The Super Six is here…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Even when it was made official I couldn’t believe it was actually going to happen. No way could this six-man super middleweight round robin actually occur.
Well, the first two boxing fights are Saturday on Showtime, so ha, take that, Boneman.
This is truly something I haven’t seen in my lifetime. The only thing remotely close to this was the middleweight tournament in 2001 on HBO featuring Bernard Hopkins, Keith Holmes, Tito Trinidad and William Joppy. Hopkins, of course, added to his legacy with a brutal one-sided 12th-round knockout of Trinidad.
But this Super Six is intriguing at all levels with Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward representing the US and Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler representing Europe.
It kicks off with Taylor vs. Abraham and Dirrell vs. Froch, both fights are in Europe.
You know I love Jermain, but there is no way the Arkansas native doesn’t get stopped in this one. He tires out, and Abraham is in his prime, too, and is certainly one of the best fighters in the world today.
Taylor should dictate early as usual, but then Abraham should figure him out, let Jermain wear himself out and take him down.
Dirrell and Froch is interesting because not sure if Dirrell belongs with the rest of these cats.
He has the most to prove, if you ask me (but you didn’t). Froch is coming off that memorable 12th-round KO of Jermain Taylor in the spring.
If Dirrell chooses to box from the outside, he might be able to do enough to eke out a decision. But Froch never stops coming, so I don’t know. And it’s in Europe, so I don’t know. Think Dirrell has to try to make some sort of statement in this one.
Gonna go with Abraham TKO 8 and Froch by close unanimous decision against Dirrell.
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Able to talk with Oklahoma lightweight champion Noah Zuhdi this last weekend about how things are shaping up for the Nov. 12 card at Remington Park.
Exciting time for catBOX Entertainment, based here in the Oklahoma City area. Able to sign its first big name in cruiserweight Eric Fields, and he’ll make his debut under the catBOX banner in the main event Nov. 12.
There was a press conference last week at Remington to officially announce it, and it seems like interest in the local boxing scene is starting to pick up.
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Back Thursday with some MMA news and notes, including the latest on former OSU start Johny Hendricks.
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