Since he's lost his title, it's easy to say that Bute was a paper champion, who really hadn't fought the best, and while that may be a bit true, it diminishes Froch's brilliant work implying that Bute wasn't a damn good fighter and a champion. Carl was coming off of a disappointing loss and most we're picking Bute to win, make no mistake about it, this was a quality win over a very tough opponent.

What many of us were overlooking was that Froch had fought all the best competition at 168 and either beat them or more than held his own. And based on the loss to Ward, some of us we're prematurely writing him off as damaged goods. What was also overlooked was the tenacity, determination and heart of the man.

Well guess what, there was still a lot of piss and vinegar left in the hook nosed warrior from Nottingham. This turned out to be a FOTY, and a really good one for boxing. Congrats to Carl, who deserves all the credit for a gutsy, balls to the wall, champion's performance.