By William Mackay: After group stage 1 of the Super Six tournament we have former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham ahead of the pack with three points with WBC super middleweight Carl Froch and Andre Ward following closely behind with two points. Coming in with no points as of yet are Andre Dirrell, Mikkel Kessler and Jermain Taylor, the losers of the group stage 1 contests. Taylor recently pulled out of the Super Six tournament, and his replacement will be chosen from the winner of the Allan Green vs. Sakio Bika fight which takes place next month in February.
Froch vs. Kessler
Froch-Kessler: Carl looking to prove who the top dog is
By Williams Mackay: WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is out to show former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler who the top dog is for their April 17th bout in Kessler’s home country of Denmark. In an article at thisisnottingham, Froch, 32, says “It’s my job to go over to his [Kessler] back yard and prove who the top dog in the division is.”
Speaking about Kessler’s 12 round decision loss to American Andre Ward on November 21st, Froch says “If anything, Kessler will now be more dangerous. But it will make no difference to the outcome.” Let’s hope so for Froch’s sake. He’s entering hostile territory, coming off a terribly unimpressive 12 round split decision win over Andre Dirrell on October 17th in the Super Six tournament stage 1 part of the competition.
Froch talks Kessler and Dirrell
By Scott Gilfoid: In an article from WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch at Thisisnottingham, discusses his upcoming April 17th fight against former World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in their group stage 2 bout of the Super Six tournament in Denmark. Froch, 32, notes that Kessler is a strong fighter and is skilled at using both of his hands. He also says “He [Kessler] does spectacular but everything he does, he does well.”
Forget Khan and Froch, here come the Hattons
By Shaun Campbell: Now that the curtain has been pulled down over a sensational year for boxing in 2009, attention now turns to possible fights within the coming year. In 2009 Britain crowned new world champions, but unfortunately lost one as well. Amir Khan realized his potential by winning the World Boxing Association light-welterweight crown in a 12 round battle with Andreas Kotelnik. David Haye took on a massive task in challenging the biggest heavyweight champion in history.
2010 to be a good year for British boxing: Haye, Froch, Hatton and Khan
By Dennis Broadhurst: As the new year has come, the British fans are looking forward to what should be a good year of boxing for us. We have some good fighters around now in Carl Froch, Amir Khan, David Haye and Ricky Hatton who should be making a comeback next year. In 2009 three of these men had a good year and one a disaster.
Haye, Froch and Khan: Will they find success in 2010?
By William Mackay: 2009 was an exciting year for British boxing with David Haye capturing the WBA heavyweight title with a win over 7-foot Nikolay Valuev, WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch defeating American Andre Dirrell in the Super Six tournament, and Amir Khan winning the WBA light welterweight title with a 12 round decision over Andriy Kotelnik. These were all good wins for the British fighters, and it helped bring British boxing back to the forefront. But with this success, we must look forward to 2010 to see if these fighters will be able to continue with their recent success.
British Boxing review of 2009
By Adam Fillingham: This year has been full of highs and lows for British boxing. Three unsuccessful world title challenges. Two successful ones. A legend fell and three more may have been born.
The first of these future legends is Nottingham’s Carl Froch. Last December, Carl Froch claimed his WBC world title belt against Canadian Jean Pascal.
Dirrell-Abraham, Ward-Taylor, Froch-Kessler: Picking the next winners of the Super Six tourney
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.
Super six next round: Froch, Ward and Abraham to come out on top and Taylor to drop out
By Peter Wells: With the next round of the Super Six tourney on its way for next March/April, I would now like to give my preview for each fight for this round. Arthur Abraham tops the leader board with 3 points for his 12th round knockout of Jermain Taylor. Carl Froch and Andre Ward are both on 2 points; Carl beat Andre Dirrell via split decision while Ward beat Mikkel Kessler via technical decision after the fight was stopped in the 11th by accidental head butts, or more like purposeful head butts.
Haye thinks Froch will win Super Six tourney – News
By Scott Gilfoid: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye thinks that WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch will win the Super Six tournament. Haye previously fought alongside Froch during parts of their amateur days. It’s hard for me to agree with Haye’s belief that Froch will win the Super Six tourney or that he’ll even beat Abraham or Kessler. Not after seeing how Froch looked against American Andre Dirrell in their fight on October 17th.