Wait a minute - Andre Ward was awarded 2 free S6 points when his buddy pulled it out?

Now this is getting downright ridiculous. If I read correctly, Andre Ward doesn't even have to fight in Stage 3 (Bika is non-S6) because he's already locked in the semi-finals with 4 points, but just to make sure he'll be the tournament leader no matter what happens in Froch-Abraham, Showtime manipulated the scoring system awarding Ward two points for free? If that is true, Arthur Abraham should pull out right now as his 3 points qualify him too, maybe take on a tune-up and ask for 2 - what the hell! FIVE points - wouldn't that be cool?

Understand that with the manipulated scores Ward is set up for the easiest SF fight possible since the #1 guy faces the #4, who will likely be soon-42yo Glen Johnson (or would've been Allan Green if he won). Ward is also guaranteed to avoid Abraham, as even if AA loses he'll be #3 due to the tie-breaker, or at worse, if AA wins, Froch coming from two losses will be #4.

Andre Ward is a superb, P4P caliber fighter, but this never-ending BS makes us morally impossible to support him. From day one he's getting advantages over the others, 3 hometown fights (including a hometown ref allowing dirty tactics), opponents replaced for easier ones, getting a 'vacation' while others have to fight through stage 3 (even though ALL 4 - Ward, Froch, AA and Johnson are GUARANTEED to move through since there's no one else left), plus the balls not to start negotiating the Dirrell fight, the rumors back then of possibly pulling out for an HBO contract, oh, and the reports of Ward being a customer of Master Steroid himself, Victor Conte.

Speaking of the Super Six scenarios. Can someone explain it to me why is Froch-Abraham happening - at all? We already have 4 fighters locked for the semis with Johnson only fighing once and Ward twice, isn't it a disadvantage for Froch and Abraham - and espcially for the loser of their fight - to enter the semis with THREE hard fighs in a row? What makes this whole mess even more ridiculous that a Froch-Abraham rematch is very likely: if Froch wins, there's gonna be two AA-Cobra fights in a row, now matter how the first one will look. The whole Super Six should've gone for the SFs straight after Stage Two, but then Dr. Shaw Hi turned up...

 

There's a tie-breaker in case of a points tie: whoever won the more rounds on the official scorecards gets the better ranking, so it wasn't the reason. It was simply the desire of Showtime to have Ward as the tournament leader after 3 rounds, and the only way to do that was to put Ward-Bika outside of the S6 and manipulate the scores.

But here's the next funny thing: if Bika wins, the WBA belt is out of the tournament!

 

That is correct. And even if AA gets 3 vs. Froch, Ward will remain #1 due to the tie-breaker.