Be honest. How bias do you think the Super 6 has been?

The initial promotors agreement stipulated, AFAIK, that both the final and semis was to be staged in the US. It was also known that Ward was to have all his groupstagefights in Oakland. Nothing new here.

It might be a bias towards the yanks in general and Ward in particular, but it's not like it wasn't known when the contract where signed.

 

that's a fact only if you look at boxrec and judge by it.if you consider the circumstances of the fight it is more complex.the tournament went bad because of the many injuries.i don't think Ward vs Taylor was to happen in California.but with Taylor retired they had little options.And you can argue all you want about the Kessler fight but the alternative was Kessler vs Ward in Denmark and Dirrell vs Froch in Michigan.Ward was a golden olympian and a much better name than Dirrell so they wanted their best fighter at a reasonable hour in US.it's all about money.if you want fairness you make a pyramid tournament in Tokyo,like in K1..but then again those guys earn 300k after an entire season of wins,but it is fair.....

 

It was a good thing for boxing but i cant call it the best tournament ever like some say.
Few Facts S6 was actually S8 or S9.
They tried to present it like they were the best 6 supermiddleweights in the division and it wasnt true.
Ward and Dirrell were 2 prospects.
Kessler and Froch 2 of the best legitimate calling.
Taylor and Green lets say 2 contenders.
Replacements ...
It was a tournament build up to draw atention from general public and make Ward known it wasnt designed for hardcore fans.

 

FACT: Dan Goossen never had any intention of making Ward travel to get a title shot

"Right now we are looking to fight for the world championship. This fight [with Miranda] puts Andre side by side with every champion out there. Froch just had his mandatory against [Jermain] Taylor and quite frankly we don’t believe that we are going to get Bute out of Montreal. One of the champions we would like to focus on is Karoly Balzsay,"

source :

http://www.wbo-europe.com/news/andre-ward-could-be-looking-at-a-karoly-balzsay-fight/

Now, Paul Williams is with Goossen Tutor promotions...

 

Froch was beaten by Dirrell. There is very little controversy about that. If some reporter for either of those mags saw it differently it just points out they cannot score a fight. I really don't believe the publication had an official opinion on the matter and your too big of a douche too take seriously. Get one of your alts in here to agree with you.

 

SMW is a shitty division with a short history and almost no historically significant "Champions". Promoters kept adding weight classes until everyone with a pulse had a "title". Corruption in GB and Germany is so bad most fights are little more than staged excuses for fans to ware track suits and get drunk.

 

patently absurd statistics, you've obviously never seen the fight. Dirrell was repeatedly tattooing Froch with headshots and had him hurt in both the 10th and 11th rounds. Dirrell was at one point measuring him up as Froch staggered backwards against the ropes, disoriented and reeling after taking a big left hand to the face*.

Froch failed to land a single meaningful punch in the entire match, Dirrell received a dubious point deduction (considering Froch was never penalized for repeated rabbit punches and gratuitous body slams), and looked confused and frustrated throughout.

* please refer to 5:05 if you doubt my characterization.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1hHNbHGegQ&feature=related[/ame]

 

Dirrel-Froch was a close one,despite what Froch believes.I had Andre up by 2 points but good old home cooking leveled that field.

 

I've always liked the double standards concerning "home" fights. When a fighter from Florida fight a russian in Vegas, it's not an home fight. When the same Floridian goes to fight the guy in Moscow, even though the guy is from St-Petersburg, the russian is fighting at home... because the USA are clearly the only country in the world to have things such as states or provinces.

Damn, Bute is from Romania and he's getting more crap than Ward for fighting at home... in Montreal of all places ! I get it, everyone should fight in the US, even tough guys like Hopkins, Ward and Bradley can't sell tickets.