By Peter Wells: With the next round of the Super Six tourney on its way for next March/April, I would now like to give my preview for each fight for this round. Arthur Abraham tops the leader board with 3 points for his 12th round knockout of Jermain Taylor. Carl Froch and Andre Ward are both on 2 points; Carl beat Andre Dirrell via split decision while Ward beat Mikkel Kessler via technical decision after the fight was stopped in the 11th by accidental head butts, or more like purposeful head butts.

Andre Ward hasn’t made many fans from that victory and when watching it over again it is a complete disgrace that the referee didn’t disqualify him. Froch’s victory got criticism but it was a clear victory for Carl and Dirrell was the one who ruined the fight, so I dread to see Ward-Dirrell. While Arthur stood out from them all with a classy knockout of Jermain Taylor who has lost his promoter and is being told to hand up the gloves after 2 last round stoppages in a row, and in the latter he suffered concussion and slight memory loss.

Now for the next round we have Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler on April 17th in Denmark which will only be for the WBC Super Middleweight title and not the WBA title which Kessler did hold. On the same night in America will be Jermain Taylor vs Andre Ward for Ward’s WBA title in his first defence. But a month earlier on March 6th Andre Dirrell vs Arthur Abraham will take place in California in a fight which was supposed to take place in January but Abraham moved it back due to injury.

Firstly I’ll go to our first bout between Dirrell and Abraham; Dirrell will come in the underdog as he did against Carl Froch. Dirrell showed how negative he fights against Carl Froch, but maybe if that fight had have been in America Dirrell may have got the decision. Dirrell can box very well indeed, but seemed too worried of getting hurt against Froch than going at it himself. Abraham is great at blocking punches and then countering, but leaves himself wide open when he attacks. Dirrell will start strong, which won’t be a surprise as Abraham can never start quick, but when he starts to get chances he should start to connect. Andre will be running about most of the fight but will look very flashy from the outside. Abraham will keep blocking the punches and will keep pounding away more and more as the fight progresses. Abraham will go through the fight to take a close but undisputed decision in an exciting on the edge of your seat kind of fight, especially for Dirrell fans.

Next I will go to Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler, which could prove very different after Kessler’s defeat to Ward. Kessler will want to get back to form this fight, and Froch won’t underestimate his Danish challenger. Kessler will try to outmuscle Froch and will be happy to trade with Froch. Kessler will make the most of the early rounds winning the majority of the first half of the fight, just as he did against Joe Calzaghe. Froch will hurt Kessler in the mid rounds and will look the much better on the inside. It will be all level going into the last two rounds, but Froch will be too strong in the trenches and will finish with a near stoppage before taking the fight on points.

Lastly I end with Ward vs Taylor, where Andre will be the clear favourite, and Taylor will be facing a career defining fight. Ward will be confident early knowing he can take Taylor out early and make a great impression. Unfortunately for Taylor he won’t have grown any better over night. Taylor will look good for the first few rounds and floor Ward in an exchange in round three. Ward will come back strong and hurt Taylor in round 5 before the referee steps in to end the fight.

If Taylor has any sense he will pull out and retire, while Abraham and Ward will be fighting at the top with 5 points each while Froch will be in third, Kessler, Dirrell and Taylor will all be stuck on ‘0.’ Most likely there will be a late replacement for Jermain but Taylor isn’t known for giving up and may continue, but let’s hope not.