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© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After their bout in Nottingham, England on Saturday night, WBC super middle champion Carl Froch and defeated opponent Andre Dirrell spoke to the media. Carl Froch: “It was close but I had no doubt in my mind that I had won the fight. He’s …

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.

© Howard Schatz The Super Six World Boxing Classic got off to a scintillating start in Europe on Saturday night. At the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, hometown hero Carl “The Cobra” Froch defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) title against Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell of Flint, Michigan by …

© 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 …

Click for larger image © Howard Schatz In front of an excitable crowd and a throng of cameras, hometown hero “King” Arthur Abraham (30-0, 24 KOs) of Berlin, weighed in at the division limit 168 pounds. His opponent, Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KOs) of Little Rock, AR, who …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing There was high drama at the historic Old Market Square in Nottingham today when Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell failed to make the weight at the first time of asking ahead of his Super Six World Boxing Classic showdown with Carl …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Top ranked super middleweight challenger Andre Dirrell has put in all the hard work leading up to his clash with WBC champion Carl Froch this weekend and now is simply biding his time until Saturday night.

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 …

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 …

© Howard Schatz Jermain Taylor today dismissed Arthur Abraham´s talents at a packed press conference at the o2 World Arena in Berlin . More than 14.000 fans will be in attendance when the two former champions open the Super Six World Boxing Classic in Germany´s capital on Saturday night on …

© Andy Couldridge / Action Images As Carl Froch’s WBC super middleweight title defense against Andre Dirrell draws near, the fighters who open Showtime’s Super Six Tournament came face to face at a press conference in Nottingham, England, where the pair will clash on Saturday at Trent FM Arena.

© Howard Schatz Dozens of reporters and camera teams attended today´s public workout in the heart of Berlin as “King” Arthur Abraham and Jermain Taylor gave a taste of their class.