© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler of Denmark and undefeated Andre “S.O.G†Ward of Oakland participated in the final press conference Wednesday for their Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 1 showdown this Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. live on Showtime…
WBC Super Middleweight Champ Carl “The Cobra†Froch says he’ll be keeping a close eye on proceedings in Oakland this weekend as the final bout in Group Stage 1 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic takes place between Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler and Andre “S.O.G.†Ward.
Forty-two years have passed since the last world championship fight occurred in Oakland, a tradition-rich boxing city that calls one of the world’s top super middleweights Andre “S.O.G.†Ward their own. “Oakland has a pretty storied history of boxing, mostly in the pre- to post-war era,†says Monte Poole, a longtime columnist for the Oakland…
Five days before they collide in the first Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 1 bout in America, WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler of Denmark and undefeated Andre “S.O.G†Ward of Oakland participated in a free public workout Monday at King’s Gym in Oakland. Kessler, whose WBA super middleweight title will…
© Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Productions Super middleweight Andre Ward mingled with fans and watched his hometown team the Raiders fall to the Kansas City Chiefs 16-10 at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday.
The critically acclaimed reality series from Showtime Sports, “Fight Camp 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic”, returns to with Episode #2, premiering Saturday, Nov. 14, at 10:40 p.m. ET/PT. The six-episode reality series takes viewers behind the scenes of the groundbreaking Super Six World Boxing Classic. From the conception of the tournament to…
Undefeated Andre “S.O.G.†Ward and his trainer Virgil Hunter have declared they are on schedule and building momentum toward the November 21 Super Six Tournament meeting with WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. The 25-year old Ward (20-0, 13 KO) who, in Athens in 2004, was the lone…
The matchups for Group Stages 2 and 3 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic were announced tonight by Showtime Sports. All Group Stage 2 and 3 matches for the groundbreaking tournament will be scheduled to take place in 2010 and will air on the premium television network Showtime.
© Winfried Mausolf An exciting concept in the world of boxing kicks off tonight in Nottingham, England and Berlin, Germany. Featured is a tournament comprising of six of the world’s top super middleweights which will attempt to find out who the premier 168 pounder really is. Certainly this isn’t the first time an elimination tournament…
I am off to England for the opening weekend of the Super Six World Boxing Classic and the gravity of the moment is hitting me, as it is everyone else associated with this rather grand event. Without overstating the case, this is a pretty significant undertaking. What makes it even more so is the fact…
2004 U.S. Olympic gold medalist and Oakland native Andre “S.O.G.†Ward and current WBA super middleweight world champion Mikkel “Viking Warrior†Kessler have to wait until Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., for their first fight in the Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic, but that doesn’t mean they won’t sound…
Unbeaten American Andre Dirrell won’t be the only man heading into the lions den at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on October 17. Dirrell will be looking to rip the WBC Super Middleweight title from Carl Froch in their Super Six World Boxing Classic encounter while on the undercard Essex battler Tom Glover will…