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Holy crap is this a barn burner. I've seen Bika outboxed (Calzaghe, Bute, Ward), but I've never seen him be outbombed. Adonis may be the man to do it. Bika is the ultimate truth maker. Unless I'm mistaken, this is for a mandatory shot at Froch's belt. I wonder if Froch takes a fight against the winner at this stage in his career.
Froch will never lose his durability, he's born with and endoskeleton. Froch would eat this guys
He's not that far ahead of the curve. Stevenson is young and does not yet have the experience to fight a Carl Froch. This is great prep with Bika to that end.The kid has only had 18 fights. Not many prospects/contenders taking this kind of risk so early in this safety first protect the "0" ERA.

Froch has a rematch date with Bute and then he will take a holiday and has earned the right of option.
They will have had about three more so-called eliminators before Froch is obligated to consider his mandatory. Froch has earned the coming paydays. A mandatory defense is 2 years away. That would be about the right time unless Carl decides to call it quits.