By Rick Reeno

The fight won't take place until the final quarter of 2010, but the early drama has already started for Andre Ward vs. Andre Dirrell, which takes place in the third stage of fights in Showtime's Super Six tournament.

Ward (21-0, 13KOs) defends his WBA title against Allan Green, in the second stage of the Super Six, on June 19 in Oakland. Win or lose, the round-robin format of the Super Six directs Ward and Dirrell (19-1, 13KOs) to fight in the third stage.

A meeting was held on Tuesday morning between Showtime and all of the Super Six promoters, including Kalle Sauerland/Chris Meyer of Sauerland Event, Dan Goossen, Lou DiBella, Gary Shaw and Mick Hennessy.

During the meeting, a dispute broke out between Shaw [for Dirrell] and Goossen [for Ward] regarding the venue. Goossen wants the fight to take place in Ward's hometown of Oakland, and Shaw wants the fight to take place in Dirrell's hometown of Detroit, Michigan.

Shaw will not agree to have the fight in Oakland because he doesn't think it's fair for Ward to have all three of his Super Six fights take place in his hometown, while every other fighter involved has had to travel to hostile territory, and almost all of them have had to travel to other countries.

"He said he wanted the fight to happen in Oakland and I said I want the fight to take place in Michigan. He said 'let's flip a coin' and I said 'that won't happen, you better start thinking about Madison Square Garden.' And I was being serious," Shaw told BoxingScene.com. "I won't agree to Oakland."

Pursuant to the contract terms of the Super Six, a fighter has the right turn down a venue located in his opponent's home state and/or country.