By Rick Reeno
BoxingScene.com has learned that Lou DiBella, promoter for Allan Green, is exploring a possible fight against undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute. With Jermain Taylor refusing to walk away from the Super Six tournament, Green [a Super Six backup] obviously needs an alternate plan. Bute's side, and HBO, would prefer a fight with WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. That possibility is looking more unlikely by the week. Promoter Bob Arum insists that Pavlik is going to remain at 160-pounds for the better of 2010. Arum would like to see Pavlik fight either Paul Williams or WBA champion Felix Sturm - or both. That leaves Bute in the hunt for an opponent.
International matchmaker/agent Don Majeski confirmed that DiBella reached out for a Bute-Green encounter.
"We have had some talks for a fight with Allan Green. We would really like to fight Kelly Pavlik but we've heard that he might stay at middleweight so who knows. We have to see what happens with Pavlik," Majeski told BoxingScene.
