Comments Thread For: Carl Froch: Lucian Bute Made a Big Mistake Coming Here!

Bute has been lucky since the first fight with Librado to not face anyone that forces him to fight.Not true. In boxing it is called a big left hand. How can a fighter "force him" when they are being counted out?????? Both Andrade and Miranda did that and each ate a KO punch instead. Froch has to survive early to come on late.

I agree with Carl. Bute did make a big mistake by going to Nottingham to fight him.

Man i hope i can watch this fight. I know its on EPIX but i dont have that and dont know how to get it. :thinking: Any streams showing the fight? Go to the Epix web page and sign up for a two week free preview and you can watch it there.

Froch has the stamina & style to destroy Bute (in a late fight rally). He's bigger than Andrade, stronger, far more refined inside his style. Bute has been lucky since the first fight with Librado to not face anyone that forces him to fight. Froch has that ability. I guarantee if Froch keeps coming & forces Bute to fight all night, he stops Bute late. It'll look something like Margarito-Cotto 1 if Froch comes out blazing. I'll know by the 1st couple rounds whats gonna happen. If Froch sets the pace, Bute will fold. If Froch tries to box from the outside he'll get picked apart. I favor Froch slightly because he's tried & true on the elite level, Bute, not so much. Froch is much smaller than Andrade. He weighs 170 between fights. About Margarito-Cotto, what's your point? If Froch has plaster in his gloves, he may win, of course. If Bute comes in with a baseball bat, I'm confident he'll win too.

awww helll nahhhh they gonna rob my man bute!!!!!!! bute better kill this mofo these snakes aint gonna let froch lose!!!! :boxing: remember the dirrell fight bute you gotta destroy this punk!!

Man i hope i can watch this fight. I know its on EPIX but i dont have that and dont know how to get it. :thinking: Any streams showing the fight? http://myp2p.pe/ there u go Bro im gona watch it on that make sure to go on other sports section on the website they will stream it come fight time

Man i hope i can watch this fight. I know its on EPIX but i dont have that and dont know how to get it. :thinking: Any streams showing the fight?

Just please dont rob him I doubt it will be anywhere near close enough even for a robbery

First off why does Froch think that the Ward fight was close!?? LOL that fight was a complete shut out cuz style makes fight and Ward style just dont match with Froch's style. The truth is AA was Froch's best performance and it was a great showcase i take nothing away from him he showed he has good boxing ability rather than b the cobra which he is famous for cuz of hes seek and destroy style. He looked good against AA was becuz AA has a very low skill level and he comes in straight lines..AA is very strong but he is also very slow and Froch even being slow himself has good footwork to keep off AA off him and put that hard jab in hes face. AA style is made to order for Froch once again style's make fights and AA style is best suited for Froch. But what i dont get is when he lost to Ward they say he was not himself/bad night WTH is that LOL!?? the only reason Froch lost that fight was cuz Ward is too skilled for him.Ward's skill level is one of the highest in boxing and in that fight he was way too fast too good Defence and Offence. Wards style is a horrible match up against froch cuz Froch is not quick enough in foot and hand speed for for froch to keep up and its not like Froch has incredible Defencive skillz either he Leaves him self Wide open for Counter after Counter and even when he is in the center of the ring he is very hitable. Again this fight is the Same thing Froch against a Fighter than can Box and who is very slick has range accurate and is a great counter puncher to the body and head.and unlike Ward Bute Can end the fight at anytime the guy is a Brutal Pucher. I have given Froch hes just Due the guy is a Great fighter he is a great athlete and he has a Heart of a Lion but this match up doesnt favor him even though its at he home. BUTE by KO before the 10th round.

Froch had a bad night against Ward he's going to have another bad night against Bute to hopefully he doesn't get robbed he needs to dominate from start to finish so that won't happen

I have tons of respect for froch cause he always brings it and always wants to fight the top op, but he is simply outclassed by bute, though i think carl will have some good rounds, ultimately bute will win. whether or not bute will get the actual W in nottingham (if it goes to the cards), well thats another story...

He's probably going to get robbed like Andre Dirrell was. On a serious note, I love the people saying "Froch didn't look himself against Ward". Did it ever occur to anyone that he looked like that because he was clearly and thoroughly out classed by a better fighter????

Bute is underrated and Froch is overrated and I believe this will be proved this Saturday night.

Froch has the stamina & style to destroy Bute (in a late fight rally). He's bigger than Andrade, stronger, far more refined inside his style. Bute has been lucky since the first fight with Librado to not face anyone that forces him to fight. Froch has that ability. I guarantee if Froch keeps coming & forces Bute to fight all night, he stops Bute late. It'll look something like Margarito-Cotto 1 if Froch comes out blazing. I'll know by the 1st couple rounds whats gonna happen. If Froch sets the pace, Bute will fold. If Froch tries to box from the outside he'll get picked apart. I favor Froch slightly because he's tried & true on the elite level, Bute, not so much.

Last fight this bitter man kept yapping on about POWER, POWER, POWER, now the fool is hopping in this LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION nonsense. Focus on your gameplan and not on fool's gold.

Froach lost to Ward for the same reason that he is going to loose against Bute; simply because they both are bettter boxers than him. You could say that about every boxer Froch has faced in major bouts, he loses almost every fantasy fight, but not so much in the ring. It's 'Froch', 'lose' and 'better' btw, you must be posting with predictive text or something.

Froach lost to Ward for the same reason that he is going to loose against Bute; simply because they both are bettter boxers than him.

So Froch didn't have any trouble boxing away from home when he dominated AA but had an off night when fighting Ward in away from home. The reality is he boxed v well fighting a guy ideally suited to his style - Froch with his long arms and reach dominated a static AA that walks straight forward not throwing punches with his guard held high. But against a real slick, smart versatile and defensive fighter he got shown up and dominated himself. Nothing to do with the location and everything to do with the ability of the fighters he was fighting. Froch had fought away from home often - so it wasn't anything new - even boxing in the exact same American town against Johnson in the semi-finals. Bute, on the other hand - will be very interesting to see what happens. First time in a big fight away from home and British fans are very noisy - is he the real deal or will he cave. I think Bute will struggle both with the atmosphere and Froch and I think Froch will stop him or win fairly comfortably. If Bute wins - I'll admit i called this one and him wrong but at the moment i think he's all hype - and Froch who's been at elite level will prove so on Saturday night.

Froch didn't look himself in the Ward fight, he started very slow and only got going in the latter part of the fight. It could be because Ward was too fast for him in the early part of the fight and only when Ward slowed down could Froch be effective. I don't know for sure. Was he homesick, was that just a slow start to the night or was Ward really just naturally too fast in the early part of the fight? Bute should help determine the answers.

froch boxed exactly as he always does, just ward was capable of exposing every last one of his horrible technical flaws. however froch has other great strengths that the vast majority of boxers cannot deal with well enough and that make up for those flaws. from what i have seen of bute i reckon he's got a good chance to beat froch based on skill, but it'll be closer than froch vs ward.