Super Middleweight Tournament Officially Announced

[STEELHEAD]

Showtime has officially informed BoxingScene.com that a press conference is scheduled for Monday, July 13, at New York's Madison Square Garden to officially announce the super middleweight tournament. Showtime has advised us that all six fighters will attend, including Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch, Mikkel Kessler, Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward. [details]

this is great!
someone must of payed off Pig Palle.
hope kessler stays stateside and gets some real pro's in his corner. he'll need it after all those lackey tuneups since the calzaghe fight.

[mrpain81]

Best news in a very long time, this is going to be epic.

[Pollo Boricua]

War Ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vercingetorix3]

Pavlik/Abraham was never going to happen anyways. I think this is the first time that I would actually prefer a Showtime subscription over an HBO one.

[robjr]

will be almost a couple years when its all over though.

[Del Coqui]

This is great news, it's what boxing needs right now!

is that really eva? wow, her ***** looks huge! must be wearing a cup or somethin

[BattlingNelson]

Add Allen Green and Lucian Bute and then we'd really know. Green and Bute should battle sometime soon and make this tourney look like a joke. Whomever should win the tourney should fight winner of Bute/Green.

why is everyone excited??? this means no pavlik vs abraham, jermain taylor (no commitment, stamina, confidence) - round robin, so fighters can afford to lose?? (never ever give a fighter an option - they should always have that never quit, never lose engraved in their fighting DNA) no lucien bute?? NO ALLEN GREEN? come on, i mean i honestly like Ward and Dirrell, but this tournament is too long, good idea, but bad logistics / rules / execution - they should have studied the HBO middle weight tourny, where hopkins won, to get a clue on how to put this thing together!! round robin is for basketball, baseball, etc.. not boxing, there should always be a win or go home mentality. Do not get me wrong i will watch, because i am a SERIOUS FAN OF THE SPORT!!! but Lou dibella should really get chin checked for not getting his better super middle weight into this tourney, he would have a far better chance of promoting his company with a charismatic warrior - and he cannot use the excuse that green doesn't have the name, that is the reason for this tourny for everyone involved to get the exposure they need - so his only fighter will suffer a ko in this, and the bad thing is, he will not be eliminated, so he might get ko'd 2x's - like i said in earlier threads, dibella must have alot of coin invested in taylor - the worst thing for that mans career was getting that bs gift decision from B hop the first fight - that was a dibella event!! and dibella was having that defamation lawsuit against hopkins...As you all see, i just wish the best fought the best and taylor is not the best right now...i have nothing bad to say about the other contestants because they are all at the top of their game or close to it - add green and bute to make it a tourny of 8 - smart asses....

The above posts are unbelieveable. Some people never gets satisfied.

[dstew]

If Taylor had squeezed in a tune-up between Froch and his first touney fight in October against Abraham, I'd like his chances better. Then again, in the past he's fought well coming off of losses so it may not really affect him.

Gotta hand it to him for agreeing to participate though after being 1-3 in his last 4 fights. On one hand it's a no-brainer because it could be his last big opportunity; on the other hand it means potentially losing his next 3 fights and dropping his streak to 1-6.

But in the end, win or lose, he will have fought most of the best in and around his division... Hopkins, Wright, Pavlik, Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Ward, Lacy, Spinks, Ouma, Joppy...

[savorduhflavor]

This is so freaking ill. I can't get over it. And seriously, major props to Showtime. I did not expect this kind of commitment to boxing from them, this will force HBO to step their game up.

I just have nothing but good things to say about everyone involved. This is the type of **** that was thought to be impossible at this point in the sport, and yet here it is.

And Kessler takes it IMO.

[BattlingNelson]

If Taylor had squeezed in a tune-up between Froch and his first touney fight in October against Abraham, I'd like his chances better. Then again, in the past he's fought well coming off of losses so it may not really affect him.

Gotta hand it to him for agreeing to participate though after being 1-3 in his last 4 fights. On one hand it's a no-brainer because it could be his last big opportunity; on the other hand it means potentially losing his next 3 fights and dropping his streak to 1-6.

But in the end, win or lose, he will have fought most of the best in and around his division... Hopkins, Wright, Pavlik, Froch, Kessler, Abraham, Ward, Lacy, Spinks, Ouma, Joppy...

In the end Taylor will be able to retire saying he has fought everybody. Never ducking anyone. Win or lose you gotta respect Taylor for that. *cough*pbf'cough*