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  • Boxing: Arthur Abraham wins second round stoppage due to injury

    The Boxing Historian
    Feb 12 2011


    Arthur Abraham wins second round stoppage due to injury

    Written by Christoph Eichel Saturday, 12 February 2011 22:15

    (Germany Ringside) After two back to back defeats in the shotwime
    super six boxing classics former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham
    was granted permission to compete in what was a planned confidence
    builder, before his semi-final fight with tournament favourite and
    undefeated American; Andre Ward.

    Such is the popularity of the Armenian born Arthur Abraham; tonight in
    his adopted Germany he was the main event, relegating more competitive
    fights and even world title fights onto the undercard.

    Abraham's opponent 36-year-old Croatian Stjepan Bozic (24-4-0, 15
    KO's) had lost his only major title challenge against Dimitri Sartison
    in Germany back in 2009. Since his title challenge Bozic has fought
    only once, ten months ago against mediocre opposition.

    Under normal circumstances Bozic would be nothing more than a
    sacrificial lamb, but with his big super six fight fast approaching
    the boxing media kept a close eye on the bout to see if Abraham would
    capitalise on the opportunity to refine his skills for the big
    challenge ahead, or would he simply go looking for the big knockout.

    >From the opening bell Abraham concentrated his efforts on establishing
    the jab, throughout the first round he doubled up on the jab while
    switching his attack to both the body and head.

    In the second round Bozic responded to an Abraham attack by opening up
    an assault of his own, during the exchange he landed a blow on the
    elbow of Abraham dropping to the canvas in pain, the referee on the
    advice of the ringside doctor stopped the fight due to a suspected
    broken hand.

    In the short time `King Arthur' showed some change in his fighting
    style, certainly focusing more on his jab. It remains to be seen if
    the Armenian has refined his arsenal to mount a serious challenge
    against Olympic gold medallist Andre Ward, Abraham's best chance of a
    victory against Ward will most likely be seeking the early knockout.

    Arthur Abraham will meet Andre Ward in the semi-final of the super six
    tournament at a date yet to be announced. The other semi-final will be
    contested between England's Carl Froch against the road warrior Glen
    Johnson scheduled in for 21 May



    http://www.theboxinghistorian.com/component/content/article/6-boxing-article/170-abraham-bozic




    From: A. Papazian
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