By Mark Vester
During a recent appearance on BBC Radio, former super middleweight champion Carl Froch confirmed BoxingScene.com's reports from a few weeks ago on the direction of the Super Six Boxing Classic. With the unexpected withdrawal of Mikkel Kessler, the remaining bouts between Froch and Abraham and Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward will become part of the semi-finals and Allan Green will be dropped from the competition. Kessler, unable to fight for nine months due to an eye injury, will vacate his WBC title. Abraham and Froch will fight for the vacant title on October 2 and Kessler is guaranteed a shot at the winner.
"There's me and Abraham left and we're fighting. Andre Ward versus Andre Dirrell is the other semi. So in the final, you'll have a WBC-WBA unification fight. After the final, Kessler's got a shot at the WBC," explained Froch.
"Kessler will be what they call the 'marital' WBC champion, which means that Abraham and I are fighting for my old title. It means I'll be world champion assuming I do the job properly and Kessler would get a shot at challenging for his old belt back because he vacated it.
"So there's an undisputed world title fight in the final, which will probably be at Madison Square Garden in New York. I've got to do the business in my next fight, or it's curtains."
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