Was anyone else suprised to see Lucien Bute outside of Canada?

Whoever the winner of the Super Six is, Andre Ward-Carl Froch, they've watched Lucian Bute and Jean Pascal get special treatment in Canada, so believe their going to mention it in negations. Any fighter aside from a mandatory challenger that chooses to fight Bute in Canada is a fool, plain and simple, and the two men in the Super Six are smart enough to recognize that.