Dirrell withdraws from Ward fight, might be out of Super 6

[skel1983]

According to Steve Kim on his twitter

"Andre Dirrell has withdrawn from the Super 6 with an 'injury' according to Ken Hershman. Ward will fight on Nov 27th vs TBA"

Injury??

Or can he not face fighting his best mate, what a fucking joke this, should of just been stright knockout this event.

[skel1983]

I think Saddo's prediction of Robin Reid winning this might come true.

[milmascaras1]

that's why a better idea for a tournament should be something like an eight man, single elimination tournament. something like college basketball's "elite eight". that would be better. you'd get the top eight fighters from any given division and draw names on whom fights whom instead of ranking the fighters from 1 through 8.

[skel1983]

[Spicoli]

Should have been single elimination from jump. No points bs for ko,dec...you lose your done. Quick,concise.....oh and one huge thing obviously missing going into this......thought out! You ever see those Christmas trees that were nice but they went and threw a bunch of gawdy,tacky shit on it..this is it.

[Kev]

This is a real shame for Showtime. They were very brave in trying to bring something good and new to boxing, and we did have some great fights.

I guess they will learn from this though and next time not bother with a pointless 3 fight round 1 which goes on for two years and eliminates only 2 fighters.

8 fighters knockout would have been more sustainable.

But don't be too quick to knock it, at least they took a chance and tried to create something exciting.

And it did bring some clarity to the division. We know that Andre Ward is a force now. Maybe Abraham and Froch can fight each other and Ward fights Bute, with the winners facing off? That would be a great conclusion.

[Spicoli]

Have to ask....did Direll complain of chest pains prior

[Mar]

Very disappointing. This tourny was such a great great idea and these prissy boxers i agree have fucked it all up. Between everyone crying about every outcome of every fight to froch crying about pulling out to direll actually pulling out. Kesslers eye.....man they just don't make those rock hard guys anymore like they used to. I'm sure i'm not the only one that never said it aloud but really never thought these two would fight. Props to froch and abraham for sticking with it. I respect them both a whole lot more. Ward as well, but i do belive he should have had to fight on the road like the rest of the guys. This sport is frustrating. This is boxing....so why do we see so little of it from these top guys. Thank god for football.......

[Kel]

Have to ask....did Direll complain of chest pains prior

Vaginal

[Hulk]

Well this sucks my penis please

[Rantcatrat]

wow. that sucks for the tournament.

i think i'm the only person here that liked the idea of having a tournament where one loss doesn't eliminate you. i guess that at the end of the day, it is too difficult to pull off. its a bummer, i wonder if the froch/abraham fight will go on as planned.

[Rantcatrat]

on another note, showtime could just have ward, froch and abraham continue regardless and have the winner of the green/johnson fight be the last spot for the semi-finals although i don't really see the point of another green/ward fight.

does anyone know what the injury was? duck job?

[Master]

Yes just make it straight knock out. I got a feeling these two are friends and do not want to fight.

[Cressa121]

This is a shame, I was looking forward to this fight and thought Dirrell had a great chance of winning it. Hopefully this won't impact the Froch-Abraham fight, and I give those 2 and Ward credit for at least fighting 3 fights in the tourney. It was a great idea, but with all the posturing and fighter withdrawals its unfortunately turned into a joke

[MMASUX]

does anyone know what the injury was? duck job?[/QUOTE]

They are saying it's neurological problems, from the Abraham fight. Here is the article

Andre Dirrell out of Super Six as career in jeopardy - ESPN