By Scott Gilfoid: It’s still unknown if former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will sign for a two-fight deal against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. A week ago TVA Sports revealed that Showtime wasn’t interested in airing a fight between Froch and Bute.
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Froch: We’re trying to get my first fight against Bute in England
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs) says his promote Eddie Hearn is trying to negotiate for Froch’s first fight with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) to take place in the UK rather than in Montreal, Canada but he’s not having much luck in making that happen.
Froch vs. Bute 2-fight deal could have conditions that need to be met before a second fight occurs
By William Mackay: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is working to put together a 2-fight deal with IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute to stage two fights in 2012.
Froch-Bute two-fight deal to allows the loser of the first fight to move on rather than fight a second time
By Scott Gilfoid: The two-fight deal that Carl Froch and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute may involve a condition having to be met before there’s a second fight between the two fighters. According to Dan Rafael, if the first ends by a lopsided decision or a knockout, then there might not be any second fight between Bute and Froch.
Froch vs. Bute on April 14th in Montreal
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) are reportedly close to signing a two-fight deal with the first fight taking place on April 14th in Montreal, Canada and the second fight happening four months later on August 4th in Froch’s home city of Nottingham, England.
Froch will be in big trouble against Bute in Montreal
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute are in negotiations for a possible two fight deal in 2012. Froch needs a big win to jump start his career and he seems to be willing to bet everything on him being able to beat Bute and take his International Boxing Federation title, even if it means fighting Bute in Montreal, Canada next. Froch loses to Bute in Montreal seven days a week, 365 days a year. He can’t win there unless he knocks the guy out.
Ward: Froch needs to take a tune-up fight before facing Bute
By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Ward doesn’t agree that Carl Froch should go straight from a loss against him into an important fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. Ward thinks Froch needs a tune-up before taking that kind of fight, and I agree. I think Froch will pull a major dumb move if he goes from a loss to Ward straight into a fight against a hit and run fighter like Bute.
Bute vs. Froch first fight possible for April in Montreal; 2nd fight in August
By Sean McDaniel: As of now, the prospective dates for the two-fights between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (29-0, 24 KO’s) and Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) are April 2012 in Montreal, Canada for the first fight, and then the second fight occurring in August 2012 in Nottingham, England. These are the two dates that are reportedly being worked out as part of the two-fight deal between Froch and Bute for 2012.
Will Froch retire in 2012 if things continue to go badly for him?
By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KO’s) wasn’t just beaten last Saturday night by WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) in the Super Six tournament finals, Froch was completely dominated and looked like a fighter out of his league.
Froch Could Be Fighting Bute or Hopkins Next – Boxing
By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight champion Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KO’s) could be fighting either the great Bernard Hopkins or IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in September, according to the latest boxing news from the BBC.