Arum to Bunce: "Sturm in October, Froch in January is the plan"

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Guess that if that comes into play, Froch won't risk his big payday by fighting Bute or Hopkins

Jaz, regardless I think Froch-Bute happens at the end of the year. Froch has made a point of saying he only wants big fights, so I doubt he takes a voluntary defence instead. Hennessy already offered him that option and he turned it down flat.

The thing is though, he's got till next May before a mandatory title defence comes up even as a possibility as Taylor was his mandatory, so he might just wait on a Pavlik fight, although a fight with Bute is what I want to see.

Ideally, Froch-Bute winner fights Andrade (who's the IBF mandatory anyway) as Kessler won't be back by then.

Sturm-Pavlik winner fights Abraham.

Then stick the guys on top after all of it in against each other at 168.

Won't happen though

Seems clear to me they hope to avoid Abraham. This way though, Pavlik comes out looking like the superstar of the Middleweight division, and who is there left for Abraham to fight thats meaningful? Apart from Winky or Paul Williams, he doesn't have many options at 160 other than paper opposition.