Story Closed: 29/05/2012
(SATURDAY NIGHT BOXING)
(Posted: 22 May 2012)
(Event begins: 26/05/2012, 22:00)
Carl Froch needs to drag Lucien Bute into a war if he is to snatch the IBF super-middleweight crown on May 26 in Nottingham, according to Joe Calzaghe.
Froch was outclassed in his last bout, surrendering the WBC crown to Andre Ward, but has bounced straight into a world-title showdown against unbeaten Romanian/Canadian Bute.
Pundits have struggled to split them: Bute is yet to taste defeat, while Froch has consistently been in with a higher level of opposition - so the feeling is that the partisan Nottingham crowd could make the difference for the challenger.
And Calzaghe, who retired from boxing in 2009, is thinking along similar lines, urging Froch to turn the contest into a real tear-up.
