Bute's ranked No. 2 in top 10 SMW Ring Magazine .....

Super Middleweight
Limit: 168 pounds

CHAMPION: Andre Ward
Country: USA
Record: 25-0-0 (13 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: C | Last Week: C | Weeks On List: 173
Title: RING, WBC, WBA

1 - Carl Froch
Country: United Kingdom
Record: 29-2-0 (21 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 1 | Last Week: 1 | Weeks On List: 325
Title: IBF

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Country: Romania
Record: 30-1-0 (24 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 2 | Last Week: 2 | Weeks On List: 334

Thomas Oosthuizen
Country: South Africa
Record: 20-0-1 (13 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 3 | Last Week: 3 | Weeks On List: 69
Title: IBO

Arthur Abraham
Country: Armenia
Record: 35-3-0 (27 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 4 | Last Week: 4 | Weeks On List: 150
Title: WBO

Robert Stieglitz
Country: Russia
Record: 42-3-0 (23 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 5 | Last Week: 5 | Weeks On List: 158

Sakio Bika
Country: Cameroon
Record: 30-5-2 (21 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 6 | Last Week: 6 | Weeks On List: 282

George Groves
Country: United Kingdom
Record: 15-0-0 (12 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 7 | Last Week: 7 | Weeks On List: 52

Andre Dirrell
Country: US
Record: 20-1-0 (14 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 8 | Last Week: 8 | Weeks On List: 32

Edwin Rodriguez
Country: Dominican Republic
Record: 21-0-0 (14 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 9 | Last Week: 9 | Weeks On List: 17

Adonis Stevenson
Country: Canada
Record: 18-1-0 (15 KOs)
Ranking: This Week: 10 | Last Week: 10 | Weeks On List: 8


After the rematch with Froch he will return to No. 1 SMW rank . :yep

 

Bute will regain his IBF belt, winning fair&square the rematch against Froch then he will move at LHW where he will fight Pascal. :yep

 

basically you're right :yep Abraham struggled against Stieglitz but he won very close that fight. His punches were more effective.

At SMW for Bute are only 2 names for Bute : Froch and Ward. With Froch will fight next year and with Ward probably as well next year but mostly it will depend on what he will do in the rematch with Froch.

 

well , if Bute will win this rematch and Ward will blatantly continue to duck him or put some conditions like to fight with Dirrell / fight in Okeland atsch , the normal way for Bute is to go up at LWH where is a big, big payday fight i.e the fight with Pascal in Canada.

Personally I'd like to see Bute fighting with Ward due their style. Bute next to Andre Dirrell are the only guys from SMW division that have a good chance to defeat Ward.:yep

 

At least Bute showed some balls and heart. He fought with a top-tough SMW fighter in his home turf , didn't quit to the fight and now he's willing to fight again with this guy and avenge his loss. What is not to like about this type fighter ???????

Not to mention that he was willing to fight with Ward in his hometown ! :yep

 

You'll be very surprised on how well Bute will manage against Froch in rematch ! :yep