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 »Al Bernstein On Boxing: Super Six Will Be Super
OK, this is a little awkward. When the news broke this week that Showtime has created a six man tournament in the super middleweight division I was, well, ecstatic. I love the talent in super middleweight division, and I think boxing needs something fresh and daring like this tourney. Now …
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 »Showtime’s Super Six Boxing Tour Lands In Europe
© Winfried Mausolf Copenhagen… Thousands of fans gathered Tuesday at Copenhagen´s famous Tivoli Gardens to give the Super Six World Boxing Classic fighters a warm welcome. Just 20 hours after the opening press conference at Madison Square Garden, the international PR tour stopped in Denmark to present the ground-breaking tournament …
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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