Kessler vs. Green, Dirrell vs. Ward doubleheader on September 25th – News
June 21st, 2010
By William Mackay: According to Boxing Talk, unbeaten Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) will be facing Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Mikkel Kessler (43-2, 32 KO’s) will be fighting Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) on September 25th in a Super Six tournament doubleheader with both fights occurring in different venues.
Kessler, 31, was totally dominated by Ward in an 11 round technical decision loss in November of last year in his stage 1 Super Six tournament bout. Ward made Kessler looked slow, old and amateurish in the fight. However, Kessler came back in stage 2 bout to get the better of previously unbeaten Carl Froch, defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision on April 24th to capture Froch’s WBC super-middleweight title.
Froch felt that he should have won the fight, but few boxing fans or writers agree with him. Green will have to fight a lot better than he did against Ward if he wants to beat Kessler. It takes good hand speed and a high work rate to beat Kessler.
Green may have excellent hand speed, but he’s never been known for having a good work rate. He could find himself getting dominated again and thus won’t be able to make it to the semifinals of the Super Six tournament. Most people would likely agree that Kessler is the one to pick in a bout between him and Green. Allan looked almost amateurish in losing to Ward, and didn’t show the type of skills needed to beat a quality fighter like Kessler.
The Ward-Dirrell fight could end up being the best fight of the night by far. Ward and Dirrell are both pretty evenly matched in terms of boxing skills. All the things that Ward has going for him, such as hand speed, defense and ring movement are cancelled out by Dirrell, who may be even better than Ward in each of these departments. However, Ward is mentally tough and hard to beat. Dirrell will have to use a perfect plan if he wants to beat Ward.
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Super six double header? Awesome !
Lets say the one fight that will test Ward is this one.If he is as good as he has looked.Then he is the one to beat.But dont forget boxing has surprises.
.Martin.Great analysis.agree with everthing you said.I think Dirrell-Ward being a snoozer but see Dirrell counter punching and outboxing ward all night using his exceptinal reflexes to counter ward well he lunges in well punching and going for ciinches.kessler vs green is obviously the most exciting fight on september 25.in my opinion green is a little too fast kessler.but green is going to have to become a more of a combination puncher.or he will get out worked.as for abraham and froch I think abraham wins by knockout.because froch doesn’t have the speed to box and beat abraham.he gets hit rather easy froch.but. Froch makes up for his lack of speed.with power heart and determination.very interesting fight.
This appears to be a great double header.
I think everyone knows the Kessler vs Green fight will be more exciting (on that night) provided Green turns up to fight. If Green isn’t willing to fight then it’ll be a bit like a repeat of Green vs Miranda I think (though Kessler will start dropping Green much earlier in the fight than Miranda did).
Ward/Dirrel I honestly think will be a snoozer. Either Dirrel runs around jabbing and holding whenever Ward gets close… or Ward cuts the ring off, and mauls the whole fight like he did with Green and Kessler. Though a comment made by a poster on another article brought up that Dirrel could quit if the pressure gets too much. Hehehehe, maybe he’ll fall and “get the shakes” like he did against Abraham XD
Froch/Abraham will be a barn stormer! But I can’t honestly see Froch winning. It will be testament to his chin if he even survives til the final bell. The guy is just too easy to hit cleanly and Abraham hits with more authority than anyone else in the tournament. Either way, I think that’ll be the most exciting match of this round of the tournament (and maybe most exciting of the entire tournament).
well kessler fought at home last so looks like he will be robbed in america … while once again ward will fight at home lol … i think ward vs dirrel will not be the best fight of the tourny .. but will be the cure for insomnia !!!
@ Munchie
ward gave away 10% of his cash to either primetime or the opposition fighter to allow him to fight all his fights at home … none of the other promoters were happy with this, as the idea is that they all need to give away advantages
Kessler vs. Green: this fight will be 100% entertainment and here we can expect a knockout.
Ward vs. Dirrell: most boring fight of the tournament. a lot of dancing and hugging and no fighter with real POWER in his hands. i expect a snoooooooze here.
hammering dirrell when he was on the floor. idiot. i hope dirrell gets smashed by ward then kessler beats green then kessler v ward rematch.
Ward keeps fighting at home, then he probably wins it with the home advantage, head butts, grab n hold. To many crutches… let the guy learn to sink or swim by dealing with the same challenges everyone else in the tournament has. Dirrell beats him IF they fight outside of CA. And of course the Viking Warrior beats Green. Good job Showtime with the 2 fight card. Keep up the good work.
IM HOPING CARL FROCH IS GOING TO RAISE HIS GAME AGAIN BECAUSE HE DIDNT LOOK SHARP AGAINST KESSLER – HE HAS THE ABILITY TO WIN THIS IF HE CAN ONLY BEAT ARTHUR ABRAHAM BECAUSE I THINK CARL WOULD DESTROY WARD HE ONLY FIGHTS IN OAKLAND IN FRONT OF HIS OWN FANS WHERE HE HAS HIS OWN REF !!!!
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY HE IS ALWAYS ALLOWED TO FIGHT AT HOME ?
I guess people only remember your last fight. All the hate on green isnt totally justified, he lost to a better fighter. If green should kicked out the tourney then kessler should of been kicked out after ward killed him. Yeah kessler did a lil better then green but everyone expected much more of kessler
A GOOD MOVE ON SHOWTIMES PART.ANOTHER 12 TO 0 FIGHT WOULD HURT THE SUPER 6. THIS WAY IT SHOULD BE AN EVENTFULL AND SATISFYING NIGHT FOR FIGHT FANS.I CANT WAIT.
Abraham looked horrible against Dirrel.no one said ***
Green looked like a bum who doesnt deserve to be in the tourny. To bad Bute is with hbo bc he would probably beat most of these guys. Andre Ward will probably win but i cant cout out Abraham and Kessler. 3rd round will be good. Winner will face Bute when its all over.
William.kessler got dominated by ward too.slyes makes styles make fights.and fighters have bad nights.it happens.and give green a break he fought the arguably best super middleweight in the world.abraham who many people thought was invincible had a bad night and looked horrible .no one said ****.
I hate that Dirrell will face Ward next because Dirrell and Ward are the best in the Super Six.
It’s going to be a tough match. The winner of this fight will win the Super Six.
GREEN IS SO SLOW HE WILL LOSE AGAIN, WARD AND DIRRELL WILL BE GOOD BUT WARD IS JUST MENTALLY BETTER AND WILL WIN