I Think The Super Six Has Been Rubbish In All Honesty.

Jermain Taylor pulled out, Mikkel Kessler pulled out. Is this thing ever going to end ? honestly i was really excited about this tournament when it was first announced. But so far its been pretty lacklusture

The only decent fight so far has been Mikkel Kessler vs Carl Froch, but it just seems this is taking forever to finish with rescheduling and fighters pulling it out. Im just really losing interest in it.

I just think it would of been better to have arranged the match ups, instead of having a tournament. Then fighters like Lucian Bute could of been involved.

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Originally Posted by ICB

Jermain Taylor pulled out, Mikkel Kessler pulled out. Is this thing ever going to end ? honestly i was really excited about this tournament when it was first announced. But so far its been pretty lacklusture

The only decent fight so far has been Mikkel Kessler vs Carl Froch, but it just seems this is taking forever to finish with rescheduling and fighters pulling it out. Im just really losing interest in it.

I just think it would of been better to have arranged the match ups, instead of having a tournament. Then fighters like Lucian Bute could of been involved.

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The upside of having a tournament, however, is that one loss does not eliminate participants from the field. Kessler may not have got the fight with Froch after his pitiful performance against Ward.

You may just not enjoy watching Ward and Dirrell. I liked watching the Jermain Taylor/Arthur Abraham fight.

similar thing said another thread earlier today. format and timescale doomed it to failure if you ask me


who's that in your avatar ICB ??

It seemed like a great idea at the start, but with two fighters out and too many matchups marred by dodgy officiating, the overall impact has been less than it should have been.

The only thing you can say is it's meant that some half decent fights have been made (on paper at least).

The things that stand out for me are...

1) - The horrible Dirrell - Froch fight
2) - Dirrell's Oscar winning acting
3) - Abraham pretending he doesn't know the rules of boxing
4) - Ward headbutting Kessler a lot
5) - Taylor getting ko'd.....again
6) - Froch - Kessler was entertaining

Yeah all in all, it's been pretty dire.

I was very excited about this tournament when it was announced but know I just think Showtime did a horrible job of promoting these events. It's horrible when I can wake up at 2:00 in the morning on a Wednesday and they are starting a newer highlight episode from the previous fight's. I say horrible promotions on all ends and of course the dropping out of Taylor and now Kessler. What a bitch. :mad: . ( No I don't mean Kessler or Taylor a bitch )

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Originally Posted by ono

The only thing you can say is it's meant that some half decent fights have been made (on paper at least).

The things that stand out for me are...

1) - The horrible Dirrell - Froch fight
2) - Dirrell's Oscar winning acting
3) - Abraham pretending he doesn't know the rules of boxing
4) - Ward headbutting Kessler a lot
5) - Taylor getting ko'd.....again
6) - Froch - Kessler was entertaining

Yeah all in all, it's been pretty dire.

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Yep, I thought that was a really enjoyable fight. No clinching or amateur dramatics. Just a good honest dust up between two solid pros.

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Originally Posted by Mark TKO

similar thing said another thread earlier today. format and timescale doomed it to failure if you ask me


who's that in your avatar ICB ??

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Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell, a friend of mine. Told me to check out this program called "Prospects". Its basically about two wideboy London geezer's trying to keep there head above water. Its set in the 80's and its set in the Isle Of Dogs, pretty good show.

Thought it looked 80s

At first glance with it being so small I thought it was Benny Green and Alan Humphreys from Grange Hill \ Tucker's Luck.

But you won't remember them two will you.....:-\

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Originally Posted by Mark TKO

Thought it looked 80s

At first glance with it being so small I thought it was Benny Green and Alan Humphreys from Grange Hill \ Tucker's Luck.

But you won't remember them two will you.....:-\

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Afraid not mate LOL, but you should for certain check it out. The 1st episode is floating about somewhere.

they should have done it all in one night.

Either the prize fighter format, each fight is 3 rounds long.

OR

all six fighters in the ring at once, last man standing.

OR

A pie eating contest.

The tournament has been fine, think about Andre Ward. They stepped up and he took a chance and now he is the top guy in the tournament when he started out the bottom guy in the tournament. It's given us 6 fights all pitting top 10 guys in the division.

I think it was a great idea and effort. In this sport anything can happen and not always in our favor but hey that's boxing. This tourny is a better gauge if who's the best that any of the stupid belts or pfp rating crap

I actually like the tournament, we have had plenty of good fights in the tourney. It's better than them just avoiding each other.

i dont think its been very good in all honesty, not sure any of the fights been on uk tv?