Talented WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior’’ Kessler of Copenhagen, Denmark, will make his eagerly awaited debut on Showtime earlier than expected. One of the early favorites in the upcoming Super Six World Boxing Classic, Kessler (41-1, 31 KOs) will make a mandatory title defense against No. 1 ranked …
Read More »Showtime’s Super Middleweight Tournament Predictions: Part 2
Last week, I previewed Showtime’s “Super Six World Boxing Classic” and gave my predictions for the first round of fights. When I sat down to write that article, I still felt as though this whole thing wasn’t real. In the back of my mind, I thought that Ken Hershman of …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: WBC Champ Froch Laughs Off Dirrell’s Slanging
WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch has laughed off any suggestions that unbeaten American star Andre Dirrell has got under his skin ahead of their opening round Super Six clash in Nottingham on October 17th. Dirrell boasted yesterday that Froch would be his “easiest fight” in the groundbreaking new series …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: The Super Six Tournament
Recently, it was announced by Showtime that they were putting a super six tournament together, comprising of the six top super middleweights, bar one, a certain Lucian Bute, to face off against each other in order to ascertain the new king of the division. As the WBC and WBA titles …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Dirrell Rubbishes Froch Ahead Of Super Six
Unbeaten American star Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell has come out all guns blazing ahead of his Super Six showdown with WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl Froch on October 17th. Froch will have home advantage for the clash with promoter Mick Hennessy confirming that the fight will take place at the …
Read More »Showtime’s Super Middleweight Tournament Predictions: Part I
© Winfried Mausolf First off, the boxing community is eternally indebted to Ken Hershman, Showtime’s boxing chief. Consider, for a moment, what he has actually managed to do: six fighters with five different promoters across two continents have agree to a 12-fight, round robin tournament over the course of about …
Read More »Andre Ward Joins Showtime’s Super Six Boxing Tour In Berlin
Andre Ward arrived in Berlin, Germany yesterday to participate in the announcement of the “Showtime Sports Super Six World Boxing Classic”. Ward had been ill and was unable to attend the initial New York and Copenhagen press conferences. Said Ward, “I am disappointed that I was unable to make the …
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Froch Gets Up Close And Personal With Super Six
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Britain’s only reigning World Champion, Carl Froch, believes he can cement his boxing legacy by winning the inaugural “Super Six World Boxing Classic”. The “Cobra” is one of six world renowned fighters that have been selected for a groundbreaking new series which will begin …
Read More »Showtime Announces Super Six World Boxing Classic
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Showtime Sports and six of the best super middleweight boxers in the world converged in New York City on Monday to announce an unprecedented new boxing tournament to be presented by Showtime in the United States and throughout the world on various television networks. …
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