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The contract Froch signed for the Bute fight will have Bute covered all ways. It'll say that if Froch beats Bute then fights somebody else before a rematch, then the contract for the somebody else fight must state that the winner (title holder) fight Bute next. It'll basically guarantee Bute an option of a title fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamGB
Froch reminded me of Roy Jones in his rematch after his questionable dq loss. There would be no beating him that night.
That being said, I don't think bute will stand in front of froch this time around. He will fight a better fight. But having your first loss come as a KO is crushing and I wonder if demons will haunt him when he gets hit flush again.
Terry Norris should never have lost that fight against Brown, so that is not comparison. Bute should stay away and build up his confidence before going back in with the big boys.Quote:
Originally Posted by MajestyTerry Norris lost fights because he didn't have much of a chin, but he was rarely outclasses before being knocked out, even against Julian Jackson he was doing fairly well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon09Simon Brown knocked out Terry Norris in 4 and in the rematch Norris won by decision. I give Bute a decent shot and making the proper adjustments to make it interesting if they fight again.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
Bute just got dominated in every facet, wasn't so much his chin as the fact he had no answer for what Froch was doing.
Remember Taylor had a rematch clause with Pavlik but at the higher weight which was very odd. Pavlik won again but points this time and Taylor go some respect back. I think that is what Bute may want to do.
Now you know why Hopkins wanted to fight Bute.
The question was. Has a fighter who was so thoroughly dominated in the first fight ever gone on to win a rematch? Simon Brown dominated Norris that many people thought he would get knocked out again, but Norris outboxed him in the rematch. Alot of people thought Froch would get beat against Bute.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterTerry Norris should never have lost that fight against Brown, so that is not comparison. Bute should stay away and build up his confidence before going back in with the big boys.Quote:
Originally Posted by MajestyTerry Norris lost fights because he didn't have much of a chin, but he was rarely outclasses before being knocked out, even against Julian Jackson he was doing fairly well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jon09Simon Brown knocked out Terry Norris in 4 and in the rematch Norris won by decision. I give Bute a decent shot and making the proper adjustments to make it interesting if they fight again.Quote:
Originally Posted by CFH
Bute just got dominated in every facet, wasn't so much his chin as the fact he had no answer for what Froch was doing.
Remember Taylor had a rematch clause with Pavlik but at the higher weight which was very odd. Pavlik won again but points this time and Taylor go some respect back. I think that is what Bute may want to do.
Now you know why Hopkins wanted to fight Bute.
Would be totally pointless. Froch is 35. Another 6 months of promotion and training wasted at this stage of his career would be daft, to rematch an opponent he beat with ease. Be like Pacquiao rematching Hatton in Manchester. The fight would be over as soon as Froch lands anything of note. Bute couldn't deal with Froch's power. That won't change regardless of which country they fight in.
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Originally Posted by RantcatratIt depends really. Froch strikes me as the kind of guy that would give Bute a rematch regardless of the contractual element involved because Bute went to Nottingham to fight Froch, even though he was the champion. I have a feel Froch would respect that. If Bute feels something was off in that fight that he can fix and put things right, I don't see why not. What else should he do? Go back to Quebec and beat average guys for another five years? What will that do for him? Unless Froch would agree to a Bute fight after the Kessler fight, he may not get another shot at a title, with as much money on the line, again. Even if Froch were heavily favored, the fight would garner a lot of interest, and Bute sells out stadiums in Montreal against much lesser men than Froch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
i think bute has to take the fight or he has a long road back
If he loses again to froch but this time puts up a much better performance then he will be more of a draw than he is now
maybe even if he takes the fight and loses the same way his stock will have risen slightly on the bottle factor
and there is a chance he can win, and he will be right back to where he was
i see a rematch as his only real option
no, before Froch Bute was considered the 2nd best at 168, the best being Ward who had already beaten the likes of Froch, Abraham, and Kessler, so the truth is Ward is STILL #1 at 168Quote:
Originally Posted by miron_lang