By Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch is now the mandatory challenger to IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, and is hoping to fight him in Nottingham, England rather than in Montreal, Canada, where Bute fights. Froch and his promoter Eddie Hearn are hoping that Bute will agree to fight Froch on May 5th in Nottingham.
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Rafael: HBO not interested in Bute vs. Froch
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like SHOWTIME isn’t the only U.S cable television network that isn’t interested in televising the Carl Froch vs. Lucian Bute bout. HBO also has no interest in showing this fight to U.S fans, according to Dan Rafael at ESPN.
Froch: My next fight will be against Bute in the UK
By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is kind confident that he’ll be able to get IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute to agree to fight him in Nottingham, England rather than Montreal, Canada for their first of what could be two fights.
Hearn hoping Bute will face Froch in Nottingham on May 5th
By Scott Gilfoid: If IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-0, 24 KO’s) wants to fight former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) badly enough then he may have to travel to Froch’s home town of Nottingham, England and fight him on May 5th as part of their two-fight deal.
Froch made the mandatory challenger to IBF champ Lucian Bute
By Scott Gilfoid: According to legrandclub.rds.ca, former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is now the mandatory challenger for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. It’s a pretty interesting development given that Froch wasn’t even ranked in the top 15 by the IBF and now is suddenly Bute’s mandatory challenger.
Bute’s promoter says Froch is still an option for his next fight
By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t look like IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute’s promoter from InterBox Jean Bedard is giving up on trying to get former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch for Bute’s next fight on April 14th, according to RingTV. Bedard told them that Froch is still an option for Bute’s next fight.
Ward’s trainer sees Bute stoppage win over Froch increasing interest in Ward-Bute fight
By Scott Gilfoid: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, told the sweetscience.com that he sees a stoppage win by IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute over Carl Froch in their proposed April 14th fight as something that would increase demand for a Bute vs. Ward fight.
Bute still heading towards Froch bout on April 14th, wants Andre Ward in the Summer
By Scott Gilfoid: According to Dan Rafael and Fightnews, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) is still being pushed forward towards an April 14th showdown with the recently beaten former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) in Montreal, Canada.
Bute facing Froch is the wrong way to get a Ward fight
By Scott Gilfoid: There is still a possibility that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) may sign for a two-fight deal with Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) for a couple of fights that will take up pretty much all of 2012 for Bute.
Carl Froch doesn’t have many options for his next fight
By Scott Gilfoid: It appears that former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) doesn’t have a lot of choices for his next fight sometime in April or May. Froch, 34, had been hoping to get a tasty fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and even went so far as to start negotiations with him.