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May 26 2012
Saturday

Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, United Kingdom

12 round contest @ Super Middleweight
Carl Froch
Froch
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30-0-0
TKO 5
TKO 5
28-2-0

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Belts on The Line

IBF World Super Middleweight Championship

The tape

32
Age
35
6' 2" / 187 cm
Height
6' 1" / 185 cm
72" / 183 cm
Reach
75.2" / 191 cm
Southpaw (L)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Tape record

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Form
UDMDUDUDSD
30
Wins
28
0
By KO
0
0
KO%
0
0
Loses
2
0
Draws
0
2003
Debut
2002

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Lucian Bute vs Carl Froch report


Who won Bute vs Froch?

Carl Froch beat Lucian Bute by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, May 26th, 2012, at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 kg).

This contest was for the IBF super middleweight championship of the world.

Bute vs Froch stats

Back in May 2012, Lucian Bute stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Carl Froch made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Lucian Bute was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Bute had a height advantage of 1 inch over Froch. Despite this, Froch had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Lucian Bute fought out of the southpaw stance, while Carl Froch was an orthodox fighter.

Bute's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Froch's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2003, 1 year and 8 months later than Froch, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, totaling 255 compared to Froch's 248.

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What time did Bute vs Froch start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM BST at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

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Result

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Bute

Carl

Froch

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Round 1

Bute
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Froch
Fight Finished Early

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Winner announced as

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Lucian Bute

Carl Froch

108

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