as the semi finals are about to hit later in the year , surely common sense will prevail and teh 2 fights will be in europe....why?? froch has fought once at home abraham has fought once at home ward has fought twice at home now these 3 are the only remaining original contenders in the super 6 series so for fairness they must all be given 2 fights at home. abraham vs ward should be in germany as ward has not had to travel once froch vs johnson should be in the uk as johnson is just new to the super 6 the final then should be in the states and hopefully at maddison square garden as its a neutral venue for all fighters
Johnson will go fight Froch in England "for the right money". Abraham will probably get a decent paycheck going to Vegas, NYC, Atlantic City (which is the most Ward-neutral US location to me) or LA. I'm sure he knows he has awfully slim chances to win this. It can't be in Oakland... it can't, for credibility's sake. Mind you, I wouldn't know how to quantify how much credibility has been lost by the WBC, WBA, Showtime's S6 officials, Andre Ward's promoter (considering Ward hasn't yet left home in the tourney) and...... Andre Dirrell, combined.
No way does the Ward camp go to Germany and lose the ability to hit AA in the body. AA's entire way of fighting is based on being ref-protected every place his arms don't cover. Johnson has been on the losing side of so many close cards that I expect it to happen again, regardless of the venue. A double-header in Atlantic City would be my preference.
