Froch: The winner of S6 will be matched up with the IBF champion Lucian Bute

I think people are ruling Bute out bigtime. I could foresee Froch beating Ward then getting beaten by Bute. He's no joke.

 

you shouldn't have said that. prepare for war now,the hate trolls are coming !

 

Be great if this actually happens. The last paragraph provides a key to all of it though - location. For my money, the Super Six winner becomes the key stakeholder in the division, and thus gets to dictate location.

:bbb

 

Feels kind of like an easy way to be 168 king for bute, imo he needs to fight kessler first if hè beats johnson before hè deserves a shot.

 

Thanks for posting the link, mate. That's great and all, but I didn't read past the date on the link - May, 2009! The siutation is a little different 2 1/2 years on.

To be fair, that doesn't have much relevance other than they were talking about a potential fight in the UK. Can you explain the relevance here?

I'm suggesting that the winner of the Super Six gets to dictate location - do you agree? Whether Ward or Froch wins, they should be in the drivers seat for negotiations as the anointed Number 1.

:good

 

i love how Froch refuses to acknowledge the WBO. he only recognises 3 belts.

 

The winner of the Super Six is the best SMW in the world and should most definately have the choice of where the fight takes place.

If Froch wins, the fight should be in Nottingham and no questions asked. He's had 1 fight at world level in his hometown against Dirrell and the rest have been defences in foreign countries. He more than deserves a fight in his hometown, refusal should be acknowledged as an insult. Having said that, Froch would not be the kind of person to let venue hinder his claim to be the undisputed SMW champ and for the sake of the fans, would happily concede to a neutral venue or even Canada.

Ward is perhaps less deserving of fighting in his hometown because he's had all his Super 6 bouts in Oakland, but between him and Bute, Ward would be by far the more accomplished champion and should have the decision. A neutral venue would perhaps be more fitting for this fight, but for Bute to push for Canada would be unjust given his track record of fighting lesser competition.

 

the only way for the winner of the S6 to prove he is better than Bute is by fighting him or by Bute having some completely **** performance against someone else.

 

Making a tournament without the number 2 of the division (at the time) is unfair. Showtime recognized it in signing Bute.

Kessler could jave fought Bute but his promoter decided to take another path. I suspect Sauerland will let Bure take the first shot. That way, Kessler could face the winner. He would have only 1fight to make to be the undisputed champ.

 

I have nothing against bute, just think it would be more fair if he fights kessler and the winner fights the s6 winner who can heavy an easy stay busy fight after all those hard fights. then the winner would own all the belts in the division and it would be the most fair outcome for everyone and an ideal scenario for the division imo.

 

sounds like a good plan but can showtime drum up enough interest in Bute vs Kessler?

 

They should be able to, bute is pretty popular in Canada I think and kessler is in Denmark, only problem would be where the fight would take place.
Both guys are in the top 5 of 168 for sure so there should be enough interest in matching the winner with the s6 winner.