By Richard Cloutier
According to information obtained by Vincent Morin of 24H, the President of Interbox, Jean Bedard, said Showtime was seriously considering the possibility of staging one of the semi-final bouts of the Super Six tournament in Montreal.
Bedard also confirmed what had been reported Luc Legendre RDS last week, that the fight between Carl Froch and Glen Johnson was very close to taking place March 19 at the Bell Centre. This duel would have been on the same event as the Showtime televised bout, Lucian Bute vs. Brian Magee. However, Froch was suffering from an illness and requested a delay. So now the duel that could eventually be played out during the month of May. According to Jean Bedard, the main co-feature could involve a duel between Adrian Diaconu and Chris Henry. If you recall, this fight will be sanctioned by the WBC and the winner will become mandatory to the world currently held by Jean Pascal.
This is not the first time where a fight in the Super Six is possibly going to land in Montreal. In June 2010, Montreal was among the targeted cities being considered for the third stage bout between Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch. The fight eventually took place in Helsinki, Finland.
Earlier this week, while he was visiting Madison Square Garden in New York to attend the game between the Montreal Canadians and the Rangers, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute had also confirmed that he would face the winner of the Super Six at MSG. This possibility had been raised by Bute and Jean Bedard during the announcement of Bute signing a multi-fight deal with the American network Showtime who is staging the tournament. Lucian Bute has also been named best athlete of Romania for the year 2010, which is the third consecutive year.
