By Scott Gilfoid: On March 6th, super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) will be fighting unbeaten Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) in the second fight of Showtime’s Super Six tournament at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. As many people already know, the talented 26-year-old Dirrell lost his first fight of the Super Six tournament in a highly controversial 12 round split decision loss to World Boxing Council super middleweight champion Carl Froch on October 17th, in Froch’s home city of Nottingham, England.
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Dirrell-Abraham: Andre needs to fight more positive this time
By Peter Wells: Andre Dirrell the young American finds himself against an even tougher challenge than his first fight in the Super Six. After narrowly losing to British World Boxing Council Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, he now fights also unbeaten Armenian-German Arthur Abraham. Dirrell needs to fight much more positively this time around despite being in the US; although the American’s don’t always go for their own fighters.
Dirrell vs. Abraham postponed?
By Scott Gilfoid: According to an article from the news site Mlive, the Super Six tournament bout between talented American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) and German based Arthur Abraham has been postponed due to Abraham suffering a bad case of the flu, causing the fight to be put off until March 7th. If this turns out to be the case, it will be disappointing news for fans of Dirrell and Abraham.
Abraham vs. Dirrell: Andre should beat Arthur
By Dennis Broadhurst: When the talented yet inexperienced Andre Dirrell faces Arthur Abraham I believe that he should beat him. In his first fight of the Super Six tournament. Dirrell lost a decision to solid Englishman Carl Froch on October 17th. In that fight it looked like Dirrell was scared of the powerful Froch and was certainly fighting on nervous energy. The fight proved to him that you cannot take a champion’s title by dancing around the ring all night, especially in their home town.
America – Dirrell, Taylor & Ward – will win the Super Six tournament
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s pretty much academic now that the United States will be winning the overall Super Six tournament. Not only will we have the ultimate winner with either Andre Ward or Andre Dirrell taking the honors, but our fighters will score higher than the other European fighters in the Super Six tourney. Ward’s shellacking last Saturday night of Mikkel Kessler, the tournament’s number #1 seed, for all practical purposes put a seal on the win for the Americans.
Abraham vs. Dirrell: Andre is going to Dismantle Arthur
By Scott Gilfoid: Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) finds himself in the enviable position of leading the pack of super middleweights in the Super Six tournament by virtue of his 12th round knockout of Jermain Taylor. Abraham’s victory has had the effect of turning him from the fighter who least was predicted to win the Super Six tourney to the one that is now being favored by more than a few boxing fans who are seeing him with new eyes.
Abraham predicting win for Valuev over Haye – News
(Picture: SE / Photo Wende) By Eric Thomas: Super Six tourney contestant Arthur Abraham believes that WBA heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev will beat British challenger David Haye next month on November 7th in their title match in Nuremburg, Germany. Abraham, who recently stopped Jermain Taylor in the 12th round in his first bout in the Super Six tournament on October 17th, had this to say about the Haye vs. Valuev bout:
Taylor – Abraham Report
By Glen Anglin: With a single, last minute, right hand thunderbolt through the guard and to the chin of Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham stamped himself too many as the odds on favorite to win the Super Six tourney. However, I am not convinced.
Abraham vs. Dirrell at Madison Square Garden – Boxing News
By Scott Gilfoid: It’s now looking like the talented American Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) will be facing unbeaten former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) at New York’s Madison Square Garden instead of in Abraham’s home country of Germany.
Mcguigan says that Froch didn’t deserve to get win over Dirrell – News
By Scott Gilfoid: This maybe somewhat disappointing to many boxing fans of WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch but the talented boxing great Barry Mcguigan believes that Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) should have won the fight between him and Froch last weekend, according to an article from Mcguigan in The Mirror. Mcguigan, a former WBA featherweight champion and now an expert boxing analyst, says “Froch got the decision but in my view he didn’t deserve it.”