Kessler and Ward featured prior to Round One of Super Six Boxing Classic LIVE – Only in Canada on Super Channel Fights!

Posted on | September 1, 2009 | No Comments

EDMONTON, Aug. 31, 2009 – Super Channel Fights!, part of Canada’s only national pay television network, is proud to offer the undefeated super middleweight Andre “S.O.G.” Ward sharing the stage with his first Super Six World Boxing Classic™ opponent Mikkel “Viking Warrior” Kessler on a special Saturday primetime edition of Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation on Sept. 12.

Ward (19-0, 12 KOs) will tangle with Shelby Pudwill (22-3-1, 9 KOs) of McGlauglin, S.D., in a 10-round super middleweight scrap live from Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California.

In his last fight Dec. 6, 2008, Pudwill beat Anthony Osbourne, with an eighth-round knockout. Inactive in all of 2007, Pudwill suffered a loss in his fight before Osbourne to John Duddy in 2006. Pudwill took eight straight wins into the Duddy fight – hadn’t lost for almost five years – from June 2001 to March 2006.

The Ward fight will air LIVE immediately following Mikkel Kessler World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight mandatory title defense against No. 1 ranked Gusmyl Perdomo of Turmero, Venezuela, offered on same-day tape delay from Herning, Denmark.

“As the mandatory challenger, Perdomo deserves to fight for the title (but) I want to take my WBA belt into the tournament.” said Kessler. “(This) is the last obstacle that I need to overcome. I will be prepared and I will be ready. I will definitely not underestimate him.”

Viewers will be treated to Kessler’s showcase title fight preceding his Super Six World Boxing Classic™ showdown with Ward scheduled for Nov. 21, 2009. Ward vs Kessler promises to be one of the most exciting fights of the year, pitting Team USA’s only Olympic Games gold medalist from Athens 2004 against Kessler of Copenhagen, Denmark, an early favourite in the tournament.

The action begins on Super Channel at 10 p.m. ET. It’s all on Super Channel Fights – unedited and commercial-free.

About Super Channel?Super Channel is Canada’s only national pay television network, consisting of two new HD channels, four new SD channels, and Super Channel On Demand.

Super Channel’s vision is to expand the Canadian premium TV experience by offering a broad range of fresh, entertaining movies, series and live events. Super Channel is owned by Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc., an Edmonton-based media company.

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