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Froch will never be really world class IMO.

If it happens, fine I was wrong, but I seriously doubt it.

Lacy is just a huge question mark right now, hard to now how he'd look after coming back from the shoulder injury.

Bute would handle Froch pretty easily.
I've not seen Bute fight, so I am very much open to correction, but as far as I'm concerned, the only way to beat Froch would be to go at him and swamp him with an all action style. When he is given space he is accurate and his punches are vicious, and his hooks and uppercuts are among the hardest in the division. He is not to be underestimated is what I'm saying. Bring on some proper opposition, and we shall see where he really is, but then again that is applicable to most of the up and comers in the SMW.
Bute throws a lot of punches, and he's got good handspeed, better than Froch's. Maybe not as good one punch power as Froch, but he's got solid power and because he throws a lot he gets a lot of stoppages. Defense is not bad for a guy that's an offensive fighter, skilled fighter overall. I think he'd beat Froch, who's just too easy too hit. Bute's fought pretty good opposition for a guy with less than twenty fights, but its still a bit hard to tell if he's got a real good chin, he's pretty much dominated the fights I've seen him in. Not saying its impossible that Froch could catch him with something big and stop him, but from what I've seen of the two, and I've seen four of Froch's fights, Bute is IMO clearly the better fighter so I'd definitely pick him if it happened.