Unbeaten British Welterweight star Kell Brook will make his debut on American soil on December 17 as part of the undercard of Carl Froch’s Super Six final against Andre Ward at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Current WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward recently spoke to BoxingScene’s official audio show - "The Boxing Lab" - regarding the circumstances which forced him to postpone his upcoming fight with WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch.
WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch (28-1, 20 KOs) is not expecting WBA king Andre Ward (24-0, 13KOs) to last the twelve round distance on December 17th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Froch wants to end the fight before the scores reach the judges. Ward, with a near 50% knockout ratio, is not the puncher in the contest, but he is the better boxer and the better mover. Froch anticipates Ward's defensive manuevers to avoid a physical fight. The Nottingham boxer is going to cut the distance to prevent Ward from staying outside of the danger zone.
Kell Brook moved to the front of the queue for a shot at the WBA welterweight title with an impressive stoppage victory over Rafal Jackiewicz. The Sheffield fighter extended his perfect record to 25-0 as he forced the referee to step in and call a halt to proceedings towards the end of the sixth round at the Ponds Forge Arena.
Undefeated super middleweight contender Anthony Dirrell is planning to target the winner of the upcoming WBC/WBA unification between Carl Froch and Andre Ward, which takes place on December 17th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Dirrell (23-0, 20KOs) is the WBC's number one ranked contender to Froch's title. He plans to take a tuneup in November, but wants the Froch-Ward winner in 2012.
Unbeaten Andre Ward took a verbal swipe at rival champion Carl Froch of England on Sunday in his first public appearance since having seven stitches removed from a cut above his right eye.
WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward had seven stitches removed from above his right eye today, reporting the following via Twitter:
NEW YORK - British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said he will do his best to make good with jilted fans who were expecting to come over from the United Kingdom on October 29 for the Showtime Super Six finale in Atlantic City.
WBC super middleweight Carl Froch will have his eagerly-awaited Super Six final bout with WBA king Andre Ward rescheduled for December 17 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, according to reports. Froch had seen the biggest fight of his life called off -which had been due to take place on October 29 - last Friday after Ward announced on Twitter that he sustained a cut in sparring.
NEW YORK – As previously reported, the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final between super middleweight world champions Andre Ward and Carl Froch has been rescheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The SHOWTIME® telecast will air LIVE at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). The announcement was made jointly today by Ward’s promoter, Dan Goossen of Goossen Tutor Promotions, Froch’s promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, and Ken Hershman of SHOWTIME Sports®.