Boxing Worldwide Magazine: 02/03/12 Froch v Bute

Thursday 1 March 2012

02/03/12 Froch v Bute

Rumours have now been confirmed, Carl Froch has got the opportunity to take the IBF super middle weight crown from Romanian born Lucian Bute. The fight has been scheduled for the 26^th may and will be held in Froch’s home town of Nottingham. This is his first fight back home since October 2009. The Cobra walks into this fight after a loss to America’s Andre Ward in December, and will be looking to get his record back on winning ways in May but will have his work cut out against the unbeaten Bute. The self proclaimed ‘Mister KO’ will be defending not only his IBF title for the 10^th time but his 30-0 record, he comes into this fight after a 12 round UD against Glen Johnson in November, Froch who also managed to beat Johnson earlier that year says,

“It’s a dream come true to get this opportunity to become a three-time world champion in my hometown of Nottingham”

For me it’s another dream come true to see Froch back in the ring and against another class act, I cannot remember the last time I watched a Froch fight and was left deflated after being on the edge of my seat for 12 rounds, he never seems to take the easy fight. Wins in the recent super six tournament against the likes of Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham shot Carl Froch into the public eye after he had spent many years trying to just get a televised fight. And with Valiant performances against Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward, he is now amongst the top fighters in the world.

“It’s my goal to fight the best boxers in the super middle weight division” says Bute

And he will, Froch will be out to prove a point to the rest of the world and get straight back in the mix. With talks of a rematch with Kessler, Froch must make sure he gets through this fight and he will probably be fighting for another world title later in the year. I really hope Bute comes to stand toe to toe with Froch and fight, as this is when both boxers produce what they do best. A win for Bute could see him take on Kessler, Pascal or Abraham or even have a chance of winning another world title against the WBC and WBA champion Andre Ward.

I am really looking forward to this and having my favourite British boxer in a world title fight always gets the blood pumping. I’m sure this fight wont disappoint and this could be the start of title winning ways for British fighters this year and the start of Carl Froch’s rise back to the top of the super middle weight division....assuming Andre Ward Steps up to Light heavyweight.

Full interviews can be found here, http://www1.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/7558067/Froch-faces-Bute-test

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Boxing Diary

MARCH

March 2
At Chonburi, Thailand: Wanheng Menayothin vs. Go Odaira, 12 rounds, for Menayothin's WBC strawweight title
March 4
At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): Mike Perez vs. Martin Honorio, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Christian Gonzalez vs. David Rodela, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alexis Rocha vs. Jordan Rosario, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Oscar Negrete vs. Neftali Campos, 8 rounds, junior featherweights; Ivan Delgado vs. Jesus Sandoval, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Rafael Gramajo vs. Sharone Carter, 6 rounds, junior featherweights
At Tampa (Telemundo): Orlando Cruz vs. Romulo Koasicha, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
At Kyoto, Japan: Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Liborio Solis, 12 rounds, for Yamanaka's WBC bantamweight title; Yu Kimura vs. Ganigan Lopez, 12 rounds, for Kimura's WBC junior flyweight title
At Sosnowiec, Poland: Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Valery Brudov, 12 rounds, cruiserweights
March 5
At Washington, D.C. (HBO): Luis Ortiz vs. Tony Thompson, 12 rounds, for Ortiz's WBA interim heavyweight title; Sadam Ali vs. Jessie Vargas, 12 rounds, for vacant WBO welterweight title; Robinson Castellanos vs. Oscar Escandon, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC interim featherweight title; Lamont Roach vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights; Rashidi Ellis vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; D'Mitrius Ballard vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Kevin Rivers Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Zachary Ochoa vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Damon Allen vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Todd Unthank-May vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights
At Bethlehem, Pa. (Showtime): Julian Williams vs. Marcello Matano, 12 rounds, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Antoine Douglas vs. Avtandil Khurtsidze, 10 rounds, middleweights; Tony Harrison vs. Fernando Guerrero, 10 rounds, middleweights; Terrance Williams vs. Anthony Miller, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Joey Dawejko vs. Ytalo Perea, 8 rounds, heavyweights; Ievgen Khytrov vs. Kenneth McNeil, 10 rounds, middleweights; O'Shaquie Foster vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Amir Shabazz vs. Hakeem Atkinson, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Chordale Booker vs. Pat Kehoe, 4 rounds, heavyweights
At Grozny, Russia (AWE): Ruslan Chagaev vs. Lucas Browne, 12 rounds, for Chagaev's WBA "regular" heavyweight title
At Mexico City (beIN Sports Espanol): Antonio Margarito vs. Jorge Paez Jr., 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Cesar Juarez vs. Rex Wao, 10 round, featherweights
At London: Sonny Upton vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior middleweights
At Birmingham, England: Sam Eggington vs. Bradley Skeete, 12 rounds, for Eggington's British and Commonwealth welterweight titles; Kal Yafai vs. Dixon Flores, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Bobby Jenkinson vs. Gamal Yafai, 12 rounds, for Jenkinson's Commonwealth junior featherweight title; Karl Wiggins vs. Ryan Fields, 10 rounds, welterweights; Michael Rooney vs. Marcus Ffrench, 10 rounds, lightweights; Cello Renda vs. Mike Byles, 8 rounds, middleweights; Luke Keller vs. Adam Jones, 6 rounds, middleweights; Jake Ball vs. TBA, 6 rounds, light heavyweights; Zach Parker vs. Jamie Ambler, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Jordan Cooke vs. Lee Connelly, 6 rounds, lightweights; Ryan Kelly vs. Lewis Van Poetsch, , 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Charlie Williams vs. Harvey Hemsley, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At Arras, France: Thomas Masson vs. Angel Moreno, 12 rounds, for Masson's European flyweight title
At Huntington, N.Y.: Cletus Seldin vs. Orlando Vasquez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Luis Franco vs. Tyrone Luckey, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Alan Gotay vs. Bryon Rendon, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Johnny Hernandez vs. Jose Guzman, 6 rounds, lightweights; Tyrone James vs. Neyeine Muang, 4 rounds, welterweights; George Arias vs. James Hammortree, 4 rounds, heavyweights
March 11
At Mexico City (Telemundo): Carlos Ruiz vs. Joel Montes De Oca, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
March 12
At Merida, Mexico (beIN Sports Espanol): Roman "Rocky" Martinez vs. Miguel Berchelt, 12 rounds, for Martinez's WBO junior lightweight title
At Burbank, Calif. (UniMas): Casey Ramos vs. Jonathan Perez, 10 rounds, lightweights; Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Max Becerra, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Miguel Marriaga vs. Adones Aguelo, 8 rounds, featherweights; Guy Robb vs. Carlos Padilla, 8 rounds, junior lightweights; Joe Louie Lopez vs. Liam Vaughn, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Zach Wohlman vs. Lionel Jimenez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Konstantin Kupianskii vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior middleweights
At Las Vegas (CBS Sports Net): Zab Judah vs. Josh Torres, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Jesus Gutierrez vs. Leon Spinks III, 8 rounds, lightweights; Steve Claggett vs. Jeremy Bryan, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Salvador Lopez vs. Fabian Naranjo, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Jeremy Nichols vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Lucis Johnson vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Dakota Walker vs. Cashton Young, 4 rounds, heavyweights
At Liverpool, England: Terry Flanagan vs. Derry Mathews, rematch, 12 rounds, for Flanagan's WBO lightweight title; Paul Butler vs. Sebastian Sanchez, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; Tommy Langford vs. Lewis Taylor, 12 rounds, for vacant Commonwealth middleweight title; Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Jazza Dickens, 10 rounds, junior featherweights; Tom Stalker vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, lightweights; Zolani Tete vs. Jose Santos Gonzalez, 12 rounds, bantamweights; Matty Askin vs. Simon Barclay, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Vijender Singh vs. Alexander Horvath, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Stephen Lewis vs. Marek Laskowski, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Ryan Farrag vs. TBA, 8 rounds, bantamweights; Leon Woodstock vs. TBA, 4 or 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Kevin Satchell vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights; Zelfa Barrett vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights
At Neubrandenburg, Germany: Juergen Braehmer vs. Eduard Gutknecht, rematch, 12 rounds, for Braehmer's WBA "regular" light heavyweight title; Stefan Haertel vs. Tobias Webb, 8 rounds, super middleweights
At Montreal: David Lemieux vs. James De La Rosa, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Steven Butler vs. Sladjan Janjajnin, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Schiller Hyppolite vs. Darnell Boone, 8 rounds, light heavyweights; Simon Kean vs. Oezcan Cetinkaya, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Mian Hussain vs. Tobia Giuseppe Loriga, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Ayaz Hussain vs. Jacek Wylezol, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Mathieu Germain vs. Noel Mejia Rincon, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Batyr Dzhumkebayev vs. Redy Hernandez, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
At Levallois, France: Cedric Vitu vs. Ruben Varon, 12 rounds, for Vitu's European junior middleweight title; Igor Mikhalkin vs. Patrick Bois, 12 rounds, Mikhalkin's for Euopean light heavyweight title
March 15
At Nice, Calif. (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes): Sergey Lipinets vs. Levan Ghvamichava, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs Rafael Vasquez, 10 rounds, featherweights; Kevin Watts vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Leduan Barthelemy vs. TBA, 6 or8 rounds, featherweights
March 18
At Mexico City (Telemundo): "Boxeo Telemundo"
At Philadelphia: Jesse Hart vs. Dashon Johnson, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Victor Vasquez vs. Ramsesis Gil, 6 rounds, lightweights; Ismael Garcia vs. Carlos Garcia, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Scott Kelleher vs. Josue Rivera, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Jerome Conquest vs. Jules Blackwell, 6 rounds, lightweights; Fred Jenkins Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweights; Gledwin Ortiz vs. Greg Jackson, 4 rounds, welterweights; Cassius Chaney vs. TBA, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Mike Reed vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
At Espoo, Finland: Edis Tatli vs. Massimiliano Ballisai, 12 rounds, for Tatli's European lightweight title
March 19
At Houston (UniMas): Juan Diaz vs. Fernando Garcia, 10 rounds, lightweights; Mike Alvarado vs. Saul Corral, 8 rounds, welterweights; Esquiva Falcao vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights
At Boston: Stephen Ormond vs. Marcos Leonardo Jimenez, 12 rounds, lightweights
At Atlantic City, N.J.: Thomas LaManna vs. Kendal Mena, 8 rounds, welterweights; Tommy Rainone vs. Maurice Chalmers, 8 rounds, welterweights; Imamu Mayfield vs. Dan Pasciolla, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Lamont Capers vs. Tracy Johnson, 6 rounds, cruiserweights; Isiah Seldon vs. Michael Mitchell, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Hakim Bryant vs. TBA, 6 rounds, middleweights; Quian Davis vs. Corey Morley, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Caleb Hernandez vs. LeAnthony Fleming, 4 rounds, welterweights; Omar Brito vs. Bienvenido Diaz, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Alvin Vermall vs. Dequan Morgan, 4 rounds, cruiserweights; Darryl Bunting vs. Jason Singletary, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Steven Ortiz vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights
At Kempton Park, South Africa: Hekkie Budler vs. Byron Rojas, 12 round, for Budler's WBA strawweight title
At Copenhagen, Denmark: Micki Nielsen vs. Mirko Larghetti, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Rashid Kassem vs. TBA, 6 or 8 rounds, lightweights
March 22
At TBA (PBC on Fox Sports 1/Fox Deportes): Premier Boxing Champions
March 25
Indio, Calif. (Estrella TV): Antonio Orozco vs. Miguel Acosta, 10 rounds, welterweights; Andrew Cancio vs. TBA, 10 rounds, featherweights; Edgar Valerio vs. TBA, 6 rounds, featherweights; Jason Quigley vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights; KeAndre Gibson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Emilio Sanchez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights; Marco Magdaleno vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Pablo Rubio vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights
At London: Gary Corcoran vs. Danny Butler, 12 rounds, junior middleweights; Tom Baker vs. Jack Morris, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Romeo Romaeo vs. Michal Dufek, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Boy Jones Jr. vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior lightweights; Ediz Hussein vs. TBA, 6 rounds, lightweights; Sammy McNess vs. Danny Little, 4 rounds, junior middleweights; Anthony Yarde vs. Robert Kertesz, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Archie Sharp vs. TBA, 4 rounds, lightweights; Billy Long vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; D.P Carr vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
March 26
At Oakland, Calif. (HBO): Andre Ward vs. Sullivan Barrera, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Joseph Diaz vs. Jayson Velez, 10 rounds, featherweights
At Sheffield, England: Kell Brook vs. Kevin Bizier, 12 rounds, for Brook's IBF welterweight title; Luke Campbell vs. Gary Sykes, 10 rounds, lightweights; Dave Allen vs. Richard Towers, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Andy Townend vs. Craig Poxton, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
At London: Nick Blackwell vs. Chris Eubank Jr., 12 rounds, for Blackwell's British middleweight title; Hughie Fury vs. TBA, 12 rounds, heavyweights

APRIL

April 1
At Washington, D.C. (Spike): Adrien Broner vs. Ashley Theophane, 12 rounds, for Broner's WBA junior welterweight title; Robert Easter Jr. vs. Argenis Mendez, 10 rounds, lightweights; Gervonta Davis vs. Guillero Avila, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Anthony Peterson vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, lightweights; J'Leon Love vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Demond Nicholson vs. TBA, 8 rounds, middleweights; Kareem Martin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Patrick Harris vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Shynggyskhan Tazhibay vs. TBA, 4 rounds, welterweights
At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): Manuel "Tino" Avila vs. Rene Alvarado, 10 rounds, featherweights; Gilberto Gonzalez vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights; Oscar Torres vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan, 6 rounds, welterweights; Tenochtitlan Nava vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At Barcelona, Spain: Juli Giner vs. Guillaume Frenois, 12 rounds, for Giner's European junior lightweight title
April 2
At Port Hueneme, Calif. (UniMas): Francisco Santana vs. TBA, 10 rounds, welterweights; Luis Ramos Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights
At Krakow, Poland (Integrated Sports PPV): Tomasz Adamek vs. Eric Molina, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Mateusz Masternak vs. Eric Fields, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Michael Cieslak vs. Francisco Palacios, 10 rounds, cruiserweights; Andrzej Wawrzyk vs. Marcin Rekowski, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Rafal Jackiewicz vs.Michal Syrowatka, rematch, 10 rounds, welterweights; Ewa Brodnicka vs. Anita Torti, 10 rounds, female lightweights
At Liverpool, England: Hadillah Mohoumadi vs. Callum Smith, 12 rounds, for Mohoumadi's European super middleweight/WBC title eliminator; Rocky Fielding vs. Christopher Rebrasse , 10 or 12 rounds, super middleweights; Scotty Cardle vs. Sean Dodd, rematch, 12 rounds, for Cardle's British lightweight title
At Helsinki, Finland: Robert Helenius vs. Johann Duhaupas, 12 rounds, heavyweights
At Harrow, England: Liam Williams vs. Nav Mansouri, 12 rounds, for Williams' British and Commonwealth junior middleweight titles; George Jupp vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior lightweights; Frank Buglioni vs. TBA, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Vijender Singh vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Sanjeev Singh Sahota vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
April 8
At TBA (Bounce TV): Premier Boxing Champions
At Moscow: Grigory Drozd vs. Ilunga "Junior" Makabu, 12 rounds, for Drozd's WBC cruiserweight title
April 9
At Las Vegas (HBO PPV): Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley Jr., third fight, 12 rounds, welterweights; Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez, 12 rounds, for Abraham's WBO super middleweight title; Oscar Valdez vs. Evgeny Gradovich, 10 rounds, featherweights; Jose Ramirez vs. Manny Perez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Egidijus Kavaliauskas vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Oleksandr Gvozdyk vs. Nadjib Mohammedi, 10 round, light heavyweights; Alexander Besputin vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior middleweight; Devin Haney vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At London: Charles Martin vs. Anthony Joshua, 12 rounds, for Martin's IBF heavyweight title
April 15
At Los Angeles (Estrella TV): "LA Fight Club"
April 16
At New York (PBC on NBC): Errol Spence Jr. vs. Chris Algieri, 10 rounds, welterweights; Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Steve Cunningham, 12 rounds, for Glowacki's WBO cruiserweight title; Marcus Browne vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
At Leeds, England (beIN Sports Espanol, same-day tape): Josh Warrington vs. Hisashi Amagasa, 12 rounds, featherweights; Stuart Hall vs. Rodrigo Guerrero, 12 rounds, IBF bantamweight eliminator
At Las Vegas (CBS Sports Net): "Knockout Night at the D"
At Manila, Philippines: McJoe Arroyo vs. Jerwin Ancajas, 12 rounds, for Arroyo's IBF junior bantamweight title
April 22
At Florence, Italy: Gianluca Branco vs. Leonard Bundu, 12 rounds, for Branco's European welterweight title
April 23
At Inglewood, Calif. (HBO): Gennady Golovkin vs. Dominc Wade, 12 rounds, for Golovkin's WBA/IBF/interim WBC middleweight title; Roman Gonzalez vs. McWilliams Arroyo, 12 rounds, for Gonzalez's WBC flyweight title
At Cebu, Philippines: Nonito Donaire vs. Zsolt Bedak, 12 rounds, for Donaire's WBO junior featherweight title
April 27
At Brisbane, Australia: Jeff Horn vs. Randall Bailey, 12 rounds, welterweights

MAY

May 7
At Las Vegas (HBO PPV):Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan, 12 rounds, for Alvarez's WBC middleweight title; Lucas Matthysse vs. TBA, 10 or 12 round, welterweights

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