Super Six double-header possible for March 6
by Scott Christ on Dec 4, 2009 3:35 PM EST
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Early talk just after Mikkel Kessler's loss to Andre Ward was that Kessler's next fight in the Super Six World Boxing Classic could take place on March 6. Kessler will have home field advantage in Denmark against undefeated titlist Carl Froch.
While that isn't quite certain, as Kessler suffered some quite bad cuts against Ward, it may well now be paired with the Arthur Abraham-Andre Dirrell bout as a double-header. Froch-Kessler would likely air in the States on tape delay, with Abraham-Dirrell live as that fight will take place in the US.
So far, no dates have been rumored for the other second stage fight, between new WBA titlist Andre Ward and Jermain Taylor.
Promoters were looking to get Abraham-Dirrell into the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on January 23, something I was stunned lasted as long as it did as a possible idea, given that Top Rank has had that date all but locked in for months now as a Juan Manuel Lopez/Yuriorkis Gamboa double-header. They had that date on their calendar before the Lopez/Gamboa PPV in October, in fact.
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I’m fairly pleased with the pace of this tournament. March doesn’t seem too far away and then, before we know it, the elimination rounds will be kicking off.
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
Elimination rounds probably start in spring 2011. Looks like we’ll have spring and autumn for the next two stages. Overall, can’t ask for more than that.
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Top Rank has had that date all but locked in for months now as a Juan Manuel Lopez/Yuriorkis Gamboa double-header.
Tickets are already on sale for this event. Its supposed to take place in The WaMu Theater in MSG.
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Don from Prov
These fights would make a very good double-header.
looks like one exciting but sloppy fight (Froch-Kessler) and one technical but ultimately shocking fight (Direll-AA). Shocking because AA will eventually catch Dirrell and KTFO, which will SHOCK Shaw speechless.
Shaw speechless
Impossible!
"Honey i forgot to duck" - Jack Dempsey
by Drunken cutman on Dec 4, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
I like Abraham
a lot, and a good amount of talk is about whether or not anyone will figure out the puzzle of how to fight him, but he does have spells of inactivity in a fight and when he opens up from that shell of his, he’s fast (and sometimes wild). I likely have not seen him as much as some people on here, and I wonder how effective some of you feel he is when a fighter doesn’t come to him because AD sure as hell is not going to anything that smacks of taking a big chance.
What I mean
is that he could be seen as someone a bit open to being pot-shotted out of a decision.
Dirrell could give him hell for that very reason, IMO, and Ward might just be too much for him. A lot of folks had Taylor in the fight before he got knocked out (I did not) and it’s because of Abraham’s shell style. I think he’s a terrific defensive fighter and very intelligent (and clearly powerful) offensively, but a quick guy that can potshot and move could decision him, and perhaps wide. Abraham’s one of those guys whose off nights might eventually be his overall downfall. If he’s not on, he could be in trouble.
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