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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The young American stopped the WBA super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in Showtime's Super Six event Put your flags away for a bit. The fighters to watch now in Showtime's Super Six super-middleweight tournament might not be Mikkel, Arthur or Carl after all, and certainly not Jermain. The new favourites are called Andre and they're both fearless young Americans with speed and power....
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Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
ANDRE WARD PREPARES FOR SATURDAY'S WORLD BOXING CLASSIC MAIN EVENT ANDRE WARD WBC OPEN WORKOUT AT KING'S GYM IN OAKLAND 2004 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST ANDRE WARD ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA A block off of Interstate 880 in a nondescript section of East Oakland sits one of the classic boxing gyms in the country. King's Gym, owned by Charles A. King, trains nearly 300 local amateur...
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Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
During today’s WBC general assembly meeting, No. 3 ranked super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell of the U.S. requested a rematch of his split decision loss in October against super middleweight world champion Carl Froch of England. The WBC is a strong supporter of [...]
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Abraham plans to start training for the Dirrell fight on November 7.
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Camel Clutch Blog (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... up between the “other” super middleweight champion. In the tournament, now, we have undefeated Andre Ward with the WBA title, and undefeated Carl Froch with the WBC title. Well here was undefeated IBF champ Bute trying to state his claim that he is the best.It bothered me that it was still taking place in Bute’s hometown. Look at Mikkel Kessler, the favorite coming into the tournament. He...
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Camel Clutch Blog (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Saturday Night HBO will show an interesting fight. When the Super Six Super Middleweight (168 pounds) tournament started, I thought they left some people out. One of them fought recently, in Allan Green, a decision win he looked kind of bored with. He did in fact say he wanted to be in the tournament. It was surprising to me that if they had the choice and would pick Andre Dirrell and...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The final bout of Group Stage 1 of the Super Six tournament saw Andre Ward score an upset over Mikkel Kessler, but the fight was overshadowed from beginning to end by the questionable performances of many involved in the event. First, the incompetence of the Showtime broadcast team should be addressed. It was a bad night [...]
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The Mason Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This is a big big fight weekend. Coming off last weekend's Pacquiao-Cotto fight and UFC 105, it gets even better this week. Boxing: WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler vs. 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andrew Ward This is the final...
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Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... new faces."Shaw believes that fresh challenge could come at 168lbs where the promoter already has Andre Dirrell competing in the Showtime TV-backed super-middleweight Super Six tournament alongside Britain's WBC champion Carl Froch, WBA beltholder Mikael Kessler, Germany's Arthur Abraham and fellow Americans Andre Ward and Jermain Taylor.Pound-for-pound"Chad's one of the top...
