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Super Six, it's on.

Super middle

by Knowsit17 (U11186914) 13 July 2009

It's official, Carl Froch has signed up to take part in the up and coming Super Six series. This tournament will also star Froch's first challenger Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Mikkel Kessler and Jermain Taylor.

Each participant has the right to fight any and possibly all of the five other contestants.
The Cobra kicks off the event when he defends his WBC super middleweight title against American Dirrell in Nottingham.

I think this is exactly what boxing, or more precisely the 168lb limit, needs. Well done Showtime.

We're in for some glamourous times ahead, with Abraham completing his switch to the big time, Dirrell and Ward stepping up, Kessler returning to test himself, Taylor bouncing back and last but not least, Froch continuing his quest to prove that he can conquer the division.

I can't wait, what about you?

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comment by blueberry2009 (U14069991)

posted Jul 14, 2009

James de Gale?? lol lol

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comment by bionicFrankButcher (U1678811)

posted Jul 15, 2009

boxing needs to get its house in order. fair play to them all for signing up to this concept. its new and interesting and it'll be good to see what it does to boxing in general, particularly the other divisions.

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comment by The Electric Fan (U13946863)

posted Jul 15, 2009

Can you imagine this in welterweight? Cotto, Margarito (if and when he comes back), mayweather, pacquiao (?), Mosley, Marquez (?) or Paul Williams

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comment by sweetscientist (U13286104)

posted Jul 15, 2009

Bute is otherwise engaged as Andrade is getting a second chance. That is why he was not included. As for these comments on Pavlik and Dawson, aside from the obvious, Pavlik is in a legal bind with Mora and Dawson has a second date with Johnson. Ward looked good against Miranda to make him number 1 ranked by the WBC, and Dirrell's style will also prove a good contrast against the power players like Abraham, so this is an overwhelmingly promising event.

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comment by tom12392 (U14031777)

posted Jul 16, 2009

leeboy 3000, i agree with dirrell and ward not being first rate, but arther abraham is one of the two worlds best middleweights. the title is between him and kessler.

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comment by You_Got_Merked (U13687573)

posted Jul 16, 2009

this is amazing, has this been done before?

its most probably going to be box office events though.
;(

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comment by steeluv (U6279073)

posted Jul 19, 2009

this is great news for fans of Kessler, If us brits are lucky Froch will finish 2nd which is still pretty good, wish Pavlik was in this though

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comment by steeluv (U6279073)

posted Jul 19, 2009

this is a good thing for the divison, and some good young british boxers are coming through like De Gale at this weight.