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Bute vs Froch Won't Happen in April, Froch Looking For Homecoming Bout Instead
Despite the claims by both sides that they wanted to make an April 14 fight, and that they'd do it with or without backing in the U.S. from Showtime, a Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch fight appears to be off the table for now. Froch will instead focus on returning home, as he told Sky Sports (via Phil D....
Baby, Even the Losers: Saluting Some of Boxing's Best Who Fell Short in 2011
James Foley is back at Bad Left Hook this morning to take another look back at 2011, this time discussing some of the "losers" whose reputations went up after courageous performances, robberies on the scorecards, or just a great fight. There's one thing that disqualifies anyone from the...
Andre Ward and the Rest of the Super Six: Who Are We? Where Are We Going?
Now that the Super Six World Boxing Classic is in the past, let's take a look at the eight competitors, what we've learned about them in the last two years, and where they go from here. Andre Ward What We Learned: We learned that Ward (25-0, 13 KO) is the best super middleweight in the world, a...
Ward vs Froch: Lucian Bute, Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and More Pick the Fight
ANDRE DIRRELL "My sense is going toward Ward. I believe Ward will win it - not just because he is a smart fighter but because when it's time to battle, he knows how to battle. But ultimately, his smarts come into play. He knows how to handle these fighters. It's almost like he dissects them. He's...
James Kirkland, Alfredo Angulo, Lucian Bute and More: The Weekend Report Card
Nick Foxx joins the Bad Left Hook staff today with what will become a regular feature here on the site, as he looks back at the weekend that was, breaking down and grading the performances of the top fighters in action. James Kirkland: Kirkland emerged from Saturday's medieval slugfest as The Man...
Bute vs Johnson: Glen Johnson's Habit of Complaining Becoming Ridiculous
Last night in Quebec City, Lucian Bute cruised past Glen Johnson with a near-shutout victory on the scorecards. There isn't a lot more to say about the boring, one-sided decision than we said last night, but there is more to say about something that happened after. After the fight, Glen Johnson...
Bute vs Johnson Results: Lucian Bute Coasts to Uneventful Near-Shutout Decision
The belief is that when friends fight, often times they lack the passion to fight with bad intentions. Whether or not that was the case tonight with Lucian Bute and Glen Johnson is up for debate, but what's not up for debate is that Bute's relatively easy, near-shutout unanimous decision victory...
Bute vs Johnson: Live Results and Round-By-Round Coverage
Tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on Showtime (U.S.), BoxNation (U.K.) and Bell PPV (Canada, $59.95 (!)), Lucian Bute will defend his IBF super middleweight title against veteran Glen Johnson. In the co-feature, junior welterweights Pier Olivier Cote and Jorge Luis Teron will do battle. Bute (29-0, 24 KO) is...
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