By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KO’s) says he will definitely be facing IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO’s) in the near future to try and gain revenge for his loss to him earlier this year, and to recapture his IBF 168 lb title.
Bute said tomsport.ro “It’s just speculation [that he won’t be fighting Froch again] from those in England. I want this and I assure you that this match will take place.”
By Scott Gilfoid: Lucian Bute (31-1, 24 KO’s) says he watched IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch’s 3rd round knockout victory over American Yusaf Mack last Saturday night and he came away impressed with Froch’s performance but he did see flaws there that he can exploit in their rematch.
As far as the rematch goes, Bute says it’ll happen but he doesn’t have a definite day. That may not be good enough for Froch and his promoter Eddie Hearn, who is saying that if the fight doesn’t happen in March then it likely never will. It’s unclear what’s so golden about the fight having to take place in March, but if that’s the way Hearn wants it then it’ll be his and Froch’s loss because Bute has plenty of other guys to fight besides just Froch.
By Scott Gilfoid: For boxing fans who can’t wait to see the rematch, Matchroom Sports promoter Eddie Hearn is saying that a rematch between his fighter IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) and former IBF champ Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) will likely be taking place in 2013 rather than this year. This is hardly news given that Hearn is trying to put together a fight between Froch and Mikkel Kessler before the end of the year.
By Scott Gilfoid: After having beaten former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute recently in a fight that took place in Nottingham, UK, Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) now suddenly isn’t so eager to travel to Montreal, Canada to face Bute in his adopted home city in front of 15,000 angry Canadians.
By Dallan o’ Donnell: In the wake of Carl Froch’s fantastic stoppage victory over Lucian Bute last weekend there have been some Bute fans saying Froch should have been disqualified. I have been shocked at the sheer number of people saying he should have lost the fight by disqualification including some miss-informed writers.
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren feels that Carl Froch was lucky not to have been disqualified in his fight against IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute last Saturday night in Nottingham when Froch’s promoter Eddie Hearn ran out into the ring while the fight was still underway in the 5th round.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) is waiting for his rematch against Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) to prove that his loss to him was merely the result of bad fight tactics.
By Daniel R: After his destruction of previously undefeated, former number one and highly regarded fighter Lucian Bute Froch has now climbed the ranks and is now ranked the number one fighter in the super middleweight division by the ring magazine.
By Scott Gilfoid: After a couple of days of hearing a lot of Carl Froch’s going overboard with praise for the man because of his victory over IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, I think boxing fans need to put the pipe down and slowly take a step back to clear the brain fog a little. Froch didn’t beat the greatest fighter in the super middleweight division, let’s be clear on that.
By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) has made it clear that he does 100% intend on taking the rematch against new IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) in 2013, after Bute takes a likely tune-up bout first in Montreal.