Some thoughts on the Super 6...

Abraham was much better than I thought, but the only other fight I give him without thinking is Froch. As a matter of fact, I think almost everybody in this tourney (with the exception of Taylor) beats Froch. The European refs in this first showing of the super 6 were ridiculous. Abraham had his trunks WAY too ****in' high and some of those "low blows" were bull****. But it wouldn't have mattered, Abraham had him lost and confused.

I also notice that this tourney GREATLY benefits the favorites in the super 6. If you look at the second and third stage, AA fights Dirrell as opposed to the more technically proficient Ward and then finishes off with the easiest and best win of his career against the completely defenseless Froch. AA has a pretty decent challenge in Dirrell, but after reviewing the Froch fight, I'm just not sure if Dirrell has seen enough 12 round fights to really stay alive in Abraham's strongest point in the fight. Whereas if he were to fight Ward...he'd have a fighter whose fast, conservative, versatile, and has good stamina. I won't even go into the size dimensions. Then Kessler has ONE challenge in Ward...then goes on to face Froch who again...will get KTFO (3 points) and then Taylor :-( (6 points total). The outcome is obvious. Watching him struggle a bit with Perdomo shows me that he'd most likely have issues with either Dirrell or Ward. SO he can in fact LOSE to Ward and still be in the **** because of his easy ass setup fights next.

I think it'd be fair for Taylor for his health's sakes...if he can switch for a rematch with Froch and have AA fight Kessler. As opposed to suffering serious brain damage against Kessler. This way both favorites can run into a serious challenge against each other. Something tells me though that they deliberately saved this fight for the finals seeing as this for some strange reason seems like a 50-50 fight.

Let's say Abraham loses to Dirrell (2 pts for Dirrell) and KO's Froch...that's 6 ****in' points. Same boat as Kessler. Both on top with 6 points. Then let's say Ward goes undefeated in his 3 fights and all by decision. That's 6 points.

So that means
Kessler with 6 (KO'ing Froch and Taylor, but losing to Ward)
AA with 6 (KO'ing Taylor and Froch, but losing to Dirrell)
Ward with 6 (decisions everyone...considering he's gonna be in the US)
Froch with 2 (Dec against Dirrell, but KO'd by Kessler and AA)
Dirrell with 2 (Dec against AA, but lost dec. against Ward and Froch)
Taylor with 0

How the **** does this get solved? :huh
Who gets selected as Seed 1 amongst the 3 with 6 pts? :huh:nut

And let's say they have some sort of "method" for fixing this...it wouldn't surprise me if for some strange reason...we don't see Abraham or Kessler paired up. I think they want this to be the conclusion...and sadly it won't be once Ward shows his mettle and skill against all of these guys. Goosen did a great job at keeping his fighter at home for the first 3 fights considering he's not a big puncher and would probably see himself in Dirrell's shoes.

Overall though...I think it'll come down to Ward vs. Kessler II

 

That would be interesting...I think he loses both. One by KO and the other by decision if it's not in Germany.

 

Which are my thoughts exactly...I think it'll be them two in a rematch in the finals.

 

OKay...allow me to rephrase point one. Judges picked as "neutral" for European fights are RIDICULOUS!

Point 2: I actually stated that Ward would win the most and AA and Kessler would be not too far behind...there's 6 contestants...I don't see how that's hard to understand when you have Taylor and Froch in there.

 

Actually...now that you put it that way...it DOES seem balanced, but you're looking at it from a bigger scale in a negotiation view. I'm looking at this in a smaller scope of just styles. And it seems to favor Kessler and AA.