Who is caught up on Fight Camp 360: Inside the Super Six World Boxing Classic?

This month's episode 7 features the withdrawal of Kessler and shows the Andres preparing for their original date, which was supposed to have been two nights ago (postponed now to 11/27).

Some thoughts after seeing it all the way through for the first time:

It's a damn shame Kessler had to bow out. He seemed to be really up for Green and not taking it as a walk in the park despite the complete spanking that Ward doled out (which was, without any exaggeration, 10 times worse than the beating Kessler himself took). He had a nutritionist hounding him and everything - although when Kessler wanted some "crap" after working up a hunger in the gym he put his foot down and ate some crap (in the form of what looked to be a loaded baked potato).

Kessler and Abraham appear to be good friends from the brief scene of them chilling together. It seems to be beyond just mutual professional respect; I can see the two of them hanging out long after the tournament is over. It will be interesting if the two of them do ever meet up down the line, as both have too much of a warrior's mentality to allow friendship to get in the way of the savagery their styles would be sure to produce. It certainly wouldn't be as much a concern as many people fear there should be regarding Ward and Dirrell (and history has given us countless examples of friends partaking in "gentlemen's agreements" that reduce their fights to sparring sessions...not necessarily fixed but contended with "kid gloves").

Ward and Dirrell both seemed really willing to drop all that, however. Ward acknowledged that when the first punch is tasted, the friendship will be effectively terminated (or suspended, in any event). He isn't taking Dirrell lightly, nor vice versa. In fact, Dirrell spoke of Ward in almost reverent tones - but made it clear that he feels 100% confident in his ability to win. "Maybe I'll surprise people and come out as careful as him, which I can do - or maybe I'll work on something else, refine it, bring it into the ring, and break him on down". When it finally does go down, this could be better than anybody's giving it a chance to be.

Abraham had the right attitude, wanting to erase the memory of the DQ loss and looking at Froch as an irritating obstacle that he has to smash through en route to redemption. He has been focusing on strengthening his leg muscles and improving the quickness and coordination of his footwork - which could be really dangerous in combination with his other assets.

Froch had his same "business as usual" attitude which could prove disastrous for him. He needs to really be up for Abraham (especially one with more of a focus on explosiveness and lateral movement), and not count on fortune smiling on him yet again.

Green has relocated to Tulsa and taken on a new cornerman, which may not have necessarily helped him against Kessler with the great gulf in class between the two (even in Kessler's deteriorated state) but may be enough to get through whoever the mysterious replacement turns out to be, provided he's kept up the discipline ever since he started training for Kessler.