Carl Froch Knocks Out Bute In Round 5

Carl Froch Knocks Out Bute In Round 5

Carl Froch takes Lucian Bute to school and stops him in the 5th round. This was a seriously one sided fight. Bute was completely exposed, he was getting caught with barrages of huge shots far too often. Froch seemed harder to hit then Bute thought he would be. Froch outboxed the superior boxer. Bute's punch resistance wasn't there and it seemed as if every time Froch landed punches Bute was in trouble. Bute was rocked in the 3rd round and it looked like the fight might be over then and there, but Bute did show some heart and did try to fight back. He managed to clear his head, tie up, and get through the round.

After the 3rd round scare for Bute, a knockout win by Froch seemed imminent. Again in the 4th round, Bute was battered all over the ring. Every time Carl Froch opened up with power shots Bute was rocking and rolling all over the place. He just could not handle the sheer power of Carl Froch's punches. In the 5th round Carl's corner must have told him not to let Bute off the hook and just go for it. So he did. Carl Froch let it all hang out and totally smashed a dazed Bute with some very clean, full force punches that rocked Butes head all the way back. The referee had seen enough and called an end to the contest. Carl Froch is the new IBF world champion. There is a rematch clause in the contract so Froch will most probably have to go to Canada for the rematch.

An excellent performance by Carl Froch.