Yet another black mark for boxing Klitchkos and haye wont fight Pac and Mayweather wont fight Khan, Bradley, Madina, Alexander wont fight The heavyweight division is crap Too many belts UFC is taking over, because boxing is starting to look pathetic
As long as they get a replacement within the next week and push the Green fight back a couple of weeks it can work. Kessler is on 2 points so whoever comes in gets that, they need the chance to fight Green though to progress.
Hopefully this is a fix, Ideally I would just move this stage to the Playoff round and kick Green out, but since that might leave Showtime with a lawsuit, Here is a fix: 1 point is given to Ward and 1 is given to Green from Kesslers total. Dirrel-Ward is canceled and replaced with Green-Dirrell, and it happens along side Froch-Abraham. This way the winners of both fights advance.
That wouldn't really change anything. The fight would then be scored 116-116, 116-112, 116-112 for Kessler instead of 115-113, 116-112, 117-111.
Dude - this will never happen. Froch and AA would never want anyone to get free points because the points determine who meets each other in the semi finals. Would never work. They need to find a replacement, but noone good (read: Bute) will accept getting one fight with very very little chance of advancing anyway.
pointless to replace a fighter. Either scrap the entire thing or just make the next round semi-finals. This really sucks. But exactly the reason why tournaments in boxing cant work. Its too tough a sport.
Kessler out of Super Six WBC super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler has suffered an eye injury that will force him out of the Super Six tournament it was announced today at a press conference in Denmark. According to the Ekstra Bladet, Kessler stated he was seeing double. “I am very disappointed,” Kessler said. “I have to give up my dream, the Super Six. It’s an injury that has plagued me for a long time.” Doctors have told him he must take a nine month break from boxing. (More to come
Wow dude, first you say floored means being stunned and now this. They could get a replacement and he could still advance. You need to lay off the crack for a few weeks.
Official statement about Kessler's withdrawal, includes Showtime executive about what lies ahead for the tournament. The show must go on! http://sport.stv.tv/boxing/193862-kessler-out-of-super-six-official-statement/ Kessler wants the winner in 2011!
"we will crown a champion in the early part of 2011.” Sounds like they are going to get rid of Green and have the semifinals this year.
They should've thrown in a couple more names and made it a single elimination tournament which always makes more sense than this loopy fight again and again point system idea.