Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
Tam Seddon - my condolences on the loss last night. As we knew he would, your man gave it his all. Nothing to be ashamed of.

My thought has always been that Ward would win and then Froch would fight Bute. Ward has been through the gauntlet for the last two years and he deserves one "easier" fight. He also has a mandatory to deal with in the name of Anthony Dirrell. Beating Anthony would do well to build up a fight with his brother Andre. Froch lost of a bit of leverage by losing because he doesn't have belt and is coming off a loss. Bute and Froch is a major fight and would be relatively even going into it. It's Froch's biggest money-making fight available by far. A win over Bute puts Froch into a great position for unifying with Kessler in the Fall in a HUGE matchup in Britain. Kessler is out of commission until early Fall because he has a mid-April fight with Stieglitz. Ward seems to think Bute hasn't earned a fight with him yet, which may be true. If Bute beat Froch, a fight with Ward next would make a lot of sense. It will all depend on Froch. Maybe Froch wants an easy fight first because his confidence was shaken last night and he's earned it or if he thinks Kessler is an easier fight than Bute so it makes sense to take an easy fight and then face Kessler in the Fall. Bute could be left out in the cold again if Ward takes his mandatory and Froch goes back to Britain and then faces Kessler.
That is exactly what I think will happen. However, I could see Froch option to fight Kesler at him instead, because it will obviously be a much more favourable environment and he'll get more money.

I agree with ElTerrible too, Bute is a horrid style match-up for Froch. I'll be cheering for him, but I think he would get stopped. It would be fun while it lasted though, because Bute does get hit.