No Easy Way Out: Carl Froch demolishes Lucian Bute in 5

IBF super middleweight champion Lucian 'Le Tombeur' Bute came to Nottingham to prove something, and he did. Unfortunately, it was not the result that he wanted to be, as Carl "The Cobra' Froch laid waste to whatever aspirations Bute had as he demolished him in stunning fashion en route to a 5th round knockout in the 12-round championship fight.

Carl Froch's lethal hands proved to be the difference as he attacked the champion right from the opening bell. The bombs were just too much for Lucian Bute to evade as the erstwhile champion absorbed salvo after salvo of the challenger's hard punches with nary a sign of defense in the loss. It was an old-school beating that Carl Froch administered to Lucian Bute, to say the least.

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No Easy Way Out: Lucian Bute throws himself into the snake pit with Carl Froch

Since turning professional in 2003, Lucian 'Le Tombeur' Bute, the Romanian-Canadian IBF super middleweight champion fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, has compiled an impressive record on paper of 30 wins in 30 profesional fights, 24 of which coming inside the distance.

Since becoming a champion in 2007, he has defended his belt 9 times, including a 2011 unanimous decision win over Glen 'The Road Warrior' Johnson, the only marquee name on his resume.

Lucian Bute packs a wallop in both fists and surely knows his way inside the ring. His fights are always action-packed and not wanting in drama: his 11th round TKO victory over Colombian Alejandro Berrio to become the IBF super middleweight titleholder and only the third Romanian professional boxing champion, the way he demolished the clowning Edison "Pantera" Miranda in three rounds, his controversial UD win against Librado Andrade in their first fight and the manner he dismantled him in 4 rounds in the rematch, all these just to give us a glimpse of the man's promise as a prizefighter.

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