Showtime To Hold Super Middle Weight Tournament

It appears American TV network 'Showtime' is to go ahead with a super middle weight tournament featuring all of the weight classes' biggest names in order to crown a new king of the division since the departure of Joe Calzaghe.

The round robin tournament will feature undefeated IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler, former undisputed middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, undefeated contender Andre Ward, undefeated contender Andre Dirrell and undefeated WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch.

BoxingScene.Com who unearthed this news, claims these are the fights being discussed for the tournament:

Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor in October in Germany
Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell in October in the UK.
Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward in November.
Arthur Abraham vs. Andre Dirrell in America in January 2010
Mikkel Kessler vs. Carl Froch in Europe in March 2010
Andre Ward vs. Jermain Taylor in America in April/May 2010
Andre Dirrell vs. Andre Ward in America in September 2010
Arthur Abraham vs. Carl Froch in November 2010, with Mikkel Kessler vs. Jermain Taylor taking place around the same time.

After those bouts takes place points will be tallied up and there will be semi-finals and a final tournament bout.

If this tournament can rival Don King's 2001 middleweight competition which culminated in Bernard Hopkins one sided thrashing of Felix Trinidad, boxing fans the world over are definitely in for a treat!