By Pete Simpson: As you will all have seen, Carl Froch produced one of the performances of his career to outclass, out think, out brawl and out box the former world super middleweight champion Lucian Bute on Saturday night in Nottingham.
Froch vs. Bute
Bute unsure whether he’ll fight Froch again
By Sean McDaniel: In an interview after his loss to Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) last night in Nottingham, UK, former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) was disappointed in his performance, stating to the Romanian press “It’s in the contract but it’s too early to speak about it. I’ll go home and rest a bit…I’ll talk with my promoter and my coach to make a decision.”
Froch: I would have retired if I lost to Bute
By Sean McDaniel: After last night’s fight in Nottingham, the victorious newly crowned IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) made an earth shattering revelation by stating that he would have retired from boxing had he lost the fight to Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s). As it turns out, Froch didn’t need to because he easily won by a 5th round TKO in a huge upset.
Bute should have won; Froch should have been disqualified
By Scott Gilfoid: I see a lot of Carl Froch’s fans are up early today crowing about his so-called victory over IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute last night, but it was hardly a victory in my eyes. I don’t know how they conduct fights in the UK, but around the rest of the world a fighter is disqualified when one of his team members steps foot in the ring while the fight is still underway.
Kessler: I want to fight Froch again
By Dan Ambrose: Mikkel Kessler (45-2, 34 KO’s) attended Carl Froch’s fight with IBF champ Lucian Bute tonight and when he was asked if he would be interested in facing Froch for a second fight, Kessler said “Yes, of course, I want to fight Froch a second time.”
Kessler already beat Froch by a 12 round decision in Denmark in April 2010 in the Super Six tournament, and the loss really upset Froch in a big way. For a long time afterwards Froch insisted that he deserved to win the fight and said that the outcome would have been different had Bute fought him in the Nottingham rather than his hometown in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Andre Ward: Froch fought the right kind of fight against Bute
By William Mackay: Former Carl Froch conqueror WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward watched tonight’s fight between Froch and IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, and Ward came away impressed with Froch’s 5th round TKO stoppage win over Bute.
Hearn: Froch ready for Bute rematch in Montreal
By Jim Dower: Newly crowned IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (29-2, 21 KO’s) and his promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport are ready to fulfill their contract with former IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24 KO’s) and move on to fight Bute in Montreal, Canada if Bute wishes to take the fight.
The Cobra Resurrected
By Patrick McConnell: Fresh of his defeat to the 2004 Olympic light heavyweight gold medallist in Atlantic City, in December 2011, Carl, the Cobra, Froch was back in action. Not so surprising to his fans, but maybe to those boxing observers who follow the Mayweather’s and Pacquaio’s of this sport, Froch was in his 8th consecutive world title fight in the super-middleweight division aginst undefeated IBF Champion, Lucien Bute.
Froch destroys Bute proves all doubters wrong
By Daniel R. Three time world champion Carl Froch destroyed previously unbeaten and number one ranked super middleweight fighter Lucien Bute in a five round demolition. After reading several ridiculously biased articles from one specific writer who in his own words said “Bute will knock Froch senseless” and “I don’t know why Froch chose to fight Bute” it is clear Froch has made this idiotic writer eat his own words.
Froch Destroys Bute by 5th Round Stoppage
By Dallan O’ Donnell: In a stunning upset of bookmakers odds, Carl Froch simply destroyed the then champion, Lucian Bute in a 5th round stoppage.