Bute vs. Froch

Johnny Nelson thinks Lucian Bute won’t be able to come back from his loss to Froch

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Image: Johnny Nelson thinks Lucian Bute won't be able to come back from his loss to FrochBy Scott Gilfoid: Johnny Nelson of Sky Sports Ringside thinks that the defeat that former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KO’s) suffered at the hands of Britain’s Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) was so bad that Bute will likely never be able to come back from the defeat to where he was previously.

Nelson said on Sky Sports News “The dissection Bute received from the Nottingham man was so severe that I find it difficult to see him coming out on top – and ever being the fighter he was before.”

I think Nelson others are making too big of a deal about Bute’s loss to Froch. It hasn’t affected him mentally. If anything, it’s made Bute a better fighter because he realizes now where his game needs more work and he’s fixing it by focusing more on his defense and his workrate.

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Bute may not fight Froch next

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Image: Bute may not fight Froch nextBy Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch may not like the news that I’m about to reveal to him but that’s the way it goes. Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s team are considering having Bute take another fight in early 2013 instead of the Froch rematch. It’s not for sure yet but it’s a possibility that Bute’s team will match-up against someone else because he needs a little more fine tuning before facing Froch in a crucial fight.

Bute’s trainer Stephan Larouche told journaldequebec.com “We have not completed our analysis and we feel that if Lucian needs another fight preparation [go get him ready for the Froch rematch] then it is clear we will give it to him. It is not for us, but we do it for him.”

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Bunce thinks Froch is making a mistake in facing Bute now

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Image: Bunce thinks Froch is making a mistake in facing Bute nowBy Scott Gilfoid: Writer Steve Bunce believes that Carl Froch should have taken an easy fight this time around to test up from the tough fights he had in the Super Six tournament. He sees Froch’s fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute as a mistake on Froch’s part, because he hasn’t had any time to rest up from the series of tough fights he’s had.

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Kessler could get Bute fight ahead of Ward

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Image: Kessler could get Bute fight ahead of WardBy Scott Gilfoid: IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute and former super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler could end meeting next if Bute is able to get past Carl Froch by a knockout a one-sided fight. Bute and Kessler’s promoters met last Saturday night in Denmark to discuss a fight between Kessler and Bute, and both were agreeable to the fight, according to ekstrabladet.dk.

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Kessler needs to get in line behind Ward for Bute-Froch winner

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Image: Kessler needs to get in line behind Ward for Bute-Froch winnerBy Scott Gilfoid: WBC Silver light heavyweight champion Mikkel Kessler’s promoter wants him to face the winner of the May 26th fight between IBF champ Lucian Bute and Carl Froch after Kessler got up off the canvas to defeat Allan Green last Saturday night. But Kessler needs to wait in line behind WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward, who is already waiting for the Bute vs. Froch winner.

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Bute can beat Froch by getting off to a fast start and coasting

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Image: Bute can beat Froch by getting off to a fast start and coastingBy 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 each of those fights where Froch started off too slowly for one reason or another and was forced to battle hard to try and catch up after he was well behind in the fight.

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