Arthur Abraham KO 12 Jermain Tylor
The first round of fights in the Super Six Tournament started Saturday night and it was as good as anticipated. Jermain Taylor looked old and unsure of himself he barely even threw a right hand he is done. Artur Abraham had a hard punch but he also has many flaws that better competition will exploit. When Abraham throws his punches they are wild and he is wide open for a counter, he also has no body defense. I picked Taylor to win but in boxing you can turn old in one night and that is what happened to him. He has had too many wars and it has drained him, he is no longer the Jermain Taylor who was the middleweight champ. The good thing about this tournament is the Knockout bonus, It was evident King Artur was tyring at the end to pick up his bonus points. I don't see either fighter going deep into this tournament especially Taylor.
Carl Froch W12 Andre Dirrell
Froch looked amateurish when he was constantly out of position throwing wild punches at the younger, faster Dirrell. I thought as many did that Andre Dirrell earned the decision for out boxing and landing the cleaner more effective punches. It seemed that Froch got a home town decision, for sure he got home town refereeing. He fouled so many times by holding and hitting, rabbit punching and just plain rough tactics the whole night I can even begin to count. Instead of Froch loosing points for his illegal activity they took a point away from Dirrell. The reff took a point for leaning on Froch which he didn't warn him for, He warned him for holding too much and even thoughts warnings were excessive. If Andre would have been a little more busy and trew more combinations he would have won by a landslide. The scores were off with one judge seeing the fight for Dirrell and the other two seeing it for Froch, it was a 4 point swing in Froch's favor. I was impressed by the young Dirrell and thought he won but that is boxing and you never know how the judges will score the fight especially in Europe. I don't think Froch will hold his title much longer and he wont win this tournament. I think it is funny that he was calling out Super Joe because he isn't even close to his level. Andre Dirrell has a bright future in front of him and he is young so he can learn from this fight.
Over all the fights were fun and exciting and I can wait for the next group to lace up their gloves and start throwing. My final analysis is Abraham is overrated, Taylor is shot, Dirrell got robbed and Froch is just plain wild. Having said that watching a tournament like this brings great excitement with its colorful characters who aren't afraid to put it all on the line.
Nick Thomas deathwish72@gmail.com
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