Super Six tournament to go straight to the semi finals/Froch vs Abraham to be for WBC trinket

During a recent appearance on BBC Radio, former super middleweight champion Carl Froch confirmed BoxingScene.com's reports from a few weeks ago on the direction of the Super Six Boxing Classic. With the unexpected withdrawal of Mikkel Kessler, the remaining bouts between Froch and Abraham and Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward will become part of the semi-finals and Allan Green will be dropped from the competition. Kessler, unable to fight for nine months due to an eye injury, will vacate his WBC title. Abraham and Froch will fight for the vacant title on October 2 and Kessler is guaranteed a shot at the winner.

"There's me and Abraham left and we're fighting. Andre Ward versus Andre Dirrell is the other semi. So in the final, you'll have a WBC-WBA unification fight. After the final, Kessler's got a shot at the WBC," explained Froch.

"Kessler will be what they call the 'marital' WBC champion, which means that Abraham and I are fighting for my old title. It means I'll be world champion assuming I do the job properly and Kessler would get a shot at challenging for his old belt back because he vacated it.

"So there's an undisputed world title fight in the final, which will probably be at Madison Square Garden in New York. I've got to do the business in my next fight, or it's curtains.

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Well maybe I will get to see Green fight in Oklahoma a lot more.

ARRRRRRRGH! I hate jewelry talk! T

I think this is all these guys can do at the moment.

marbleheadmaui wrote:

ARRRRRRRGH! I hate jewelry talk! T

I think this is all these guys can do at the moment.

At least it's being kept in the tournament and not up for grabs between two obscure eastern europeans.

Ali_1748 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

ARRRRRRRGH! I hate jewelry talk! T

I think this is all these guys can do at the moment.

At least it's being kept in the tournament and not up for grabs between two obscure eastern europeans.

great point

a real man doesn't concern himself with trivialities like jewelry

goood thing is Ward vs Dirrell is for a spot in the finals

that will help them fight better IMO

Ali_1748 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:

ARRRRRRRGH! I hate jewelry talk! T

I think this is all these guys can do at the moment.

At least it's being kept in the tournament and not up for grabs between two obscure eastern europeans.

I'd just as soon see it flushed down the toilet. Time spent considering these trinkets at all is time wasted.

Are Dirrell and Ward still threatening to leave the tourney?

its a good move..4 top fighters fighting each other in a elimination.thats what we like to see..top guys against each other...

This makes perfect sense to me. We're guaranteed 4 more quality fights and at the end of the day the best guy will have all the belts.

I'm not a fan of trinket talk but I think these belts are meaningful given what's needed to get them. I usually hate belts because they don't reflect whose the best and can force a pointless mandatory when there are big fights to be made. However, when a guy earns a belt(s) by beating the best available competition it means something.