Lucian Bute reacts after losing in a fight for Super Middleweight IBF world championship against James DeGale, in Quebec City, on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015.Bute sees an upcoming four-man tournament as a chance to regain the super-middleweight title. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

MONTREAL - If Canada's Lucian Bute can beat Badou Jack, he'll get either Chunky or Porky for dessert.

Since he's already lost once to Chunky, he may prefer to try Porky.

But first, Bute (32-3) has to take down World Boxing Council champion Jack (20-1-1) on April 30 at The Armory in Washington, D.C. The same fight card has James (Chunky) DeGale (22-1) , the International Boxing Federation title holder, against Rogelio (Porky) Medina (36-6).

The winners meet in a title unification bout later this year, making the fight card a kind of mini-tournament for 168-pound supremacy. The Ring magazine rates DeGale and Jack as the world's top two super-middleweights.

"It's a big opportunity for me to become world champion for a second time," Bute, who held the IBF belt from 2007 to 2012, said on a conference call Tuesday. "If I win, I'll have the chance to unify the belts, but I'm only focused on this fight."

Bute was all-but written off after losing his title by a crushing knockout to Briton Carl Froch in 2012 but got back into the title picture with a solid showing against DeGale in Quebec City on Nov. 28, losing a close decision.

DeGale, from Hertfordshire, England, would rather fight 32-year-old Jack, but would settle for a rematch with 36-year-old Bute.

"I don't really want to fight Lucian Bute again," said DeGale, 30. "I already fought him and I beat him.

"I want to fight a new world champion and that's Badou Jack. I think it will be a fantastic fight. But if Bute wins I'll do it again, but this time in London."

DeGale sees Bute-Jack as a close match.

"Bute's not a finished fighter," he said. "He showed that against me.

"Edge: Badou Jack, but it wouldn't surprise me if Bute pulls it off."

Including the setback to Froch, Bute has lost three of his last five fights, but he had been mostly inactive until taking on Howard and Otis Grant as his trainers last year. Now the Montreal fighter dreams of being world champion again with a more aggressive style in the ring.

Jack, a Swede fighting out of the United States, beat Anthony Dirrell for the WBC belt a year ago and defended it in September with a split decision win over top-10 ranked George Groves. With 12 knockouts in 22 pro fights, it's likely the bout with the southpaw Bute will go the 12-round distance.

The blemish on Jack's record in a first-round loss in 2014, when Derek Edwards caught him with a big right 1:01 into the first round. Jack called it a lucky punch.

Jack also stopped Medina in six rounds in a 2013 meeting, but the Mexican is an all-or-nothing puncher who rarely goes the distance. Medina has 30 wins by knockout, including his win in May over Samuel Miller.

DeGale won the vacant IBF title with a win by decision over the other Dirrell brother, Andre, last May in Boston before defending it against Bute. It will be his third straight fight on the road.

"I'm used to it," said DeGale. "I won my (2008) Olympic gold medal away from home.

"I won my world title away. I'm ready to go anywhere to prove I'm the best. But I want the unification bout in London in front of my people."

He doesn't see Medina as a difficult opponent.

"I do like making predictions," he said. "I say within six rounds I'm going to stop Medina."

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