By Scott Gilfoid: Despite the bellyaching IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch made about fighting Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward in their home countries, Froch is now saying he has no problems traveling to Canada to fight former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over there in Montreal in front of his loyal boxing fans.

Froch said to Sky Sports News “I believe going on the road to Montreal will inspire me. I’ve been on the road to box many times – I’ve been to Denmark, Finland, Connecticut and Atlantic City twice. It’s not a really daunting prospect to go over to Montreal and face Bute.”

Oh boy, I can see it now. Froch goes over to Montreal and then immediately starts complaining after he gets beaten. I can see Froch yapping long and hard if he loses a decision over there, likely saying if the fight had taken place in Nottingham he’d have won. That’s what Froch was saying after he lost to Kessler in Denmark.

Before the fight Froch was sounding just like he is now about how he had no problems going into Denmark to fight in front of Kessler’s fans, but afterwards Froch was singing a different tune about how he would have won the fight if it had been in Nottingham. Froch probably would have beaten Kessler if it had taken place in Nottingham. I mean, after watching Andre Dirrell go over to Nottingham, school Froch and then lose the fight, I definitely think Froch would have beaten Kessler and even Andre Ward in Nottingham. But that doesn’t mean that Froch should have gotten wins in those fights.

Look at Froch’s fight with Dirrell. Do you honestly think Froch would have gotten a decision over Dirrell had that fight been outside the UK? I don’t. I think Froch would have lost that fight 9 rounds to 3 had it not taken place in England.

Froch is saying it’s no big deal to fight Bute in Montreal right now, but I bet he’s going to be yapping like mad if he goes there and loses. Just watch. I can’t see Bute winning a controversial decision. I’ve never seen Bute win a controversial decision in Canada. If he wins, he deserves to win. But I can see some complaining from Froch if he loses over there. Boxing fans won’t listen to that kind of bellyaching after the fact, so I hope Froch keeps his yap shut after the fight.