March next year in Montreal.

Bute wants to avenge his loss to Froch from last May, but he’s not going to take a soft touch for the November fight. Bute wants quality so he can work on the mistakes he made against Froch.

Bute’s trainer Stephan Larouche says they already have someone in mind for Bute in November that will give him a tough fight.

Bute knows what he did wrong in the Froch fight, saying “I did not use my primary weapons of speed and my jab at all during the fight. I fought Carl Froch’s fight.”

So true, so true. Bute fought a primitive caveman style of fighting where he just stood in front of Froch and gave the Brit the only chance he had to win the fight by being stationary for him. I was frankly surprised that Bute was doing that in the 1st round, because anyone with any sense could see that it was catering to Froch’s style of fighting. I figured that Bute would make some adjustments in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds, but he never did. He kept going out each round and standing right there for Froch to land his shots. Bute made it even easier by fighting off the ropes, and Froch took full advantage of it.

The rematch will be much different believe me. This will be like Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran II, where Leonard came out and boxed Duran and made him quit. Bute is going to box circles around Froch and make him frustrated. I just hope Froch keeps it clean and doesn’t resort to fouling Bute out of frustration if he can’t land anything. Thankfully, the fight will be held in Montreal, Canada, so that gives Bute a much better chance of winning the bout if it goes to the scorecards. I’d hate to see another controversial decision like the one where Froch beat Andre Dirrell in 2009 in Nottingham. That was sad.