By James McGowan: The other Super Six “semi final” sees Carl Froch taking on Arthur Abraham. The subject of many a debate, many boxing fans cannot see past Abrahams power and Froch’s seeming lack of defence.

This is not the entire story however. Abraham starts notoriously slowly and likes to feel his way into fights before unleashing some devastating bombs and knocking out his opponents. If there is one decision you should not bet on this fight, it’s Abraham to win on points. Carl Froch may feel he can win this fight if he hurts Abraham in the early rounds, as Dirrell was able to do in their encounter, and has spoken about the possibility of body punching Arthur into submission. One thing that is clear is that Abraham stands very upright and has very little head movement, even less so than Froch himself, and is not immune to being hurt albeit it being difficult to do so when he is using his peek-a-boo defence. Froch’s main power shots come from his uppercut and straight right hand, having somewhat off an unorthodox hook as he “swings” his arm a lot rather than generate power from his legs and torso. These shots and the uppercut in particular may be able to break Abrahams defence and we have seen before that when Arthur becomes frustrated he drops his hands and starts chasing the fight, which in itself can be a danger to both himself as well as his opponent.

Both these fights are coin tosses but you would get better odds for the gamblers amongst you to bet on a Froch vs Dirrell final, with equal opportunity. If Ward can beat Dirrell I cannot see either Abraham or Froch being able to cope with Ward’s style, but if Dirrell wins then Dirrell would really struggle with Froch a second time around, if not so much Abraham. Whoever Dirrells hypothetical opponent is should look to slow down Dirrell with body shots, something Froch spectacularly failed at doing so in October 2009. Having fought Dirrell before will give his opponent a much better preparation as he is highly unlikely to alter his style, which was an unknown coming into the Froch bout.

Finally, “styles make fights” and the beauty of this tournament so far has been the stark contrast of styles. Hopefully another tournament will be arranged after the current one has ended, whichever way it may pan out.