Andre Ward vs. Carl Froch
DateDecember 17, 2011
VenueUnited States Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Title(s) on the lineWBA, WBC, and vacant The Ring super middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Andre Ward United Kingdom Carl Froch
Nickname S.O.G. The Cobra
Hometown Oakland,
California,
United States		 Nottingham,
England,
United Kingdom
Pre-fight record 24–0 (13 KO) 28–1 (20 KO)
Height 6 ft (183 cm) 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg) 168 lb (76 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA super middleweight champion
The Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound fighter		 WBC super middleweight champion
Result
Ward defeats Froch via unanimous decision.

Andre Ward vs. Carl Froch was the Super Six World Boxing Classic Final championship fight for the WBC, WBA, & vacant The Ring super middleweight titles.[1][2] The bout was held on December 17, 2011, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. and was televised on Showtime.[3][4][5]

Pre-Fight

From the time it was announced in July 2009 until the final bout just before Halloween 2011, the super middleweight tournament went on for about 800 days.

Froch was due to face Ward in Atlantic City on October 29 in the final of the Super Six, but Ward's injury required the rescheduling of the bout to December 17, 2011. The fight was promoted by Matchroom Sport (promoted Froch) and Goossen Tutor Promotions (promoted Ward)

Ward

Ward advanced to the final by winning his tournament bouts. He won his title against Kessler in his opening bout, scoring a dominant 11th-round technical decision. Ward beat Allan Green in his second bout. Ward's Group Stage 3 bout called off when Dirrell, his 2004 U.S. Olympic teammate, dropped out of the tournament. Ward instead faced contender Sakio Bika outside of the tournament and won a decision. In his May semifinal fight, Ward defeated Abraham to advance to the final.

Froch

Froch defeated Dirrell on a split decision in England in his opening-round bout. Then Froch lost a decision (and his title) to Denmark's Kessler in Denmark in Group Stage 2. However, after Kessler dropped out, Froch met Abraham for the vacant belt in Group Stage 3 and won a decision to claim his title. Froch advanced to the final in June by scoring a majority decision against Johnson.

Result

Although the fight was competitive throughout, Ward was able to use his superior speed and movement to help him outbox Froch for the first half of the encounter, neutralizing his attack and beating him to the punch at both distance and close range. Ward seemed to ease off in the later rounds and Froch began to edge them, looking the stronger by the end of the bout. However, all three judges felt Ward had done enough to become the new unified super middleweight champion.

Main card

Ward def. Froch by unanimous decision (115-113, 115-113, 118-110) to retain the WBA (super) Super Middleweight title, and won the WBC, Ring Magazine world Super Middleweight Titles. Ward also became the Super Six world boxing classic tournament winner.

Preliminary card

  • Heavyweight bout United States John Lennox vs. United States Jeramiah Witherspoon

Lennox def. Witherspoon by TKO :50 of round 3

White def. Despaigne by unanimous decision (60-53, 59-55, 59-55)

Brook def. Galarza by TKO 1:38 of round 5

Miranda def. Kariuki by TKO in 2:04 of round 5

Tupou def. Holmes by unanimous decision (95-94, 96-93, 95-94)

  • Middleweight bout United States Boyd Melson vs. United States Danny Lugo

Melson def. Lugo by TKO 2:01 of round 3

International broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
 AustraliaMain Event
 CanadaSuper Channel
 DenmarkTV2
 EstoniaViasat Sport Baltic
 FranceMa Chaîne Sport
 HungarySport 2
 LatviaViasat Sport Baltic
 LithuaniaViasat Sport Baltic
 NorwayViasat Sport
 PolandPolsat Sport Extra
 RomaniaDigi Sport
 RussiaNTV Plus Sport
 SerbiaArena Sport
 South AfricaSuperSport
 SwedenTV10
 United KingdomSky Sports
 United StatesShowtime

References

  1. ↑ "WaTcH Carl Froch Vs Andre Ward Live Stream: Super Six World Boxing Classic final Telecast on HD TV Link". Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Carl Froch is a true fighter and deserves more success.. this could be the fight of the year". Mirror.co.uk. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Carl Froch pushing for Las Vegas debut | Boxing News". ESPN.co.uk. 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  4. ↑ "Froch-Ward Unification Will Land in AC on October 29 - Boxing News". Boxingscene.com. 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Andre Ward-Carl Froch Super Six final rescheduled for Dec. 17". Espn.go.com. 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
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