Dirrell withdraws from super 6

[url]http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5659177[/url]

apparently its a legit serious injury. Hershman says the tournament will continue.

 

Kool seems a little stressed

i liked the idea of the tourney when it first came out as it was something different. unfortunately the format just hasn't agreed with the mentality of todays boxer.

the only fighters involved who would have had no problem fighting more often and would have stuck through the tournament win or lose are froch and abraham.

although the super six has failed as a tournament, it will have been worth it just to see froch-abraham and a few other decent fights which otherwise may never have happened.

 

The Super 6 was ****ing wonderful and I'm glad it happened. Anyone who dosen't like musn't like boxing very much.
The round robin was way too ambitious for 6 fighters. People were always gonna drop out. Also, alarm bells should've sounded when Ward said he wouldn't fight outside the USA. Thats some serious diva behaviour right there.

 

It may well be. Just such a ****ing coincidence though.

 

:rofl "Who's assed about the ****ing fights?" Can you tell me that all of the fights we have seen in the super six/we will see in the super six, would have happened without the tournament? Can you? I'm talking about Kessler/Froch (maybe fight of the year) and Dirrell/Froch, Abraham/Taylor, Ward/Kessler. Abraham/Froch. Answer the question. Would all of these fights have happened wihout the tournament? Would they?

What did you think of these fights? Are you excited about Froch/Abraham? If no, then you're not a boxing fan PK.

I'm not speaing as a businessman PK, I'm speaking as a boxing fan. In real life I can be a Don King but you think I'm Don King while I'm on this forum? My username is not Don King.

David Haye has more fans than Carl Froch. Carl is a "no mark" compared to Haye but at least Carl Froch fights. At least Carl Froch is giving us good fights (and I'm saying this as someone who dislikes Carl Froch. I'm not even a fan). David Haye has fought Valuev and Ruiz since all that time ago when he promised he would launch an assault on the heavyweight division. So what if he's famous. He's on loose women? Do you watch that ****? So what if the public knows him? These are casual fans that will give him a good payday, but it means NOTHING to me. I don't watch loose women, I don't watch Alan Carr, or any of that ****. **** that.

I agree with you that as a tournament, it's failed. It's been ****. The gap between fights has been too long, maybe also as a business concept it's been ****. I don't care about that. I'm talking about fights.

It's about expectations PK. What did you expect from a boxing tournament? For it to go smoothly? For it to work? I knew it would be full of problems. I also knew that it would force people to fight each other. Some people still pulled out but some fights were still made. That's what I got out of it. I will take it. Sometimes you take what you can get PK, that's all.

 

Yes, again, when Tyson reached world level he fought FOUR times these guys with injuries, postponements and Volcanic Ash clouds are still fighting 3 world class fighters. It isnt that great a difference PK

Those 13 fights in 86 was getting Tyson on a fast-track to the World title. It was very impressive and entertaining but were not the class of the Super 6 and with the circumstances make it irrelevent. You cant argue this is boxing we're talking about nonsense either or i'll put Kirkland Laing's weed problems in the Commonwealth games website. Come on man

You've addressed some of the issues and they're right, didnt prevent some great match-ups/controversy occuring that wouldnt have otherwise. Flawed but not useless is my evaluation of S6

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRpQNCEBsd8[/ame]

 

atsch What is that ****? Don't be one of those "no mark" posters that posts randomn vids.

 

Nobody cares about the supersixx, it's ****, the boxers involved are all still no marks. Its not delivered on any of its promises that boxing needed most, like media attention, and getting interest from grass roots. It's been a complete failure, from a buisness point of view.

I ****ing hate it, and i'm not speaking anymore on this subject.

 

Just pack it in using the Tyson fighting 13 times a year comparison with everything that gets on your tits PK. Its not even as impressive as Sugar Ray Robinson/Jake LaMotta days man when you fought 2 (or 1 twice!) world class fighters in a couple of weeks!!

And just coz you dont care for it dont presume NOBODY does. I for 1 cant wait for Froch-Abraham

 

Still not sure its legit.

 

I think he'll make a full recovery just after Ward fights...

 

gay.

i started a thread once calling him a ***** and a *****. i stand by my words.
the cruiser super6 will be fine, itll do good numbers in germany and mainland europe

 

You're right. Even if the SS guys were fighting on the schedule agreed, it would have been three times a year. That's more than the majority of world-level fighters however you cut it.

But, the Tyson thing is a load of bollocks and PK knows it. Tyson was knocking out, in PK's own words, no-marks to keep busy while he waited for his title shot. He was NOT a world champion at that point - he was a prospect then a contender.

None of the SS guys are like Tyson stylistically scoring early KOs and exerting little energy. And the majority of fighters are, or were, 30 plus. Tyson was what? 19?

Once Tyson won the title, he fought four times in 1987 (including unifying the belts); three times in 1988; twice in 1989 and three times in 1990. So, once he became a champion at an elite level, fighting elite guys, he needed more time to recover.

PK, don't use a very unusual exception to prove a point. It just makes you look over-excitable.

 

Neurological damage can take time to show up, but I'd be sceptical about the circumstances here. Seven months is a looooooooooooong time for it to lay dormant. Why wasn't he in general training for Ward?

And, if he suffered compression or concussion after Abraham's hardly full-force punch, why wasn't he scanned and this news uncovered much sooner. As a man who takes punches for a living, I can't believe his insurance company would allow him not to undergo regular screening after such a "devastating" shot.

It's a load of ****. He's a little punk and a complete cry-baby. He knows he'd struggle with Ward, get kicked out the tournament and be without options.