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Lucian Bute and Allan Green have begun negotiations for a fight this summer. Nice to see something's actually happening after Allan Green called him out. A source close to the Bute camp says that they're looking at a July 10 date on Showtime. The fight would either be in Montreal or Quebec City.

It's nice to see that Showtime is taking a major interest in the super middleweight division. While the top of the division isn't necessarily as strong as welterweight or lightweight, there's a ton of depth in the division and a lot of great fights that could be made. Rumor also has it that Showtime is considering putting together a tournament for the weight class, but those things are usually too hard to pull off for it to actually ever happen.

In other SMW news, Carl Froch has now turned his attention to calling out Mikkel Kessler, saying he'd throw down in Denmark. What the man lacks in brains, he makes up in balls.

Update: Now Dan Rafael is reporting that Bernard Hopkins wants a piece of Froch, in England, at 168. Color me skeptical. Frankly, if Hops is willing to make a fight against Froch, who's not a draw even in the UK, then it pretty much means he's avoiding Dawson, since a Hopkins-Dawson fight would generate a LOT more TV revenue than Hopkins-Froch. Hops can talk all he wants to, but his threats to Adamek proved to be a lot of hot air, and I wouldn't give much credence to this claim either.

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Am not sure its that ballsy when he knows that Kessler can’t legally fight at the moment anyway, but like a lot he says, it sure sounds good…

by BrianBrock on Apr 30, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He can legally fight

And Palle is still making him fights, just they’re crap fights until he gets them resolved. He has a fight scheduled though. If a good enough offer is on the table, neither of them is dumb enough to pass it up.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Apr 30, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopkins

Dan Rafael is also reporting that Hopkins wants a piece of Froch. If Hopkins wouldn’t even offer decent terms to Adamek, I’d hate to see what he offers Froch. Anyway, GBP said they’d be willing to go to England for the fight (I’ll believe that one when I see it too – Hopkins has left the US once in his career and all he had to show for it was a disputed draw), and that the fight would be for Froch’s title at 168.

BTW, I also read a recent interview with Adamek saying he wasn’t even offered $500k by Hopkins, and that he might have taken a $500k offer.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Apr 30, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

When is Hopkins name dropping going to actually get him in the ring?

"Pay me some respect..im a fucking war hero"- Random American tourist in Dam.

by dinkman on Apr 30, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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