Another teaser for the upcoming Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic. Participants Mikkel Kessler and Andre Ward tune up for the tournament this Saturday on Showtime. Kessler and Ward are scheduled to meet on November 21.
Bad Left Hook's early preview for fans unfamiliar with any of the six fighters in the tournament can be read here.
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Stupid question
But how come Lucien Bute isn’t in this?
not a stupid question, but to answer no on REALLY knows. bute claims he never got an invite, super six claims that he never accepted their invite
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Sep 8, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
My guess… $$$…
I also doubt he would want to fight outside of Canada.
"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."
well frotch and AA have home field advantage, so i don’t see why bute wouldn’t have had HFA either especially since he’s actually one of the top dogs of that weight class
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Sep 9, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
HFA
I think almost everyone has home field advantage in this tourney and I think that’s kinda the point. All of these fighters are major draws in their home states/countries except for maybe Dirrell (Froch in GB, Kessler in Denmark, Ward in Oakland, Taylor in Arkansas, and Abraham in Germany). Anyways, it seems like there will be home and away games for essentially all of the round robin and then hopefully neutral sites for the semifinals and finals (Vegas probably). Anyways we do get some Bute-Andrade to make sure that everyone gets the fill of the super middleweight. If one of those two looks really good and the tournament is really close, I think one of them should get a shot at the winner.
Taylor in Arkansas
Well, Memphis. But yeah this is one of the things I actually dig about the tournament. Guys have to fight outside of their comfort zones at some point.
Bad Left Hook
"Well Howie, I think I'm going to stay outside and outjab him." -- Tex Cobb telling Howard Cosell how he would approach Larry Holmes
Bute's said he has no problem fighting outside of Canada
Just that’s where he makes money. He was willing to go to Nottingham to fight Froch, but those talks were sunk by a combination of the IBF not giving him an extension to fight Andrade and Froch getting the opportunity to participate in the tournament.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Because Sauerland pretty much arranged the tournament
And they didn’t want anyone in there who would upset Kessler. Or at least that’s my running theory. Also, there isn’t nearly as much money in Canadian TV as there is in German TV, English TV or US TV. Kessler’s pull is as a German TV presence; any Danish revenues are just icing on the cake.
Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
Bad Left Hook
"Well Howie, I think I'm going to stay outside and outjab him." -- Tex Cobb telling Howard Cosell how he would approach Larry Holmes
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