Froch vs Bute May 12th in England

[Tam Seddon]

Excited is an understatement for this fight. Absoutle full credit to Lucian Bute going to fight Carl Froch in Nottigham. The other two best supermiddleweights in the world are delivering every fight fans dream with this.

[Mars_ax]

Bute vs Froch is a good fight for the UK on May 12th., the weekend after Mayweather vs. Cotto, I look forward to it. Bute would have to be considered the fav at this point, but Froch will have his countrymen cheering him on, so who knows.

[TigerFan]

Mods feel free to update the thread title. I believe it's on the 26th of May.

[shza]

Bute vs Froch is a good fight for the UK on May 12th., the weekend after Mayweather vs. Cotto, I look forward to it. Bute would have to be considered the fav at this point, but Froch will have his countrymen cheering him on, so who knows.

It's May 26 (says every source other than the french one that started this thread). Capital FM Arena.

[Rantcatrat]

I bet the fight does good business in Nottingham too. Cote is going to be on the undercard in his first fight back since knocking the snot out of Teron on showbox.

[erics44]

I bet the fight does good business in Nottingham too. Cote is going to be on the undercard in his first fight back since knocking the snot out of Teron on showbox.

Whats the sig bet?

[Rantcatrat]

I bet the fight does good business in Nottingham too. Cote is going to be on the undercard in his first fight back since knocking the snot out of Teron on showbox.

Whats the sig bet?

Don't worry, kind sir, I have not forgot about it. Let's do one month whatever we want in other's sig?

[erics44]

I bet the fight does good business in Nottingham too. Cote is going to be on the undercard in his first fight back since knocking the snot out of Teron on showbox.

Whats the sig bet?

Don't worry, kind sir, I have not forgot about it. Let's do one month whatever we want in other's sig?

Coolio

Should i wait till after the fight to give you your sig?

[Dropanuke]

Bet I'll b the furthest traveling to this fight

[erics44]

Bet I'll b the furthest traveling to this fight

Do you live on the south pole?

[Dropanuke]

Yes it's called brighton(south pole)

[captainanddew]

for American fight fans this is a very sad day. We have already seen Sith Lord Haymon peddling his fighters to showtime (now that there is a sympathetic ex-GB guy as head and HBO has Hershman who wasn't pro Haymon when he ran Showtime).

Why is it a sad day?

Because the fact that Showtime turned down Bute/Froch is an absolute joke.

Froch wasn't on the pre-approved list?

Are you kidding me.

froch isn't an acceptable opponent? He only was outclassed by Ward. Every other fight in the Super 6 he won or fought on an even level. And while Bute should be the favorite over Froch, I don't think Bute is head and shoulders above Froch, the way that Ward is.

Froch not on the pre-approved list. JOKE.

Other possible options(top 10 ranked by Ring Magazine at 16:
Ward-injured and wants a break
Kessler-fighting Stieglitz
Stieglizt-fighting Kessler
Bika-Bute already beat him
Glen Johnson-Bute already beat him
Oousthizen (or however you spell his name)- yeah I can't even spell his name and have seen fight only once. That would really make sense.
Abraham-yeah that would make sense since he got outclassed in the Super 6
George Groves-yeah, we know he isn't ready for this level of fight. In a couple of years, maybe.

So who did I not mention?

Andre Dirrell-I wouldn't be suprised if somehow he was on the "pre approved list". He's Haymon's boy. And while he has good footspeed and handspeed, I don't want to see him fight that much. He often forgets the difference between "boxing" and "RUNNING". In addition, I still have at least a small part of me wondering about the Abraham fight and whether that was an acting job (to some extent).

175 pound fighters-doesn't make alot of sense to me. Bute could fight at 175, he is a big 168 pounder. He weighed 173 or something like that in his pro debut 8 or 9 years ago. But why would he move to 175 and then just have to make 168 in the next fight against Ward?? Doesn't make sense.

[armin]

Glad were gona get to see this even without showtimes aproval, which is retarded in and of itself honestly...who the hell was bute supposed to face at 168 that woulda been better, since ward didn't want the fight. I like bute in this matchup but who knows wouldn't be the first time froch proved me and some other people wrong...

[Manos de Piedra]

Just seen on ringside that it's on the 26th of may now.