For me it's kessler/abraham in the finals

Really there's a distinct gulf in class as far as I'm concerned. You have the super 3: Kessler, Froch, and Taylor (the former the hands-down favorite to win this thing walking away, and the latter two in his wake having proven to be more or less evenly matched). Then you have the also-rans: the weak and green Andre, the inconsistent and green Andre, and the stumpy sluggish middleweight Arthur.

I love Abraham, but to call him the clear favorite in this field? :nut He could surprise us, but I don't think his vaunted 160lb power is enough to do much against any of these guys (except perhaps Jermain), as infrequently as he's going to land it. The people claiming either Andre as their sleeper picks are living a crack-pipe dream.

At their best; Kessler (on his A game), Taylor (provided he can stay confident and hungry and escape the doldrums of doubt and brash stupidity), and Froch (limited though he is, he's beaten up far better world-class boxers than Dirrell and Ward in Pascal and Taylor) are simply on another level at this juncture and at this weight. That seems patently obvious to me. Of course it's boxing and anything can happen and sure out of left field Kessler could get KTFO by Ward. But on paper - anybody who's seen a substantial sampling of the super six participants should recognize that it's a Super Three mixed in with a decidedly more Mortal Three.

 

Abraham lived off Joval, Ouma, and McKart left overs. He ain't winning ****.

 

Chill buddy, I got this. :yep

 

Ya, but if I push a few buttons, you'll have more to work with!

 

For me it's kessler in the final and then it is very open expect Taylor and froch they in my opinion may both struggle but I wudnt be suprised if andrade or bute were called in and had a say in all it should be interesting to see who will fite kessler in the final ..... I cant wait

 

I think Abraham is one of the three I can't see in the final. I may be wrong about him though but his level of compteition is pretty weak. We're calling the tow Andres green boxers but they have won against the same level Abraham faced over the years.

 

This is what I'm saying. They're the bottom three and calling them long shots is an understatement.

The probability breaks down like this:

Kessler wins tournament: 50%
Froch wins tournament: 25%
Taylor wins tournament: 20%
Ward wins tournament: 2.5%
Abraham wins tournament: 1.5%
Dirrell wins tournament: 1%

 

Abraham is going 2 lose 2 Taylor so we will see

 

I also pick Taylor against Abraham. After that, we'll have a clue if he can beat any of the others.

 

I'm gonna be rooting for Abraham. Froch is a good fighter but eats too many punches and it might cost him. I don't like Kessler's basic style, Taylor has issues, Ward hasn't shown me much yet, and I like some of the things I've seen from Dirrell but he's probably too inexperienced to win this. Anything can happen in boxing though and I can't wait for this tournament to begin.

 

Textbook boxing? Yeah, screw that. :blood

 

Personally i think the americans are gonna get smoked, although i wouldn't be suprised if Taylor got himslef together and did rather well. we shall see.

looking forward to every minute of this awesome event.

 

Can't go by the book only, you've got to improvise sometimes. Perfect example is his fight with Calzaghe.

 

You mean when he dusted off and incorporated the uppercut into his arsenal on the fly? When he desperately tried throwing everything including the kitchen sink at Joe down the stretch? He improvised, he just started too late. He'd have won an immediate rematch.

 

Hah, Calzaghe is to versatile for him.