Froch has many options, he can stay at 168 and fight rematches with Ward/Kessler. H can fight Dawson at 168 or 175 if Dawson wins with Ward. He can fight this guy Stieglitz to unify titles. He can fight a rematch with Direll or Kelly Pavlik. Bute has 2 options, rematch Froch or fight some no hopers to gain confidence back.
LOL! what strategy would that be? Carl froch will keep coming and Bute has a very bad defence speically on the ropes. Same results if Froch turns up 100% :deal
let's be honest if khan can get back from a round 1 ko (out on the floor!!!), then bute can too, esp aa he wasn't actually knocked down and lasted til round 5!! he just needs to work on a few things, maybe hiring ariza would help.......
Cleverly is a good option, and imo Froch would kill Nathan. Froch then has a trinket to entice opponents at SM and LHW. At this point I really don't think anyone can criticize Froch and he really should be thinking about making as much dough as he can and getting out of the game in the next couple of years with his health intact.
I also caught him with an uppercut but it wasn't very strong. He felt it, he smiled back at me, but it wasn't very strong." Froch was walking through everything Bute threw
Still faster than Hopkins, and also I think Hopkins has lost enough in the last few years to really make this fight not very exciting. I want to see Froch fight a guy who wants to knock him out by fighting, not use experience to somehow win enough rounds to get a decision. Hopkins is all about ego and not about boxing. Hopkins is not a top fighter anymore. The intrigue about his age would mean more if he kept winning. But he lost to Dawson and Taylor and Calzaghe in the last few years. I want to see Froch fight maybe Kessler or Ward rematches. move up and fight Dawson or of course the Dawson/Ward winner.
I never thought about Pavlik vs. Froch. Good fight, although at this point Froch has fought a deeper list of fighters than Pavlik.
I see Froch facing Kessler in the UK next.. and winning this time in another close fight. Then Froch-Kessler 3 somewhere for the decider.
Froch would make Pavlik an alcoholic again. I think he'll beat him easier than he beat Bute. Actually Bute should fight Pavlik to regain his confidence, then maybe the rematch in Canada with Froch.
No rematch. Bute needs to build himself back up with some confidence wins back in Canada. Froch rematch with Kessler.
I really think the glaringly obvious choice is no Bute-Froch rematch and a Froch rematch with Kessler.