By Scott Gilfoid: My how things have gone down hill for former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) in the Super Six tournament. At one point in October 2009, Abraham was the leader in the tournament after knocking out Jermain Taylor and was considered by some boxing fans as the fighter to beat. I knew they were wrong. And now here we are in 2011 with Abraham having been schooled by the talented Andre Dirrell and beaten afterwards by Carl Froch, who studied Dirrell’s blue print in how to beat Abraham.

On May 14th, Abraham will be limping into the semifinals of the Super Six tournament against the best fighter in the tourney in undefeated Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) in their clash at the Home Deport Center, in Carson, California. It’s pretty much academic at this point that Abraham is going to get dominated badly by Ward, and beaten by a lopsided 12 round decision without winning one round.

Abraham has a great chin and excellent defensive skills, which is why he’ll be able to make it to the end of the one-sided fight without getting knocked out. But look for this to be a sickeningly one-sided fight with Abraham getting tattooed with shots from start to finish. I don’t know that Ward will make this look as impressive as the performance that Dirrell put on, but Ward will make it almost as impressive.

The advantage that Ward has that Dirrell didn’t is that he’ll have a heads up to any of Abraham’s tricks in case he decides to tee off with a shot if Ward happens to slip on the canvas or be out of position. Ward will have eyes on the back of his head and will be prepared for anything that Abraham might do or throw in the fight.