By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing news gossip, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KO’s) will be moving up to the light heavyweight division soon to campaign in that division instead of the super middleweight division. What this means is that Bute won’t be facing the winner of the Super Six tournament. Apparently, the tournament is taking too long to complete. Bute would like to fight WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, and that’s a fight that will likely be taking place in late 2011.

There’s a possibility that Bute could be facing cruiserweight Danny Green if the Australian can come down in weight to fight Bute. There’s also the hope that Joe Calzaghe might come out of retirement to face Bute, but I’ll believe that when I see it. That’s not the kind of fights that I could see Calzaghe making a comeback for because Bute is arguably more dangerous than Bernard Hopkins, and Calzaghe struggled badly to bet Hopkins before retiring.

Bute will be defending his IBF super middleweight title on October 15th against Jesse Brinkley at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. This isn’t a fight that too many boxing fans are looking forward to with anticipation. Indeed, practically no one is even talking about it.

Some boxing fans will see Bute moving up to the light heavyweight division as a sign that he’s afraid to take on the Super Six tournament winner. If someone like Andre Ward ends up winning the tournament, it could seem to some that Bute is running away from Ward. It seems odd that Bute would move up in weight rather than take on the Super Six tournament winner first before moving up in weight. By moving up without facing the tournament winner, Bute is probably making the smarter choice because he would likely lose to someone like Ward. That’s a bad match up for Bute.