1. On what he will do now: "I want to avoid talking about boxing. I need rest. After a month or month and a half I will return to Montreal. It was a difficult period. It is time for recovery. 2nd fight with Froch is in the contract and he is required to offer it and it will be in Montreal. Or I think it will be there. I will consider all things with my trainer and my staff. I do not know how long it will take until the rematch. It's possible we both take a fight each before it. " 2. On whether he will accept advice from other greats rather than only his entourage: "I do not know. Maybe I'll go to to Leonard Dorin's pub and speak with him. I want to thank the Romanians for being in large numbers in Nottingham and for making their presence felt in the room. Do not lose hope for that I can come back and I'll be stronger. " 3. On what or whom he blames for his defeat: "If I would find excuses? No excuses. I agreed to go there. There were problems in training, but these are part of the sport. I thought I could win. Thing with the foot lasted just several days. I took antibiotics, but that wasn't the problem. Important people were with me. From all areas. I have lived such moments before in my career in amateur boxing matches. There were heavy defeats there and I bounced back. For me it was a hard defeat and for Froch it was a total victory." 4. On whether Interbox will appeal based on Eddie Hearn's misconduct and Froch's rabbit punches? "Absolutely not. How can I appeal? That's not why I lost. It must be said. He won on merit. Next time I will take revenge. He won on merit. I helped him the most. I was surprised. In all rounds he had good punches. In the 4th he surprised me the most. And he cannot be accused of hits after the gong. In the uproar that was there you can hardly hear very well. " 5. On what he did good in the fight: "In the third round I surprised him, I hit him good and that's why he admitted afterwards that he could've been one of my many KO's too. But this was not our strategy. I cannot blame the trainer. My plan was to stay in the center of the ring, to box with him. After the third round I thought I can lure him in the corner to hit him with my left on the counter and finish him. But I failed. " 6. On how it feels not to be a champion any more. "In the past 4 years I returned home with the belt, this time, unfortunately I came without it. Saturday night I lost it. I lost a battle not a war. When will I get it back? We will see. I want to rest now, I need it. It was a hard and long training camp and now I'm tired and need to rest. Seven months had passed since I boxed, but I cannot put the defeat on account of this factor. It was Froch's evening and I must admit that. I was at the final of theSuper Six and I wanted then to fight with the winner. Andre Ward refused and I still don't know why. Then we chose to fight with Froch. I made a proposal to fight in Montreal and he refused. Then I said ok, make me an offer and I'll come to Nottingham. I thought I could win this fight and for this reason I agreed to fight in his home. It was very high pressure, high emotions also, I thought I will win, but unfortunately I chose to stay in the ropes. " 7. On whether he watched the fight himself and other thoughts. "I can not blame my coach at all. Our strategy was different. I did have a few times when I sat in the middle of the ring as was the plan. I wanted to fight him like that and not to brawl with him. I thought I can lure him in the corner to hit him with my left on the counter and finish him. I couldn't bring myself to look at the fight. I have the strength of character to do that, but it makes no sense to find excuses. He won in the ring. Carl Froch won on merit. No one helped him ... maybe I helped him most. Froch kicks like a mule. If I wasn't surprised, I would not have lost. He had very good moments. His blows hurt me. I was confused, unbalanced, stressed, and in the fifth round he clearly dominated me. "
Sounds like he's already seriously considering the rematch. Although.. "It's possible we both take a fight each first" ..probably take another fight after that and just never return to Froch, which would be wise on his part.
Bute is all class. It's true he threw a couple of punches in the 3rd and 4th rounds that would've KD most opponents not named Carl Froch... However,Bute didn't react well everytime he received a punch. It will be hard for him to get his revenge.
That's the tragedy and the irony right there, 2 days ago he was considered by most a potential undisputed SMW champion, now he's viewed as just a classy bum.
Yeah, cuz Lewis did not want to show Rahman he was still the best. Klitschko did not want to show Brewster who the man was. Bute made HUGE mistakes trying to brawl with Froch. He heard the crowd roar and forgot what the **** he was doing. When the dust has settled, and the nuetral experts like Steward, Roach, McGuigan etc come out with their notes on this one, not a one will say that Bute don't have what it takes to beat Froch. Froch was by FAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR the better fighter on 5/26/12. But Sanders was the better fighter in his fight with Wlad. I don't know if Wlad could ever beat Sanders tbh, but there are other paths to greatness for Wlad. Bute NEEDS Froch if he's to get where he wants to be.:deal
Speaking of not having what it takes to beat Froch.. His chin would be a good place to start. Hurt by every punch that landed. Rematch will be no different.
Spot on. His problem doesn't seem to be the chin, but that after he takes several blows, he seems to quickly lose his balance. He starts wobbling. That's because he's never had an A Class fight before. He is not used to being hit, so, when he is hurt, it shows. And it shows too fast. No punch resistance whatsoever in the Froch fight. Interbox is to blame for this. Now, he can bounce back, because the skill still exists. But to do so he must hire a brand new staff and with a brand new promoter. Let Interbox go and start posting flyers: This content is protected
Absolutely top class from Bute, but I've come to expect nothing less from the guy. It's a shame when a good guy like Bute fails, but boxing doesn't care about how nice you are, what charity work you do etc. I'd like to see Lucian bounce back and take the rematch, but I don't see what he can change. Even if he fights more cautiously, he defence is not good enough to avoid being hit for 12 rounds, and every time Frich landed on him he was in trouble.
Good post. The clean shots Froch landed woulda KOd(10counted) many guys like Enzo, Dre Dirrel etc. Bute needs to seek the services of Kronk. Manny Steward or even Teddy Atlas could help him regain his top 5 status.:think
Bute took those shots and never went down. His chin aint the issue. It's his mentality. He's been so used to fighting Blevel guys that he hasn't learned how to adapt to the adversity. Thus, the deer in the headlights look he had going into the instructions.:-(