King Arthur plans to lord it over Super Six rivals
Thu, 03 Sep 17:28:51 2009
BERLIN (AFP) - Arthur Abraham said Thursday he will not let his home-town fans down when he takes on Jermain Taylor here in his first Super Six Boxing Classic bout on October 17.
The 29-year-old relinquished his IBF middleweight world champion belt to step up to the Super-Middleweight division and is one of the six fighters to have signed up for the tournament.
Along with Abraham and Taylor of the United States, England's WBC champion Karl Froch has signed up for the new concept along with Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward and WBA champion Mikkel Kessler.
"Taylor is a real champion," said Armenia-born Abraham, who lives in the German capital.
"He has held all four world belts in the middleweight class and I am very motivated to make sure my fans in my home town are not disappointed."
But Abraham is not content to merely take part in the Super Six, he wants to win the overall tournament.
"The quality of fighters in this tournament is already good.
"But I would not only like to participate, I want to win it."
The first Super Six champion will be decided on total points earned in the series with two points for a victory, with a bonus for a knock-out, one for a draw and none for a defeat.
The four best fighters will meet in the semi-finals with the winner set to be decided in the spring of 2011.
In the first round of fights, Froch will face Dirrell of the United States while Danish WBA champion Mikkel Kessler will face Ward, also of the United States.
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