Bute targets Froch; Showtime not thrilled

Report and photo by Karl Freitag

InterBox announced today that, due to the unavailability of WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward due to an injury, IBF Super middleweight champion Lucian Bute wants to fight Super Six finalist Carl Froch on April 14 even though SHOWTIME (whom Bute is under contract to) “does not share the same vision or enthusiasm” in the fight. InterBox president Jean Bedard stated that they will pursue a Bute-Froch fight with or without a U.S. TV network. “We have to do everything in our power to make the fight with Froch,” said Bedard, “we owe this fight to our fans, who have been supporting us and following Lucian’s career since the very beginning.” Bedard added that SHOWTIME’s preference for Bute was to match him with Andre Dirrell.

January 27th, 2012

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