By Harlan Davies: On March 6th the second round of the Super-Six tournament will commence with Andre “The Matrix” Ward locking horns with “King” Arthur. From an initial glance, this bout seems to be an inevitable clash of styles that will produce solely two definitive outcomes.
Andre Dirrell (18 wins 1oss 15 kos) is a talent, no doubt. He possesses all the desirable attributes that a trainer would want in young fighter.
By Scott Gilfoid: American boxing talent Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) is ready to continue schooling his opponents when he takes on former International Boxing Federation middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-0, 25 KO’s) in their Super Six tournament fight on March 6th at the Agua Caliente Casino, Rancho Mirage, California. Dirrell, 26, looked superb in his last fight against WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch, putting on a performance that reminded me of a young Sugar Ray Robinson and Cassius Clay. However, Dirrell ended up losing by a 12 round split decision to Froch, who was fighting in front of a large British crowd in the safe confines of Nottingham.
By William Mackay: After the three group stages are completed with the Super Six tournament, four fighters with the best records will move forward to the semi finals while two of the fighters with the worst records will be eliminated. After group stage 1 of the Super Six tourney, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Andre Ward have come out the winners while Andre Dirrell, Jermain Taylor and Mikkel Kessler have all lost their fights and picked up zero points in losing.
By Scott Gilfoid: In the first bouts of the Super Six tournament, we saw a couple of impressive wins with talented American Andre Ward easily outclassing World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in an 11 round technical decision, and former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham stopping Jermain Taylor in the 12th round in their fight in Germany.
By Liam Fitzgerald: After the first round of bouts in the Super Six super middleweight tournament it has been interesting to see how opinions on the eventual outcome of the tournament have changed. I for one have been surprised by the results and have had to readdress my own predictions. In particular the two young Americans Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell have impressed me greatly.
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.
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.
By Scott Gilfoid: Andre Ward’s impeccable 11th round technical decision over the Super Six number #1 seed Mikkel Kessler appears to have taken a lot of the air out of the sails of boxing fans of Arthur Abraham, Kessler and Carl Froch. Ward’s win over Kessler was so one-sided that you barely hear a peep out of some of the excitable European fans. You’re also not hearing to much from Jermain Taylor fans either, although it’s not surprising given viciousness of his 12th round stoppage loss to Abraham in their Super Six tournament fight on October 17th.