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Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: Carl Froch-Yusaf Mack Preview

Carlos Acevedo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:17:21 +0000

**** Marking time is not something Carl Froch has been used to over the last few years, but tomorrow night he joins the rest of the prizefight fraternity and tries his hand at it when he faces delicate Yusaf Mack at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. This fight is little more than a [...]

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Lucian Bute and Denis Grachev Face Off on WealthTV Live From Montreal, Where the Girls Who Dance Between Rounds Are Really, Really Hot

pressrelease — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:15:37 +0000

**** SAN DIEGO, CA (October 16, 2012)—On Saturday night November 3rd, former IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute will take on undefeated Denis Grachev in a twelve round fight for the NABF Light Heavyweight championship. The card will be televised LIVE in the United States on WealthTV and will originate from the Bell Centre in [...]

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Easy Living: Andre Ward TKO10 Chad Dawson

Jimmy Tobin — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 22:01:44 +0000

**** **** Enthusiasm, as defined by Voltaire in his “Philosophical Dictionary” is a “disturbance of the entrails, internal agitation.” Working with this definition, it is reasonable to say that the super middleweight fight between Andre Ward and Chad Dawson indeed generated a great deal of enthusiasm. The fight, staged at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, [...]

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New Paradigms: On Carl Froch and Lucian Bute

Jimmy Tobin — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:04:08 +0000

**** **** It is late October 2011, in Toronto, a time of year when the chill lays siege to your bones. The clouds menace overhead, tumbling like waves, seemingly within reach. In St. James Park, close to 2000 protesters gather; the marginalized voiceless—legitimate and otherwise—congregate in a small park within shouting distance of the epicenter [...]

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Run Silent, Run Deep: Lucian Bute-Carl Froch Preview

Jason Karp — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:04:25 +0000

**** The 168-pound division takes its first high-profile step into the post-Super Six era Saturday night when tournament runner-up Carl Froch meets perpetual challenger-in-waiting Lucian Bute at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. Viewed through the lens of the World Boxing Classic’s legacy, Saturday’s contest appears somewhat of a mixed verdict. After twenty-six months of [...]

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ENDGAME: Andre Ward-Carl Froch Preview

Michael Nelson — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:42:30 +0000

**** The Super Six has been a dizzying ride that has many boxing fans and media sea sick. Three of the original participants – Jermain Taylor, Andre Dirrell, and Mikkel Kessler – ended up falling off the ship at various points of the voyage. Along with half of the fighters dropping out of the tournament, [...]

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Rough Trade: Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Preview

Michael Nelson — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 04:22:37 +0000

***** The seemingly never-ending Super Six saga winds down to its penultimate bout when Carl Froch faces Glen Johnson in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday night. In the 20 months since the tournament began, we have seen a dizzying array of delays, cancellations, and withdrawals. But through the thick foliage of politics and injuries, [...]

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Big Easy Meat: Carl Froch W 12 Arthur Abraham

Carlos Acevedo — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:46:40 +0000

Ungainly underdog Carl Froch embarrassed Arthur Abraham last night at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, notching a lopsided unanimous decision in a fight that was over the moment the opening bell rang. Official scores were 120-108, 119-109 and 120-108. With the win, Froch picks up two points and takes second place below Andre Ward in [...]

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Apocalyptica Now: Carl Froch-Arthur Abraham Preview

Carlos Acevedo — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:06:53 +0000

***** Two European hard cases go head-to-head in Helsinki tomorrow night when Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham face off in a Super Six bout to determine second fiddle to Andre Ward in the World Boxing Classic. Froch, whose paranoia about judges forced this fight into the boxing hinterland of Monaco before a back injury sent [...]

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The Go-Ahead: The Super Six Moves On

Carlos Acevedo — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:43:05 +0000

The Super Six tournament is back on track with the announcement that Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell will finally meet and that Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham will fight on November 27 in Helsinki. “We are still on pace to complete the tournament in 2011, at which time we will have delivered to boxing fans [...]

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