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German-Armenian Boxer Crowned New World Super Middlweight Champion
Posted by Weekly Staff on August 25, 2012
Armenian Weekly
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Germany's Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan
in
Yerevan) is the new world WBO super middleweight champion after his
unanimous win over compatriot Robert Stieglitz on Aug. 25.
German Armenian Boxer Crowned New World Super Middlweight Champion]
Arthur Abraham from Germany celebrates after defeating Robert Stieglitz
after their WBO title bout at the O2 Arena in Berlin. Abraham is the new
world WBO super middleweight champion after his unanimous win over
Stieglitz. (AFP Photo/John Macdougall)
Abraham, 32, who defended his IBF middleweight title 10 times between 2005
and 2009, is now the world champion at the heavier weight after the judges
scored the fight 116-112, 116-112, 115-113.
`This is an emotional moment for me and it's hard to describe how I feel,'
said Abraham.
`I always wanted to be the middleweight world champion and now I am the
super middlweight champion too.'
`I trained hard for this and I had to box cleverly against such a good
champion.'
Having held the title for three years, Stieglitz was well beaten with heavy
bruising and cuts around both eyes at the end of the punishing title bout,
while Abraham was left relatively unmarked.
Abraham lived up to his `King Arthur' moniker and the new champion now
has
a record of 27 knock-outs in 35 wins and three defeats.
Having labored to a points win over Piotr Wilczewski to defend his
European WBO title in March, Abraham was back to his best fighting for
the world title.
Abraham started the stronger of the pair, but the champion twice pinned the
challenger to the ropes in the second and started to exert his authority.
Stieglitz raised the tempo in the third and Abraham fell clearly behind on
points going into the fourth, but responded with some body-head
combinations, and one sharp hook left Stieglitz with swelling above his
left eye.
By the fifth, Stieglitz's face was marking noticeably while Abraham started
to let his guard drop to lure the champion as he landed some punishing
shots.
Stieglitz put together some good combinations in the 7th round and kept up
his impressive work-rate, despite a cut above his right eye needing the
attention of the ring doctor in the 10th.
Abraham raised his fists to the Berlin crowd in early celebration
before the start of the 12th, and finished clearly ahead on points as
Stieglitz, 31, suffered the third defeat of his career in his 45th
fight.
Germany's WBA super-middleweight and IBF middleweight title-holder Felix
Sturm, who fights next Saturday against Australia's Daniel Geale, has said
he will fight the winner of Saturday's bout.
Posted by Weekly Staff on August 25, 2012
Armenian Weekly
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Germany's Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan
in
Yerevan) is the new world WBO super middleweight champion after his
unanimous win over compatriot Robert Stieglitz on Aug. 25.
German Armenian Boxer Crowned New World Super Middlweight Champion]
Arthur Abraham from Germany celebrates after defeating Robert Stieglitz
after their WBO title bout at the O2 Arena in Berlin. Abraham is the new
world WBO super middleweight champion after his unanimous win over
Stieglitz. (AFP Photo/John Macdougall)
Abraham, 32, who defended his IBF middleweight title 10 times between 2005
and 2009, is now the world champion at the heavier weight after the judges
scored the fight 116-112, 116-112, 115-113.
`This is an emotional moment for me and it's hard to describe how I feel,'
said Abraham.
`I always wanted to be the middleweight world champion and now I am the
super middlweight champion too.'
`I trained hard for this and I had to box cleverly against such a good
champion.'
Having held the title for three years, Stieglitz was well beaten with heavy
bruising and cuts around both eyes at the end of the punishing title bout,
while Abraham was left relatively unmarked.
Abraham lived up to his `King Arthur' moniker and the new champion now
has
a record of 27 knock-outs in 35 wins and three defeats.
Having labored to a points win over Piotr Wilczewski to defend his
European WBO title in March, Abraham was back to his best fighting for
the world title.
Abraham started the stronger of the pair, but the champion twice pinned the
challenger to the ropes in the second and started to exert his authority.
Stieglitz raised the tempo in the third and Abraham fell clearly behind on
points going into the fourth, but responded with some body-head
combinations, and one sharp hook left Stieglitz with swelling above his
left eye.
By the fifth, Stieglitz's face was marking noticeably while Abraham started
to let his guard drop to lure the champion as he landed some punishing
shots.
Stieglitz put together some good combinations in the 7th round and kept up
his impressive work-rate, despite a cut above his right eye needing the
attention of the ring doctor in the 10th.
Abraham raised his fists to the Berlin crowd in early celebration
before the start of the 12th, and finished clearly ahead on points as
Stieglitz, 31, suffered the third defeat of his career in his 45th
fight.
Germany's WBA super-middleweight and IBF middleweight title-holder Felix
Sturm, who fights next Saturday against Australia's Daniel Geale, has said
he will fight the winner of Saturday's bout.