Monday, July 13, 2009

Showtime Super Middleweight Tournament


As reported by ESPN.com's Dan Rafael, Showtime will host a six man super middleweight tournament (168 lbs). The fighters are as follows:

Mikkel Kessler
Carl Froch
Jermain Taylor
Andre Dirrell
Andre Ward
Arthur Abraham

As the current champ, I like Froch in this tournament. Kessler gave Calzaghe a good fight, but hasn't shown much since. Taylor lost a recent heartbreaker to Froch in the final seconds of the final round. Olympians Ward and Dirrell may be overmatched. The unknown to me is how ex-middleweight titlist Abraham performs.

More to follow as details allow.

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