after froch vs kessler last night.......

[knighty]

which 4 does everyone think will make it to the semis taking into fact the last fight to happen in the second round????

im going for ward , abraham , froch and kessler. ward will beat dirrell and green and kessler will beat green leavin dirrell with 2 points and green with nowt! froch should beat abraham if he boxes a bit cleverer than last night leaving him with 4 points. kessler will be joint with 4 and even though abraham lost two his ko over taylor will put him 4th with 3!

so.............ward=6 , kessler=4 , froch=4 and abraham=3.

although i may be underestimating green a bit.

[LP_1985]

good shout but i got a sneaky feeling (and i know i mite be the only 1) that dirrel may upset ward

[knighty]

leaving abraham to go out and every fighter progressing with 4 points. that would shake it up!!!!

[LP_1985]

Originally Posted by knighty

leaving abraham to go out and every fighter progressing with 4 points. that would shake it up!!!!

then they'd be no more 0's go to altho i think abraham shud be there.

[knighty]

do they re-draw for the semi final or is it pre determined???

[LP_1985]

im not sure how there work it to be honest. wud be interestin to know if any1's got any info

[AffectedToaster]

i think

Ward 6 points
Abraham 5 points
kessler 4-5 points
Dirrel-Froch 2 points
Green 0 points

so Ward, Kess, Abraham and either Dirrel or froch depending on the rules

[Raashid]

Originally Posted by LP_1985

good shout but i got a sneaky feeling (and i know i mite be the only 1) that dirrel may upset ward

I agree, I hate it as a fan, but I still think in purely boxing terms Dirrell is possibly the best overall of the 6. He looks a shade faster then Ward, has reasonable power as witness him stunning Froch a few times and decking Abraham and his own chin looked solid, until it was hit square-on whilst unawares by Abraham. If that illegal KO hasn't dimisnished his durability, then he can win it. Some say he has a "glass heart" but I think that's implistic. Although his bitching and clinching against Froch showed he doesn't like getting roughed up he never actually folded and by the end of the fight was landing the sharper punches. And he looked pretty confident throughout the Abraham fight, he even grinned in defiance at King Arthur a few times after taking a few bombs.

My predictions for the remainder f the tourny:
Ward UD12 Green
Froch UD12 Abraham if in England; Abraham SD12 Froch if in Germany
Kessler UD12 Green
Dirrell SD12 Ward
SO it'll probably be Ward, Kessler, Dirrell and Froch/Abraham depends on venue.

I think they should consider doing something like they do in the World Cup, make the final round fought simultanousy on neutral venues, so no fighters can make an unspoken arrangement so that they both go thru, having known how other results already went?

[LP_1985]

Originally Posted by AffectedToaster

i think

Ward 6 points
Abraham 5 points
kessler 4-5 points
Dirrel-Froch 2 points
Green 0 points

so Ward, Kess, Abraham and either Dirrel or froch depending on the rules

as froch has beat dirrel he shud go through but not sure how it works

[knighty]

so it is the general concencious that green has got no fucking chance???

[yogster740]

Originally Posted by LP_1985

good shout but i got a sneaky feeling (and i know i mite be the only 1) that dirrel may upset ward

I second that

[AffectedToaster]

Originally Posted by LP_1985

as froch has beat dirrel he shud go through but not sure how it works

i was thinking thats how it works but wasn't sure

[LP_1985]

Originally Posted by knighty

so it is the general concencious that green has got no fucking chance???

havent seen much of him TBH so hard for me to judge. didnt he beat that jaidon cordington from contender 3. i thought he cud have progressed into something decent but didnt have the heart to bounce back from that defeat to bika. i think hes had 1 fight since and looked shit

[Hooch]

Originally Posted by knighty

so it is the general concencious that green has got no fucking chance???

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JjljCcugWZ...eing-green.gif

[knighty]

Originally Posted by yogster740

I second that

that will be one boring chess match of a fight. two boxer - movers very rarely makes an exciting fight.