The Super Six Boxing  World Classic Tourney got under way Saturday night and it did not disappoint. To start the night former world middleweight champion Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor met “King” Arthur Abraham. Jermain Taylor worked behind the jab most of the night trying to break Abraham’s peek-a-boo style defense.

Abraham's defense paid off as Taylor was unable to land his right hand. Although methodical, Abraham gets the job done. He doesn’t have lightning speed or great footwork but he does posses thudding power and sheer will to get to his opponent. As the rounds passed by, Abraham inched closer and closer to Taylor, landing serious shots to his ribs and face.

Taylor tried to work the body but the shots were often deemed low by the referee, and  eventually it cost Taylor a point in the sixth round. JT was hurt early in the ninth round but somehow managed to escape Abraham's oncoming attack. Going into the championship rounds Taylor’s work rate began to drop and Abraham's now bone crunching punches were landing with greater frequency.

Earlier this year Jermain Taylor and fellow Super Six fighter Carl Froch fought an entertaining bout. Taylor was ahead on the scorecards going into the 12^th and final round but Froch dug deep down and landed a devastating straight right hand that crumpled Taylor to the canvas with only seconds remaining in the last round. Taylor once again found himself in the 12^th round against Abraham, this time not ahead on the scorecards but surviving nonetheless, until a straight right hand landed with less then 10 seconds remaining in the fight and again Taylor found himself down and out in the last round. Abraham's knockout of Taylor was brutal. Taylor hit the canvas extremely hard; as he laid on the ring mat, legs straight, right arm half-raised in the air, twitching, you had to ask yourself if Jermain Taylor should continue to fight after such a devastating knockout.

Taylor was brought to the hospital after the fight where it was learned he suffered a concussion and short term memory loss. Abraham racked up three points in the super six tournament by scoring a knockdown and faces Andre Dirrell next. As for Jermain Taylor, he is scheduled to meet Andre Ward in the next round but rumors of a replacement have already began, most citing Allan Green as said replacement.

The second fight of the night and of the Super Six Tournament featured Andre Dirrell against Carl Froch for Froch's WBC super middleweight belt. Dirrell, who is the least experienced of the six fighters in the tournament, walked into a hostile environment fighting Froch in his hometown of Nottingham, England.

It was no secret coming into the fight that Dirrell was the quicker of the two fighters, in both hand and foot, and it showed from the opening bell. Dirrell who is known as the “Matrix” did his best to distance himself from the always oncoming Froch . Many of the rounds were close and hard to score for either man. As the fight entered the later rounds, the exchanges began to heat up as did the action. Dirrell was penalized a point in the 10^th round for holding; however, it could be argued that Froch deserved a point deduction himself for blows landed behind Dirrell's head. As the two men started fighting closer, Dirrell had no choice but to finally start sitting down on his punches throwing with more power than he had earlier in the fight and to his credit he managed to rock Froch late in the fight. However, when it was all said and done, Froch was awarded the split decision victory with the scores of 115-112 twice and 114-113 Dirrell. Next up for Andre Dirrell is Arthur Abraham, while Carl Froch will square off against Mikkel Kessler who will be fighting Andre Ward November 21st to finalize the first round of this tournament.

With the first round started it’s hard not to be excited about this tournament and the possibilities it brings to the sport. One thing I would like to see is all three fights on the same night rather then split apart by a month. This week we will be discussing the “Super Six” on our Facebook page. To get the discussion started we will be asking, "Which division would you most like to see “Super Six?" If you'd like to add your opinion,  become our friend on Facebook by going to www.facebook.com/braggingrightscorner. Hope to see you there!