The Super Six has failed!

Hate to admit it but Aaran does have a point.The Stupid 6 has been a bust and it does appear Showtime ****ed up.

 

SO you're going to not watch Froch-Abraham and Ward-Bika?

 

Agreed.. One of the good points of failing is that there will be a template of what not to do when making these tournaments in the future.

I wouldn't be surprised if HBO tried to put something together just to top Showtime.

 

OMG competitive match-ups throughout the year, the boxing world is collapsing!

 

we've seen the best fight the best plus i cant wait 4 froch vs AA

not a fail imo

 

Who cares about the actual tournament? The whole point of this was to have the best fighting the best, and this is what has happened so far.

Taylor and Kessler getting injured are a normal part of the sport.

The only downside of this whole thing is that the there have been long breaks in between fights (although most top fighters only fight twice a year anyway) and that we found out that Dirrel is a coward.

Would you rather have seen Abraham beat Euro level fighters and Ward continue to face nobodies?

All this dramatic overreaction, I swear boxing fans just want something to complain about. The Super Six is one of the best things to happen recently, your outrage is misguided.

 

ward vs. green was a competitive fight.....................NOT!!!!!!

 

Most of your points revolve around Dirrell, but the truth is that you can't force fighters to fight. Even with doctors and iron-clad contracts, a coward like Dirrell can always claim headaches etc without proving anything. The only thing they should have done was select Bute (if he was willing) instead of Dirrell who had shown cowardly tendencies in previous fights.

I don't agree with the neutral venue idea. It is good in theory but boxing is a niche sport which needs whatever hometown support that it can muster. Oakland for Ward is the same as Montreal for Bute or Berlin for Abraham, they provide good sized crowds and the most money possible. Corrupt judges are a different issue entirely, and a hometown crowd should not be predicated on it.

Kessler had no reason to lie about his injury an pull out of his fight with Green of all people. He should be allowed to fight Bute in the spring if it's possible.

Glen Johnson lives in the US, who cares about his flag.

 

Judge it on the fights, I dont care about what happened behind the scenes I am just a fan, we dont need to worry about that stuff. All the fights have been very good and has given all the fighters more exposure.

I think it has been very good.

It hasnt failed it still going on and getting very good viewing figures all round the world.

 

1. As this tournament was a new idea, they probably didn't appreciate the nuances or possible events that could derail it in the future. If they do it again (hear there's one with cruisers possibly), hopefully they'll learn from their mistakes.

2. They could have their own doctor to clear fighters and that is a good idea, but it's not going to stop fighters from having and listening to their own doctor.

3. A set schedule should've been announced at the beginning. Agree there. Every fighter should've had one "home" match and one "away" match announced for dates before the thing started. But what I'd've done is gotten rid of hometown refereeing and judging. The only part of "hometown" we need is the fans, not the bureaucracy helping the guy win.

4. Money as well could've been decided at the beginning, although if you hold fast on that you may get good fighters say "I'm not going to deal with this, this tournament needs me, I don't need it."

 

If there is a handful of good matches out of the rest of it, and one clear winner, than people will forget about these problems. They need to stop all the delays though, and get the last few rounds of fights completed before we're all old