Froch and Bute agree in principle to a Unification Fight

[Tam Seddon]

Potentially, but Froch and Bute will be there in the way

[pacman79]

Potentially, but Froch and Bute will be there in the way

I think if he gets his arse in gear he beats both

[Tam Seddon]

Hes not fought once this year, not showing great signs of hunger like Froch and Bute. At the end of the day he is beatable and its been proven, I wouldnt be him as a favourite by any means against either man to be honest. Hes just another highly ranked 168 fighter who needs to prove himself, like all of them do. I did about about a year ago showing the importance of this weight class, and slowly but surely it's showing that it will be the most exciting. If he stays with that promotion team he honestly won't be fighting any top ranked fighter for a while.

[pacman79]

Hes not fought once this year, not showing great signs of hunger like Froch and Bute. At the end of the day he is beatable and its been proven, I wouldnt be him as a favourite by any means against either man to be honest. Hes just another highly ranked 168 fighter who needs to prove himself, like all of them do. I did about about a year ago showing the importance of this weight class, and slowly but surely it's showing that it will be the most exciting. If he stays with that promotion team he honestly won't be fighting any top ranked fighter for a while.

Good point,hopefully he will get a new promoter soon

[Tam Seddon]

Until that point im not even saying this from a bias perspective, Carl is the number 1 ranked figher at 168, and if he beats Bute that definatly cements that position. Kessler cant live off a losing performance to JC, win 2 comeback fights and be so inactive. Carl has done more and proven hes the best by knocking out JT. I hope Kessler does get in the mix, hes a good solid fighter who brings a lot to the table, but as a boxing fan I am aware that he really doesnt have the grasp at number 1 anymore post JC fight

[pacman79]

Until that point im not even saying this from a bias perspective, Carl is the number 1 ranked figher at 168, and if he beats Bute that definatly cements that position. Kessler cant live off a losing performance to JC, win 2 comeback fights and be so inactive. Carl has done more and proven hes the best by knocking out JT. I hope Kessler does get in the mix, hes a good solid fighter who brings a lot to the table, but as a boxing fan I am aware that he really doesnt have the grasp at number 1 anymore post JC fight

You have made some good points and if Froch beats Bute he would be the main man.
Kessler would need to beat him to retake top spot

[TheDemolitionDan]

IMO these two are the best in the division and it should be a good one. I think Bute though will be too much for Froch and will win by a wide UD...if this fight does come through.

[iwng100]

This is really tremendous, I’m more than pleased, I mean any fight between Bute, Froch and Kessler is what we, the boxing fans, expect; we all wish to see the best fight in every weight class (Pavlik- Abraham, Dawson-Hopkins, etc.) and this one is one of them.
I favor Bute in this one but being his fan I could be subjective of course.

[Rantcatrat]

Hes not fought once this year, not showing great signs of hunger like Froch and Bute. At the end of the day he is beatable and its been proven, I wouldnt be him as a favourite by any means against either man to be honest. Hes just another highly ranked 168 fighter who needs to prove himself, like all of them do. I did about about a year ago showing the importance of this weight class, and slowly but surely it's showing that it will be the most exciting. If he stays with that promotion team he honestly won't be fighting any top ranked fighter for a while.

It is arguable that Kessler, Bute, and Froch to a lesser extent have already proven themselves. Kessler has wins for Mundine, Beyer, and Andrade. Bika has wins over Andrade, Bika, and Zuniga. Froch has wins over Taylor and Pascal.

[Tam Seddon]

Hes not fought once this year, not showing great signs of hunger like Froch and Bute. At the end of the day he is beatable and its been proven, I wouldnt be him as a favourite by any means against either man to be honest. Hes just another highly ranked 168 fighter who needs to prove himself, like all of them do. I did about about a year ago showing the importance of this weight class, and slowly but surely it's showing that it will be the most exciting. If he stays with that promotion team he honestly won't be fighting any top ranked fighter for a while.

It is arguable that Kessler, Bute, and Froch to a lesser extent have already proven themselves. Kessler has wins for Mundine, Beyer, and Andrade. Bika has wins over Andrade, Bika, and Zuniga. Froch has wins over Taylor and Pascal.

The only proven 168 fighter is JC, he did it all and got out of there after that win over Kessler. At that time Kessler was number 2, but with him losing that fight hes again got to prove himself. He might have had wins under his belt, but by no means was his wins comparable to JC's. I dont believe that; Froch, Kessler, Bute, Andrade or Ward have proven themselves YET. But with fights like Froch-Bute, thats clearying up the weight class, thats proving whos the real man of the weight class like JC did. Until that point I see them as outstanding fighters, all needing to prove who is the best again. JC's reign is over, its there for the taking and I honestly think Carl Froch is going to fill this void, he has the hunger and desire a true champion needs and I think he will be too much for Bute.