By Phil D. Jay
WBA super-middleweight champion Andre Ward is already looking towards the final bout of Showtime’s Super-Six Tournament, and sees a fight with Britain's WBC champion Carl “The Cobra” Froch as the perfect way to end the tournament later this year.
Ward, 27, takes on German-based Armenian Arthur Abraham on May 14th, the man Froch comprehensively beat over twelve rounds in Finland last November and sees himself and Froch making it to the last two for a unification showdown for both 168lb titles.
"I would definitely choose The Cobra (over Johnson)," Ward told the Nottingham Evening Post. "And I think Las Vegas would be a perfect venue. It would be an awesome climax to this tournament.
"I can see Carl Froch getting his hand raised against Glen Johnson but it's going to be tough because I don't think that Glen has ever been a pushover."
Californian Ward, is unbeaten in 23 fights so far in his six-year career and many boxing pundits believe that the American has had it easier than Froch in the tournament so far, after landslide points wins over Sakio Bika and Allan Green in his last two fights.
The 2004 Olympic gold medallist will be hoping that a knockout victory over 31 year-old Abraham (32-2), will be the catalyst for him to go on and beat Froch, who is the current tournament favourite and has fought almost every world-class fighter at 168lbs in the past two years.
Phil D. Jay covers the boxing scene for worldboxingnews.net