Andre Ward wins Super Six Cup
U.S. professional boxer Andre Ward has been named the Super Six World Boxing Classic champion and the No. 1 super middleweight in the world.
Ward dominated England's Carl Froch to win a unanimous decision by the scores of 118-110, 115-113 two times in front of 5,626 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. The victory unified the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council super middleweight titles and also earned Ward The Ring Magazine belt as well as the inaugural Super Six World Boxing Classic cup.
The Super Six World Boxing Classic, a boxing super middleweight tournament organized by Showtime in co-operation with Sauerland Event, started in 2009. he competitors entered into the tournament were the then-WBA Super Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler, the then-WBC Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, former middleweight champions Jermain Taylor and Arthur Abraham, and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell. Taylor and Kessler later withdrew from the tournament and were replaced by former light heavyweight champion Glen Johnson and super middleweight contender Allan Green.
In one of the semi-final matches, Arthur Abraham lost to Andre Ward who has suffered not a single defeat throughout his boxing career.
