{"id":1827,"date":"2010-03-26T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T05:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2010-03-26T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T05:01:06","slug":"the-super-six-soap-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1827","title":{"rendered":"The Super Six Soap Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLike Sands of the Hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the resident female writer of RSR, I\u2019ll admit my stage when I would watch my daily soap opera.\u00a0 Love lost and love found.\u00a0 Somebody gets hurt.\u00a0 Drama is the stuff that makes life a little less boring and you know what?\u00a0 Someone always has more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we are now entering into the 4th month of the 2010 fight year, boxing has drama these days.\u00a0 I absolutely lost it during the Floyd Mayweather \u2013 Manny Pacquiao superfight negotiations.\u00a0 It was daily drama on that one.\u00a0\u00a0 But really, as the fight year continues to extend its shaky footing in terms of fight matchups, the Super Six tournament seems to be generating some soap opera drama on its own.\u00a0 It\u2019s now a daily thing for me now, to peruse the boxing headlines of my favorite websites \u2013 RSR being the FIRST I check, but now with the rescheduling of Andre Ward versus Allan Green, it leaves me to wonder that the Super Six tournament has lost its edge to a degree.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Americans have fallen by the wayside and it\u2019s now become a European Cup matchup.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start from the beginning.\u00a0 The first round of the tournament was awesome (that\u2019s my SoCal accent working).\u00a0 Stage One had Jermain \u201cBad Intentions\u201d Taylor, 28-4, 17 KO\u2019s, against Arthur \u201cKing Arthur\u201d Abraham, 31-0, 25 KO\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a fan of Jermain Taylor in his career, although it\u2019s been by the wayside in losses these days, I saw his presence in the tournament as a chance to revamp his career.\u00a0 As for Abraham, I had never heard of him.\u00a0 But the Taylor-Abraham fight showed a solid fighting and talented Abraham and he finished off the bout with a KO to Taylor leaving no doubt to why he is currently #1 in the tournament and among super middleweight fighters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, the fight venue moved over into the United Kingdom for the fight between Andre \u201cMatrix\u201d Dirrell, 18-1, 13 KO\u2019s and Carl \u201cCobra\u201d Froch, 26-0, 20 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t see much in Dirrell in this fight and Froch articulately spoke like a barrister and with further research found out that he is a fierce critic of countryman Joe Calzaghe.\u00a0 This is the stuff matchups are made.\u00a0 I again wasn\u2019t too impressed with Dirrell\u2019s fighting ability, but seeing as how Froch has not really fought outside of the UK; it doesn\u2019t surprise me he came away with the win.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dirrell didn\u2019t exactly win the fight, but I didn\u2019t think Froch showed a whole lot of dominating fighting either.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s fly into Oakland, California, North America. Okay, so it has become an international battle of sorts \u2013 Europeans 2, Americans 0.\u00a0 The venue now switches to Oakland for the fight between Danish champion Mikkel \u201cViking Warrior\u201d Kessler, 42-2, 32 KO\u2019s and Oakland\u2019s Andre \u201cS.O.G\u201d Ward, 21-0, 13 KO\u2019s.\u00a0 Kessler fights a very technical fight against Ward in his backyard, but suffers some of the worst cuts I\u2019d seen in a while. (Writer\u2019s Note: I have quite a crush on Kessler. I didn\u2019t need to see him cut and bleeding.) Back to the business at hand, Ward wins by TD over Kessler.\u00a0 Ward takes the WBA Super World Super Middleweight title away from Kessler.<\/p>\n

Now this is the stuff of bar and beer talk.\u00a0 Pay attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jermain Taylor pulls out of the tournament.\u00a0 American and Tulsa, Oklahoma native, Allan \u201cGhost Dog\u201d Green, 29-1, 20 KO\u2019s takes Taylor\u2019s place.\u00a0 On March 6th, Dirrell was supposed to fight Abraham here in California at the Agua Caliente Resort and Casino, but Dirrell suffers an injury and can\u2019t fight.\u00a0 A rematch is set up for March 27th in Detroit, MI.\u00a0 That\u2019s this weekend.\u00a0 Fellow Writer Brian Wilbur asked for our predictions.\u00a0 First read the rest of my article then head over to Brian\u2019s article.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You caught up now?\u00a0 One other detail. On April 24th, Green was supposed to go up against Andre Ward \u2013 cheers for an American matchup.\u00a0 Hold the cheers people, Ward had to pull out due to an injury.\u00a0 But luckily, we have Froch versus Kessler to look forward to on the same day.\u00a0 Green and Ward are now set to fight one another on June 19th.\u00a0\u00a0 At least that\u2019s where it stands now.\u00a0 According to my Facebook fan pages, Froch and Kessler are getting in their workouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, all looks good for the European side of things.<\/p>\n

For the American side of things, I think they are carrying the bulk of the drama right now \u2013 all of it unintentional.\u00a0 It was a pleasant surprise to see Ward beat Kessler in his relatively young career. Even though the fight didn\u2019t go all 12 rounds, Ward showed he has what it takes to challenge his opponent and he took away the title from a world class champion as Kessler.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taylor\u2019s withdrawal took me by surprise, but the KO he suffered against Abraham even rocked me.\u00a0 Dirrell and Ward\u2019s injuries for the second stage are definitely ill-timed because boxing fans may be losing interest in the entire tournament.\u00a0 I want to see Green fight. Basically, let\u2019s get this tournament going.\u00a0 The boxing ring is the only place I want to see drama!<\/p>\n

So, like sand through an hourglass, stay tuned for the daily installment as the Super 6 Middleweight tournament unravels.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s anything like the last few months, we\u2019re in for more drama, more blood, titles lost, titles gained – and I suppose that\u2019s why this writer keeps tuning in.<\/p>\n

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