Carl Froch Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: According to legrandclub.rds.ca, former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is now the mandatory challenger for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. It’s a pretty interesting development given that Froch wasn’t even ranked in the top 15 by the IBF and now is suddenly Bute’s mandatory challenger.

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks for former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is done licking his bruised ego from his loss to American WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward last December in the Super Six tournament is now ready to get back in the ring on May 5th but not [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) says that the negotiations with former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) aren’t over, according to an interview at prosport.ro. He and his promoter are still currently trying to put that fight together for April 14th despite Froch saying he’ll [...]

By Scott Gilfroid: If former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is looking for a good opponent for his next fight in May then he needs to consider facing former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s), who currently doesn’t have any fights scheduled.

By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t look like IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s promoter from InterBox Jean Bedard is giving up on trying to get former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch for Bute’s next fight on April 14th, according to RingTV. Bedard told them that Froch is still an option for Bute’s next fight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) shut the traps of WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly and a few of his followers that have been harping about wanting a Cleverly vs. Froch fight. Froch doesn’t see any point in fighting Cleverly when there are other guys out there [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute won’t be getting the fight that he wanted to get against former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch on April 14th, because Froch revealed during the Carl Frampton vs. Kris Hughes fight last Saturday that his next fight will be in Nottingham, England, not in Montreal, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) just lost his ace in the hole today with the news that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) won’t be fighting him on April 14th in Montreal, Canada like Bute wanted.

By Scott Gilfoid: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, told the sweetscience.com that he sees a stoppage win by IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over Carl Froch in their proposed April 14th fight as something that would increase demand for a Bute vs. Ward fight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it seems that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and his promoters at InterBox prefer Carl Froch as the next opponent on April 14th and are willing to still fight him even if it means that the fight might not be televised by SHOWTIME. Wow! Talk about being [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael and Fightnews, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is still being pushed forward towards an April 14th showdown with the recently beaten former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in Montreal, Canada.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) doesn’t appear to be fighting IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute next in April, according to rds.ca.

By Scott Gilfoid: There is still a possibility that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) may sign for a two-fight deal with Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) for a couple of fights that will take up pretty much all of 2012 for Bute.

By Scott Gilfoid: 47-year-old WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins sees a potential fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and Carl Froch as being a bad one for boxing fans given how badly Froch was whipped by Hopkins clone WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward last month in the Super Six finals.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch revealed today that he plans on fighting on May 5th in Nottingham, UK against a top 10 opponent.

By Scott Gilfoid: It appears that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) doesn’t have a lot of choices for his next fight sometime in April or May. Froch, 34, had been hoping to get a tasty fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and even went so [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: It’s still unknown if former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will sign for a two-fight deal against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. A week ago TVA Sports revealed that Showtime wasn’t interested in airing a fight between Froch and Bute.

By Scott Gilfoid: British super middleweight champion George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) is targeting former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in 2013 if Groves can get past his retread opponent Kenny Anderson (15-1, 11 KO’s) in their pointless rematch on March 16th at the Wembley Arena, London, UK and whichever likely [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: A fight between former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s) and former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is a possibility in the early part of 2012 in Nottingham, England, according to Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) is upset that former two-time WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) won’t step up a weight class and challenge him for his World Boxing Organization belt after the 24-year-old Cleverly made open challenge to the 34-year-old Froch following his loss [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) doesn’t decide on signing a two fight contract with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 4 KO’s) for fights in April and August this year, then Froch might want to look at facing Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KOs) again because [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: According to TVA Sports, Showtime has little interest in televising an April 14th fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and former WBC super middleweight belt holder Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is about to sign a two-fight deal to fight IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) in a contract where only the first fight is guaranteed and that’s the one that takes place in Montreal, Canada where Bute fights.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs) says his promote Eddie Hearn is trying to negotiate for Froch’s first fight with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) to take place in the UK rather than in Montreal, Canada but he’s not having much luck in making [...]

By William Mackay: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is working to put together a 2-fight deal with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute to stage two fights in 2012.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly (23-0, 11 KO’s) has high hopes of landing a nothing to lose fight against former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in June in a fight that would be taking in Wales rather than Nottingham, where Froch lives.

Promoter Frank Warren has planned a big year for Welsh star Nathan Cleverly that could include a title defence at Cardiff City’s ground in the summer followed by a unification showdown in September. The World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight Champion from Cefn Fforest must first defends his title for the third time on Saturday [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: The two-fight deal that Carl Froch and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute may involve a condition having to be met before there’s a second fight between the two fighters. According to Dan Rafael, if the first ends by a lopsided decision or a knockout, then there might not be any second [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) are reportedly close to signing a two-fight deal with the first fight taking place on April 14th in Montreal, Canada and the second fight happening four months later on August 4th in [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) would like nothing better than to be facing WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) next but Ward has already told Bute in firm language that he’s not going to be getting a fight handed to him based on the awful [...]