Bute's trainer suspicious of Froch's gloves on Saturday night!

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http://sport.hotnews.ro/stiri-alte_s...sa-maniera.htm

Translation:

"Every sportsman has to admit their defeats. A real champion has to know how to lose too. I have a lot to learn from this defeat. It's not the end of the world; I'd like to think that it's not the end of my career. I need peace and quiet, to relax; psychologically it was hard. I need time to recover.

On Saturday night, Carl Froch was better than me. I haven't had the strength to watch tape of the fight again, to analyse what happened. I don't want to do it right now. I want to stay away from boxing for now; talking too much about the fight doesn't help me, right now. I've suffered enough during the fight.

In any area of life, there should be fair-play. Boxing is a sport that teaches you how to act and that you should be as fair as possible. Some people hype up the fight as much as possible, to raise the level of interest in the fight. But outside the ring, we're people; it's just a sports competition. The better fighter has to win in the ring.

A real athlete has to have class, to be able to congratulate his opponent, when he loses. I was favourite to win the fight; most people thought I was going to win fairly easily. I believed that too, but you've seen what happened. It was a very clear victory by Froch! Out of five rounds, I only boxed in one. I was totally dominated. After the first round, I was confident. I told my trainer that Carl was slow and cannot hurt me. But things changed in the second round.

I simply froze. I can't understand how I could have decided to go against the ropes. I've lost control as everyone could see. Then, after every round, I was telling myself I could get back into the fight; I hoped I could! He caught me even though he was slow. I could see what he was doing, but still couldn't react or do something.

I studied Carl Froch a lot; I knew what shots he would throw and how he would fight. Unfortunately, I couldn't implement my gameplan. I've caught him once, as he himself has admitted, and I hoped I could get back into it and that it would be alright. I can't explain what happened.

What really hurts is not that I lost but how badly I lost. It wasn't a points loss and I cannot accept I got beaten so badly. It's not about losing the belt; the way I won it from a champion, I can win it again. My career isn't over yet; I have had to get over hurdles in my career in the past and I managed it.

When I return to Montreal, I'll analyse the fight with my trainer. We will see what happened during the fight. Maybe we won't be able to find an explanation. Maybe Carl just had a very good night and I've had my feet tied together (tied up).

I've heard some people claim that the fight was thrown. What arrangement could there have been between Carl and me? Would I have allowed myself to be hit so many times? If there had been an arrangement, I could have gone down in the first round. I prepared myself to win, not to lose. I am hurt by these nasty insinuations, that's why I won't watch TV. I am sorry that the people who criticise me of such things would do so without knowing me at all; they've never even spoken once with Lucian Bute - the man."