It's news to me. I heard he was having trouble trying to find a tall southpaw for sparring. Maybe he should ask Calzaghe for a schooling :bbb
I think Bute could be very helpful, but also completely unlikely that they would spar. Joe is just too awkward to be of use as sparring.
sparring joe wouldnt really be helpful for direll fight and joe wouldnt help him neway. I think froch is smart becuz he's got good connections with top fighters like kessler and it wouldnt suprise me if him and bute are friends who offered to help each other
I doubt Bute would help him now because I'm sure they think they might eventually fight each other. It's possible though.
Last time I heard about Bute, last week, he was coming back from Romania and had some extra weight to lose. He was in Montreal then (last Tuesday).
This is plausable guys - who's better for Bute to train with for his Andrade rematch than Froch? And Bute would be the perfect southpaw with speed for Froch to train vs Dirrell. Froch isn't afraid of people learning his style he's already sparred with Pascal. this is very poissible imo.
Froch sparred with Pascal after their fight, not before. Beside, Froch is not the same type of boxer than Andrade.