Drama and Momentum Fueling the Super Six World Boxing Classic

From what I’ve read thus far, he was ok in defeat. But he will simply have to change tactics. There are some skilled boxers inthis tourney and Froch’s walk forward aggression will not be enough now. He has a huge heart, there’s no question there. But look at Kessler, he showed he is still top draw with the ability to not only re group after his last fight but keep to a plan when under pressure and badly cut. I want to see how Froch comes out if this loss. Thanks to all the lads on here who kept the commentary coming during the fight too!! I can’t wait to see it.

This whole competition is what we all want the best v the best.
I hope Froch can adapt now bit I’m not sure that’s in his make up. The guy has had four proper battles on the run.. AA will undoubtedly be a fifth. He cannot go on like that, they are surely career shortening fights. One reason Calzaghe lasted was because he was highly skilled as well as being able to rough it. Froch relys purely on heart and big punches. The AD fight showed that isn’t enough. I like Frochy, he’s a straight up fella, but he’s making life too hard for himself in my opinion. I fear you may be right about his next one, too.
Would a different trainer prepare him any better?

Going back to Taylor, I always said Bika should have been in there instead of him and Goosey also said Taylor would not last the competition…. he was spot on too! Bika would have given them all nightmares. Imagine him v Dirrell??

Allan Green,,, (wow, that rhymes!) I look forward to seeing him though.

How will he do against Ward? (another fighter I’ve not seen much of)

Great summary, SC.

It’s not exactly the same situation or anything, but the Super Six setup makes boxing, frankly, feel more like a sport and less like a business.

My thoughts exactly. I never really considered Boxing a sport. It’s usually hard to explain exactly what it is. But this is probably the most “sportslike” it can be, the best fighting the best in a round-robin structure. Boxing really can’t work that way in the long run, but it is great to see happening in this young division. Super Middleweight has finally made its mark on the Boxing world now, I think. It’s hard to understate how much abuse was hurled at it when it first arrived (“Belt factory,” “Retirement home for old middleweights,” etc), but that’s all in the past now. It is one of the premiere divisions in boxing right now.

This tournament is a fine idea because it sets up the best against the best, which by definition should give you great fights. And it has. Only turn in the punchbowl is this…..Bute beats all of them anyway, IMO. Only Ward would give him a bad time, and could beat him.

BTW, Green hasn’t looked down at this shoes in a while…at least during a fight. He finally realized (or someone told him) that was a bad habit.

I too am pumped for this tourney and hope it starts a trend. If Froch and Kessler rematch in the next round it will definately be an epic fight.

Everyone needs to win their next fight… how fucking awesome is that?

No one has earned the right to coast in their last fight of the 3rd round.

just finished watching the last two rounds of kessler-froch, awesome stuff. my mancrush on kessler has been reinstated, and froch is still my homey. i just wish that they coulda embraced after that epic 12th round

Heard from Ted? I assume he’s been busy as I’ve not heard from him. I’ll bet he has a few interesting observations on the fight.

This tournament has been the best thing in the sport for years and it shows just how hard it is to be a dominant world champion in a weight class if all the contenders are made to fight each other like the old days . There was a reason undefeated fighters were basically unknown and that if you fight the best all the time you WILL lose the odd fight . Nowadays you get the Sven Ottkes of the world sitting at home , holding meaningless straps . Ottke made 21 title defences LMFAO and retired unbeaten . If you just went on stats and didnt know the full story you would think he was one of the greatest fighters ever . Calzaghe while a better fighter than Sven was also guilty of spending 9 years sitting at home fighting in the main stiffs . I guarantee if Ottke and Calzaghe were in this tournament they would lose a fight somewhere. In reality if Calzaghe had fought Kessler in Denmark he might have lost . As it was he fought the Dane at home in Cardiff in front of 40 000 fans . You have to give Kessler and the tournament format a wrap , he fought Calzaghe and Ward away from home . After tipping Froch and Pavlik all I can say is thank you Adamek . One outta Three is tolerable . Cheers Blokes.

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Good article

Pretty good summation. An intriguing scenario now pertains.

His style was set years ago and he looked damn’ good at domestic level – much as Junior Witter did. He just doesn’t have the style to trouble too many at World level. The fact that Kessler was known as – and remains – a straight-forward box-puncher and that Froch couldn’t seriously disrupt him says an awful lot. It says an awful lot about where exactly Froch stands in regard to Joe Calzaghe who tested Kessler’s abilities and power for the first half of their fight and then streaked away with it in the second. And that was several years ago now. The idea of Calzaghe running scared from Froch has been proven beyond any doubt to be the BS that Calzaghe always claimed. Please don’t mis-read me – I like Froch because of his determination, chin, punch and confidence but he ain’t no Joe Calzaghe. But he was always just wanting to make a pay-day against a fading fighter at the tail end of his career anyway, as is evidenced by his recent comments regarding how dangerously short of big fights he was facing prior to this tournament. Good luck to him but I would suggest that this competition is ‘finding him out’.

can’t wait for stage 3.

froch vs AA and dirrell and ward are going to be a couple more fight of the year candidates.

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Brand new here, but not to boxing. I’m no expert, I don’t analyze stats, I just appreciate the art of it (I’m an artist) and how champions push themselves to achieve. Since this is my first post I’ll keep it brief.

I was never thrilled about the super six as it seemed like a marketing gimmick, especially since I work for big companies in entertainment and advertising I know the depths corporations will go for a dollar. There’s other fighters that I felt should have been included. It also seems to imply that anyone not included is not good enough, I’m sure Allan Green would disagree.

That being said, there is one thing about it that I do like, and that is they took a chunk of good to very good fighters and make it mandatory that they HAVE to all fight each other. This is the real thing that sets it apart in a world of boxing where most fight fans hate the bad match-ups, the hand-picked opponents, and the hype. It’s nice to see that six guys, even though they may not all be the best of their time, are on or above a certain skill level, and agreed to all fight each other. I don’t ever remember seeing something like this before. To me, this is closer to what the old greats did without being trapped under an umbrella. The best fought the best, at least for the most part.

I also agree that the Kessler Froch fight was a step up. Watching two guys give it their all who are closely matched in power and skill is what boxing is meant to be, or at least what we are told it should be. Knockouts are nice, but when guys are closely matched I think it is infinitely more interesting.

Just my 2.5¢