Andre Ward walks away with Super Six crown after outpointing Carl Froch in final

It took more than two years to get to last weekend’s final of the Super Six Super Middleweight Tournament and for good reason too, as the proceedings have ultimately determined the cream of the 168-pound crop and his name is Andre Ward.

Ward, an Olympic Gold Medalist with a 25-0 record, used his mongoose-like reflexes to pick apart Carl “The Cobra” Froch in Saturday night’s showdown. The judges’ scores read as 115-113, 115-113, and 118-110 with all the nods going to the likeable Californian. The two were supposed to meet earlier this year but Ward was injured while training.

“One of the strongest assets I have is my mind,” said Ward after the victory in a conversation with the Associated Press. “I kept my composure, I kept things under control. And we pulled it off.”

“I hope I did a good job,” he continued before adding, “But we can still get better, believe it or not.”

The loss was only the second of Froch’s career but came as an obvious disappointment to the Brit who had gone 4-1 in the lead up to headliner, yet had no answer for Ward’s athleticism and movement. The 34-year old now holds a 28-2 record and will go back to the drawing board to figure out what’s next.

Here are highlights of the bout courtesy of Showtime:

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