Super Six World Boxing Classic

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http://sports.sho.com/world-boxing-classic.html

Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KOs)
Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs)
Mikkel Kessler (42-1, 32 KOs)
Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs)
Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs)
Andre Dirrell (18-0, 13 KOs)

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Starts October 17th on Showtime

Carl Froch (25-0, 20 KOs) vs Andre Dirrel (18-0, 13 KOs)

Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KOs) vs Jermain Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs)

http://sports.sho.com/sswbc/events/abraham-taylor-froch-dirrell-oct-17-2009.html

Froch vs. Dirrell and Abraham vs. Taylor Oct. 17th
By Al Bernstein
One of the many charms of the Super Six World Boxing Classic is that no matter how you match the six tournament entrants, you end up with a fascinating and potentially exciting bout. Evidence of that are the two fights that will kick things off on Saturday, Oct. 17. Two former middleweight champs square off in Berlin, Germany, when American Jermain Taylor travels across the pond to take on Germany's Arthur Abraham. Then, in Nottinghham, England, hometown hero Carl Froch defends his WBC title against young American Andre Dirrell. Read More

The 29-year-old Abraham provides Taylor with some difficult challenges. Abraham's defense has been almost impossible to penetrate and when he is hit, Abraham has shown an iron chin and amazing resiliency. Edison Miranda broke Abraham's jaw in the early rounds of a 2006 match, but Abraham fought the full 12 rounds to win a decision. Then there is Abraham's power. His record of 30-0 with 24 knockouts includes stoppages against seven of his last eight opponents.

If there is an Achilles heel for Abraham, it might be his difficulty in dealing with good all-around boxers... Enter Jermain Taylor. With superb skills this 31-year-old is the consummate boxer-puncher. With two wins over ring legend Bernard Hopkins and four defenses of his middleweight title, Taylor has strong credentials, but recent events have cast him in the underdog role for this tournament. He has lost three of his last four fights, but all three were within his grasp. On April 25 he and another Super Six contestant, Carl Froch, engaged in one of the best fights of the year. Taylor put Froch down in the second and boxed superbly for most of the first 9 rounds, then, characteristically started to tire. Froch rallied and put Taylor down in the 12th, but even with that, had Taylor stayed on his feet he would have won the fight. Instead, with just seconds left on the clock, Froch stopped him--a heartbreaking loss for Jermain.

There are a number of intangibles that provide intrigue in this match. One is the fact that both of these men have had most of their fights at 160 pounds. Taylor is 1-1-1 as a 168 pounder. All three have been good efforts, a close decision loss to Kelly Pavlik, a win over Jeff Lacy and the Froch fight that barely eluded him. Abraham is 1-0, a TKO win over Miranda in their rematch.

The styles of these two fighters sets up what could be a dramatic ebb and flow to the fight. Abraham is often a slow starter who stays in his shell-like defense for a number of rounds and often loses those rounds. Those are the rounds that Taylor often wins in fights--when he is fresh. Then in the middle rounds Abraham starts to come out of his cocoon and land big power shots. Those are the rounds in which traditionally Taylor has suffered from stamina problems. Can Abraham deal with the boxing skill set of Taylor? And can Taylor avoid tiring as the fight wears on, and avoid he power punches of Abraham? The answers will come on Oct. 17.

On the same night over in the U.K., you can expect a ravenous crowd of Carl Froch supporters to fill every seat in the Nottingham arena for his bout against Andre Dirrell. Carl will be defending his title for the first time at home, after making his first defense in America against Taylor. The 32 year old Brit has used his unorthodox style, granite chin and power punching to fashion a 25-0 record, 20 of those coming by knockout. His comeback win over Taylor won him a legion of new fans at home and around the world.

Into this charged atmosphere comes 27-year-old American Andre Dirrell. This former Olympian might be the most gifted athlete in the Super Six tournament, and he too is undefeated at 18-0. He has speed in both hands and feet and can throw dazzling combinations. Dirrell, however, is untested against this level of opposition.

The match-up offers some good plotlines. For Carl Froch, defense is an afterthought at best and Dirrell is a quick puncher. But Dirrell can have lapses in concentration during fights and Froch tends to seize on those opportunities.

On Oct. 17, four fighters head into uncharted territory in a tournament format that has never before been seen in boxing. This doubleheader will provide us with some early clues on who will be a force to be reckoned with in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. I'll see you there!

~Al Bernstein

[JrRawlins]

Abrham should beat Taylor pretty handily if he is as good as everyone thinks and i think Froch beats Dirrell even though Dirrell is more skilled Froch has more experience and has more power in his hands....... both should be great fights.... the Super Six is the best thing to happen to boxing in quite some time...

[Warner2BruceTD]

Abrham should beat Taylor pretty handily if he is as good as everyone thinks and i think Froch beats Dirrell even though Dirrell is more skilled Froch has more experience and has more power in his hands....... both should be great fights.... the Super Six is the best thing to happen to boxing in quite some time...

I agree with this. As a casual boxing fan, this is something that has me hooked and i'm looking forward to it. It's a prettty exciting concept, hopefully people buy into it and take notice.

[Kuzzy Powers]

I agree with this. As a casual boxing fan, this is something that has me hooked and i'm looking forward to it. It's a prettty exciting concept, hopefully people buy into it and take notice.

Even as a moderate fan im pretty damn interested in this, so perhaps mission will be accomplished.

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Abrham should beat Taylor pretty handily if he is as good as everyone thinks and i think Froch beats Dirrell even though Dirrell is more skilled Froch has more experience and has more power in his hands....... both should be great fights.... the Super Six is the best thing to happen to boxing in quite some time...

Thats who I'm picking, agreed about the Super Six also, I'm pumped

[JrRawlins]

as i just watched a couple of Dirrell fights on youtube, he is alittle faster than i thought he will give Froch fits with his speed and steady jab, but if Froch can make it a brawl, i think his experience will win the fight...... as i said earlier both should be great fights, and great for the sport...

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Its going to be great, I can see good arguments for both, however I am not going to chose who I think will Win the fight based on the guy who wins, but by the guy I have no faith in winning, So with that I think Abraham and Dirrell. which is basically a vote of no confidence in either Taylor or Froch in winning, I am just not impressed with Froch, he was beat by Taylor and got a lucky late KO, Taylor is one of those guys that George C. Scott's character in the Husler would call a "born loser", he is always looking for an excuse to lose.

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Fight Camp 360: Inside the Super Six, tonight on Showtime at 10:30 I believe, I think this is the same link TailbackU posted

http://sports.sho.com/browse/video-portal.html?id=44166861001

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Watched Fight Camp 360, good show, like seeing the promoters doing there thing, the next episodes will be more about the fighters and there training

sidenote: Froch's girlfriend is smokin'

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just watched the 360, its not 24/7, but we will see how the post fight episode is. can't wait till next weekend

[JrRawlins]

if the post fight shows the promoters reactions to the fights that would be awesome.......

[BigBucs]

Watched Fight Camp 360, good show, like seeing the promoters doing there thing, the next episodes will be more about the fighters and there training

sidenote: Froch's girlfriend is smokin'

Yea, Froch's girl is bad. I remember seeing her when he knocked Taylor silly Taylor.

Aurthur by KO 11

Dirrell by UD

Kessler by TKO 9

The Kess prediction is a bit bold but he has something to prove to the US audience. He has been real quiet since his fights with Andrade and Calslappy.

[JrRawlins]

i agree Abrham ko's Taylor... not sure which round though.... I think Froch might beat Dirrell by split decision in a fight that could honest go either way.... and i think Kessler beats Ward by UD, in a fight he could dominate with his jab IF he is as good as everyone says he is....

[nflman2033]

i agree Abrham ko's Taylor... not sure which round though.... I think Froch might beat Dirrell by split decision in a fight that could honest go either way.... and i think Kessler beats Ward by UD, in a fight he could dominate with his jab IF he is as good as everyone says he is....

lol, still don't buy the Kessler hype, i remember when Calzaghe and B-Hop were going to fight you told me that you weren't impressed with Joe's win over Kessler because you didn't think to highly of Kessler, I hope the guy who I saw before the Calzaghe fight shows up for this, because in my opinion he would be my pick to win this thing.

as far as Abraham and a KO, King Arthur hasn't fought at 168 before so we don't know if he will still have that power, he is the smallest fighter in the tourny. Plus again who has he knocked out that is all that impressive sure like I said Taylor is born loser but on natural talent alone he is a tough fighter, the only way I see it happening is if Taylor (which is likely) tires out at the end of the fight, 360 gives me hope that maybe he has learned how to fight 12 rounds(stating that the reason he got tired was losing the weight so fast) if he has learned how to go 12 rounds without getting tired then he could end up being there at the end with Kessler.