Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
I want proper evidence that Manfredo ironed out Froch. No way that wiki entry is kosher

We need to get Porkypara to interview him and ask him. I'm sure I heard Bunce come out with it on BoxNation at about 6am after one of the first US cards they showed, maybe the first. But I would have been on another astral plane at the time so I can't be sure. I'm sure I got it from somebody like Bunce or I read it in an article by somebody respectable.


This is from another site on why Bute is fighting in Nottingham :


“I was in line to fight the winner of the Super Six,” Bute (30-0, 24KO) points out. “For a different reason, Ward refuses to fight me and I kind of respect his decision. So, I made a choice. I said I’m going to fight Carl Froch.”

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“We made (Froch) an offer to come to Montreal. He turned it down,” Bute insists. “And maybe he was right saying that he was away from home for a while. He wanted to fight at home. So, we just told his promoter to make us an offer. We’re going to go defend the belt in your place (England) and we’ll prove everybody wrong that I’m only fighting in Montreal. So, I have to go out to prove myself.”