(Corus Sports - If Lucian Bute had to face Carl Froch, his coach Stéphane Larouche would not be worried. In a CKAC Sports interview, Larouche said he was not impress at all by Froch performance against Jermain Taylor « He is very tough, very strong, but in term of boxing ability, its atrocious. He is not fluid and doesn't have any good combo. He is a amateur boxer, big, tall and strong. He got a really good physical condition, a huge desire to win and he never give up, that's what I was impress about him, but I think that Jermain Taylor was unlucky. Larouche think Froch won only because Taylor was tired late in the fight. Larouche think Bute can handle Froch quite easily. « This guys is tailor made for Lucian. He is big and strong. We just have to stay awake for his big punch, but I dont think he would be able to touch Bute. He has zero mobility. Against Taylor, he was falling up front. He wanted to hit, but he swing and miss a lot. He is not precise. We have to respect Froch strenght and desire to win, but appart from that, he is not impressive » Froch ne toucherait même pas à Bute » - Larouche (Corus Sports)- Si Lucian Bute devait se mesurer à Carl Froch, son entraîneur Stéphan Larouche ne serait nullement inquiété. En entrevue à CKAC Sports, Larouche a déclaré qu’il n’avait pas du tout été impressionné par la performance de Froch dans son combat contre Jermain Taylor. « C’est un gars qui est brut, c’est un boxeur très fort, mais en termes d’habiletés de boxe, c’est pitoyable. En termes de fluidité, il n’a pas de combinaisons. C’est un boxeur amateur gros, grand et fort. Il a une condition physique exceptionnelle, un désir de gagner et de ne pas abandonner qui a été impressionnant, mais je pense que Jermain Taylor a manqué de chance. Jusqu’au huitième round, c’était un combat facile. Après trois ou quatre rounds, ce n’était même pas un combat, c’était une leçon de boxe », affirme Larouche. Selon lui, la victoire de Froch est due à la fatigue de Taylor en fin de combat. Quant à un combat entre Froch et Lucian Bute, Larouche a parfaitement confiance en son protégé. « Ce gars-là est fait sur mesure pour Lucian. Il est gros et fort. Il ne faudrait toutefois pas se faire pincer par ses meilleurs coups de poing, mais je pense qu’il ne pourrait même pas lui toucher. Je pense qu’il a zéro mobilité. Contre Taylor, il tombait par en avant. À un moment, il voulait le frapper, mais il est passé dans le vide. Il n’est pas précis. Il faut respecter sa force et son désir de gagner, mais à part de ça, ce n’est pas impressionnant. »
Larouche has always been a little arrogant. He always likes to talk trash during the press conferences before the fights. It's a big contrast with Bute who's always quiet and respectful.
Larouche comes from Saguenay (a region in the province of Quebec), where people have, let's say, a lot of confidence in themselves. Will Froch respond to that?
Larouche is a *****. Way to arogant and no substance for my tastes. But I'm still waiting for him to ask us why do Bill Gates still make dem motha****in computers.
Larouche = Jack Lowe...They both trash talk for their fighters because Bute and Pavlik are not trash talkers...
Larouche is a freaking ass. I am sick and tired of seeing him as a boxing "expert" every time boxing is shown on RDS. He even had the gall to call the attitude of Andrade and his team as a loser's attitude after they questioned the end of the Bute Andrade bout (No matter what your opinion of this is that comment is unacceptable) BTW this quote is better: « C’est un gars qui est brut, c’est un boxeur très fort, mais en termes d’habiletés de boxe, c’est pitoyable. En termes de fluidité, il n’a pas de combinaisons. C’est un boxeur amateur gros, grand et fort. Il a une condition physique exceptionnelle, un désir de gagner et de ne pas abandonner qui a été impressionnant, mais je pense que Jermain Taylor a manqué de chance. Jusqu’au huitième round, c’était un combat facile. Après trois ou quatre rounds, ce n’était même pas un combat, c’était une leçon de boxe » "pitoyable", "pas de combinaisons" Jeez, he probably said the same thing about Andrade didn't he?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BD5rCPcXJ0 Yeah, Bute is an animal ... he doesn't get tired late on in the fight, no way Froch could ever finish him off like he did Taylor. Yep!
To be fair to Bute, that was probably the only time he got gassed in a fight and was in serious trouble. I'd have to see more of Froch besides the Taylor and Pascal fights to see how he would measure up against Lucien.
I think Froch would beat Bute convincingly. Bute doesn't posses the same speed as Taylor, and this is good for Froch who may be able to turn the fight into a war in the middle rounds. And if the fight turns into a war, there's only going to be one winner. After Froch takes his next mandatory, I hope the fight with Bute gets made. Froch has already publicly expressed a desire for this.
ahah good try :tired. Bute is a better boxer than Taylor. AT least as fast too. I hope this fight happens. I agree with Larouche. He's cocky but he's right.
I don't think you could disagree with anything he said. Froch is strong, he does have great desire and toughness. But he fights like a clown. Gotta say it like it is.
So do I, I think this is one of the easiest fights out there for Froch. Froch stops Bute in about 10.
Froch expressed a desire to fight more on US and Canadian soil before the Taylor fight. No matter what you think of the guy at least he flies across the Atlantic to prove how good he is against top competition.