Lucian Bute vs. Carl Froch: who will win?

[MASTERFUL]

Froch will get outclassed, dominated and KTFO by Bute.

[Tiozzo]

it will be a great fight, shame on the people already bashing this fight

we're talking about a super six finalist, a warrior in Froch VS Bute, it can't get better, and as far as styles are concerned, it's a better fight than Ward VS Bute

Froch will make it tough, but he will walk into Bute's shots, and he won't be able to sustain to many of those, so he will be in retreat mode in the second half of the fight

Bute UD12 Froch

[Khmelnytsky]

I see Bute stopping Froch and shattering his confidence in the process leaving him a broken man.

[Spray_resistant]

I am a big Froch fan and think he can win but he must not get hit as much in this fight as he did against Ward. Lucian has serious power and if Ward had the power he does he would have ko'd Froch.

[JAB5239]

I reserve my rights to hate on any dirty fighter. Regardless of his name being Ward, Hopkins, Peter or Huck.

Nothing personal. Ward is a gentleman outside the ring and looks like the real deal. I just don't like his style between the ropes.

That's fair. What is your opinion on his skills and how good he is at the moment?

[JAB5239]

Reiss is crooked not incompetent, he's actually sharp and doesn't miss anything in the ring.

One of the best examples of Reiss being crooked: Ward hits Kessler off the break, and Reiss smirks and give **** to Kessler! Mikkel looked confused about it and Reiss smirks again.

Reiss kept going over to Kessler's corner between rounds and giving Mikkel **** for no reason other than to confuse him.

You've implied he was on the take, that Ward's camp had a part in this. Im just asking for proof because what you're describing sounds more like bias, which in turn is incompetence since referee's are supposed to be impartial.

[Rome-By-Ko]

War Froch!!!!!!

[*Boss*]

Bute breaks him down and drops him via body shot in the 9th round. Froch corner throw in the towel , Froch retires.

[The Hammer]

To my chagrin, I don't have a copy of that fight on the hard-drive - every copy I've ever found has been of poor quality (maybe I missed a HD copy at some point).

Are there any streaming clips with time-stamps you could provide so that I can see the specific incidents you're referring to? I don't recall anything from Kessler's corner that night or any of the official's facial expressions. I only remember that the head clashes seemed largely unintentional to my eye and that significant damage wasn't caused until the 8th, by which time Ward had already established his dominance.

The HD version is in the stickied HD thread in our videos section.

Watch the behavior of Jack Reiss throughout the fight, I've never seen a ref act so de****ably.

[SWEETSCIENCE100]

Froch is garbage. He cant beat a decent boxer without the judges telling lies on the score card. He telegraphs every punch, he's super slow,he has no defense, and his punching power is over rated. All he has is a good chin. What does Andre Ward,Andre Dirrell,and Kessler have in common? They all beat Froch with ease.