Dan Rafael: "Ward-Dirrell for Sept 25 is going to be POSTPONED"

from Dan Rafael's blog today Aug 13, 2010 11:58 am http://a.espncdn.com/i/columnists/rafael_dan_m.jpg Speaking of the Super Six, it seems awfully likely that the Andre Ward-Andre Dirrell super middleweight title bout scheduled for Sept. 25 is going to be postponed. We're about six weeks out and there has not been a news conference, there is no site and tickets are not on sale, which you can't do without a site. That's not exactly a good way to promote a highly significant title fight between 2004 U.S. Olympic teammates and medal winners. Keep in mind that the site for the Mikkel Kessler-Allan Green Group Stage 3 bout of the tournament -- Herning, Denmark -- which is also on Sept. 25, was announced a couple of weeks ago. Further, the site (Monte Carlo) for the final Group Stage 3 bout, Arthur Abraham-Carl Froch, which is on Oct. 2, was also announced a few weeks ago. But with regard to Ward-Dirrell, there has been nothing but silence. When I asked Dirrell promoter Gary Shaw about the situation the other day, he didn't want to get into it. When I asked again to please be honest about it, his response was, "I can't be honest. I'm a promoter." Maybe he was saying that in jest, maybe not. So when I pressed him further, Shaw told me to ask Dan Goossen, Ward's promoter. So I did that. When I talked to Goossen on Thursday night and asked him to clarify the situation, he didn't provide a real answer, electing to duck it like David "The Ducker" Haye is ducking Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko. http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/5461234/shocked-ward-dirrell-postponed