I have a hard time picking Froch over Bute, but I would make him a very live underdog. Bute would clearly outpoint him, but Froch would certainly have the chance absorb lots of abuse and gut his way to stopping Bute.

Unfortunately for Froch, I think that Andrade's body attack had a lot to do with Bute slowing down enough for Andrade to catch him. Froch isn't the body puncher that Andrade is, though he does some other things much better. Also, Bute has shown that he can punch a little. He KO'd Zuniga pretty quickly and Zuniga takes a pretty good punch.