Lucian Bute 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: American super middleweight talent Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) wants no part of traveling to Canada to possibly find himself on the receiving end up a questionable decision against Canada’s top fighter IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s).

IBF No. 2 eliminator Feb. 18 at Bell Centre in Montreal MONTREAL (February 6, 2012) – Super middleweight sensation Adonis “Superman” Stevenson, now being trained by Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward in Detroit, is prepared to successfully defend his International Boxing Federation (“IBF”) Inter-Continental belt February 18 against former NABF champion Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzales [...]

By Marian Toca: Yet again the boxing fans have to face the facts that there are only few fighters out there left that are willing to fight the best no matter what.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) has given IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) clear instructions on what he needs to do in order for him to get a fight against him.

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 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: I can only imagine how bad IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s next challenger will be. The only guy that’s worthy of fighting him is Andre Dirrell or his brother Anthony Dirrell.

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: If IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) wants to earn a shot against WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward then he’s going to have to come out of the safety of Canada to take on Andre Dirrell, the fighter that SHOWTIME wants him to fight.

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: Super middleweight talent Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) took to his twitter tonight to make a few comments about him leaving his promoter Gary Shaw and to come out and tell the world that he absolutely wants a fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) next.

By Scott Gilfoid: According to RingTV, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) has left his promoter Gary Shaw along with advisor Al Haymon to become his own promoter with Team Dirrell. His uncle/trainer Leon Lawson Jr. will oversee the promotional company.

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: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute needs to listen to WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward and choose to fight Andre Dirrell next rather than look for another scrub fighter to pad his record with.

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: Showtime reportedly isn’t interested in airing IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s hoped for fight against recently beaten former super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) on April 14th.

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: 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: 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 Dan Ambrose: WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (52-5-2, 32 KO’s) turns 47-years-old today and thanks to a successful appeal made to the World Boxing Council and California State Athletic Commission, Hopkins’ loss to Chad Dawson from last year was overturned and changed to a no contest.

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: 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: Andre Dirrell (20-1, 14 KO’s) plans on getting back in the ring by April of this year against a still to be determined opponent, according to fighthype.com. Dirrell wants a fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and would take him on immediately if Bute would give him [...]