By Scott Gilfoid: Earlier today, it was announced that the other Super Six tournament fighters – Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham – all would be fighting their semifinal bouts on November 27th. However, Super Six tournament fighter Allan Green (29-2, 20 KO’s) still doesn’t have a date or an opponent for his next fight. In press release, it was said that a decision will be made on Green in the near future. It’s expected that Green will be out of the tournament because his previously scheduled opponent Mikkel Kessler dropped out of the Super Six tournament recently due to an eye problem.

This left Green without an option for his next fight, and since Showtime wants to get the tournament completed by 2011, it’s not likely they’re going to extend it by having one of the four other contestants take on Green. I think an ideal situation, short of dismissing Green from the tournament, would be to have him as an alternate in case there are any more injuries that occur during training camp. We’ve already seen Carl Froch postpone his fight with Arthur Abraham due to a back injury.

My suggestion is if Froch’s injury continues to be a problem, then Showtime should insert the back-up Green in Froch’s place and get the tournament completed. Froch, in turn, could be given a date on Showtime outside of the Super Six tournament to show his stuff. This could apply to any of the Super Six contestants. If there’s any more injuries, then Green steps in and replaces that fighter and we get this thing concluded. It might cause some of the fighters to think twice about postponing their bouts, what can you say. When you get hurt working, you sometimes get replaced in real life. It’s dog eat dog.

It’s unfortunate that Kessler came up with the eye injury when he did, because I think Green would have given him pure hell in there. With Green’s big power, good hand speed and his need to prove himself after his embarrassing 12 round shut out loss to Ward, I think he would have battered Kessler and possibly stopped him. Kessler took a lot of punishment in his win over Froch, and Green would have come into the fight the stronger fighter. I can see Green beating up Kessler and taking him out with big power shots. Kessler wouldn’t have been able to mug Green on the ropes the way that Ward did, because Green wouldn’t be weight drained like he was against Ward, and Kessler doesn’t fight on the inside like Ward does. It would have been an outside war, and that would have favored the faster and stronger Green.