Lucian Bute Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute has been preparing himself of the loud racket that former WBC 168 pound champion Carl Froch’s loyal British fans will be making on May 26th at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: If there were was ever a fighter that was made to order for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s), it’s former WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s).

West Palm Beach, Tuesday April 24th 2012 – The International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super middleweight champion, Lucian Bute met the press on Monday April 23rd at West Palm Beach, Florida.

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) hasn’t even fought IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) and already he thinks it’s going to be one of his career best fights.

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is really up against it in his next fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) on May 26th. Froch thinks he can stop Bute, and that’s what he’s going to be trying to accomplish when he meets the Romanian in Nottingham, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: The May 26th fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) and former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) will be shown on Sky Sports HD at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.

IBF World title fight live from Nottingham on May 26 Matchroom Sport and Sky Sports are delighted to announce that Carl Froch’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight World title challenge against Lucian Bute on May 26 will be live on Sky Sports 1HD.

By Scott Gilfoid: If you look at the one constant in Carl Froch’s previous losses to Andre Ward, Mikkel Kessler and his questionable win over Andre Dirrell, Froch faced fighters that got off to a quick start against him and put him behind in the first half of the fight. It was that case in [...]

by Joseph Webb: On the 26th of may will take place a fight that which I think could be a contender for fight of the year at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham UK. Between Carl Froch (28 2 0 Ko20 ) the former 2x WBC super middleweight champion. And Lucian Bute (30 0 0 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: You never like to see a fighter that takes too much pride in his ability to block shots with his head. When you get a fighter that likes to crow about their ability absorb punishment, it’s generally a fighter with poor defensive skills who lacks the drive to improve their flaws. Former [...]

By William Mackay: Sports Illustrated writer Chris Mannix says that WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward was upset when IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute decided to fight Carl Froch on May 26th. Mannix said Ward and Bute were negotiating a two-fight deal before Bute signed on to face Froch.”

By William Mackay: There’s no doubt that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) has the power to take IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s belt off him by stopping him on May 26th at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) is going to take some god awful punishment on May 26th against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) in the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: I’m just kind of curious about what Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) will do if he gets spanked by IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) next month on May 26th.I mean, Froch has probably got to retire if he gets whipped again like he did against WBA super middleweight [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: In what could be read as a sign of worry on former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s part, he says he’s already starting sparring to get ready for his May 26th fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) at the Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

By Scott Gilfoid: I’m giving IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) an excellent chance of beating 35-year-old former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) next month on May 26th at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK. I’m not giving Bute a chance because I feel he’s better than Andre [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If you listen to Carl Froch speak he’ll have you believe that he’s going to beat IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute because he wants it more and is willing to do whatever it takes to get the win in his fight against Bute on May 26th at the Nottingham Arena, in [...]

NEW YORK, NY (April 3, 2012) – Undefeated International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion LUCIAN BUTE will make his 10th world title defense when he battles two-time World Boxing Council super middleweight champion CARL “The Cobra” FROCH, Saturday, May 26. Promoted by Matchroom Sport, Ltd. and InterBox, the Bute vs. Froch World Super Middleweight [...]

IBF World title clash also streamed on EpixHD.com and shown in Times Square, NYC Carl Froch’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) World super middleweight challenge to Lucian Bute at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham on Saturday May 26 will be televised live by EPIX in the U.S.

By William Mackay: The May 26th fight between former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) and IBF super middleweight Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) may be shown on EPIX in the United States. If this happens it would be great, because neither SHOWTIME or HBO will be televising the bout having passed [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute is really showing his courage by choosing to fight in Carl Froch’s home city and arena in Nottingham, UK on May 26th. I’m starting to think this is a really bad idea for Bute to take this fight in that venue. While doing research for this [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Arthur Abraham may be kidding himself if he thinks he can amount to anything at super middleweight and he’ll be incredibly lucky if he can even get by Piotr Wilczewski on Saturday night in their fight in Germany. But I give Abraham this: He knows who the real talent is at super [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: May 26th will start out with a lot of loud pro-Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) British fans making a lot of noise in support of their hero at the Nottingham Arena in Froch’s title challenge against IBF super super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s).

By Scott Gilfoid: Super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell is picking Carl Froch to pull off an upset by defeating IBF super middleweight champ Lucian Bute in their May 26th fight in Nottingham, UK. Dirrell sees Froch as being too tough for Bute and he feels that Froch is a type of fighter that Bute has [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) will be facing someone who is absolutely tailor made to eat his huge uppercuts in Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) on May 26th in their fight at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.

Montreal, Monday, March 26th 2012 – Lucian Bute was sworn in as a Canadian Citizen earlier today at an Official ceremony held at St-Dorothy Elementary School in the district of Saint-Michel in Montreal. Lucian was sworn in by Judge the Honorable Mr. Gilles Duguay and was visibly emotional during the entire procedure. Lucian was accompanied [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) seems to be dreaming again because he thinks he’s going to take care of IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) with no doubt in their May 26th fight in Nottingham, UK.

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch spelled it out to IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute recently in an interview saying he felt that Bute chose him rather than WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward because Bute may see him as the easier mark of the two. Froch is dead right. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: A little more than half of the 9000 tickets were solid in the first two days since the tickets went on sale for the May 26th bout between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and Carl Froch for the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK. Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn sees the remaining tickets [...]

Over 5,000 tickets sold in 48 hours for Nottingham World title clash Carl Froch’s International Boxing Federation (IBF) World super middleweight title fight with Lucian Bute at the Capital FM Arena Nottingham on May 26 is racing to a sell-out after over 5,000 tickets were sold in the first 48 hours.