By Scott Gilfoid: Discussions took place earlier today between Jean Bedard of InterBox, the promoter for former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KO’s), and the management of former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (40-2, 34 kO’s) for a fight that could take place in March next year.
Bedard told RDS.ca “We are still waiting to see if the fight between [Carl] Froch and [Mikkel] Kessler will take place. Eddie Hearn [Froch’s promoter] asked us for permission to negotiate with Kessler. We accepted, provided that a plan is presented to us that are interesting and Pavlik is a face.”