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Gulf Times, Qatar
May 4 2014
Abraham breaks right hand in title defence
Armenian-German boxer Arthur Abraham celebrates after defeating
Montenegrian Nikola Sjekloca during their WBO super middleweight fight
in the Velodrom in Berlin yesterday. Abraham won the fight on points.
(EPA)
World super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will take an enforced
break from the ring after breaking his right hand during his points
win over challenger Nikola Sjkeloca in Berlin yesterday.
The 34-year-old Abraham defended his WBO super-middleweight title when
the judges awarded a unanimous points victory (116-113, 116-112,
119-110) against Sjkeloca of Montenegro.
But the champion left the ring in clear discomfort and the injury
clearly impeded his performance.
"If you push too hard, it really hurts," said Germany's Abraham. "I
couldn't really hit with the right."
The Armenian-born fighter had injured the hand in the fight's build-up
and laboured with it from the first round, revealed his coach Ulli
Wegner.
It forced the champion to jab with his left as he picked up the 40th
win in his 44th professional bout, just 61 days after winning back his
title from Germany's Robert Stieglitz.
Abraham says his dream is to fight Germany's IBF middleweight champion
Felix Sturm at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
"Everyone dreams of boxing in the Olympic Stadium," said Abraham, but
Sturm must first face Australian challenger Sam Soliman on May 31
before any plans can be made.
http://www.gulf-times.com/sport/192/details/390816/-abraham-breaks-right-hand-in-title-defence
May 4 2014
Abraham breaks right hand in title defence
Armenian-German boxer Arthur Abraham celebrates after defeating
Montenegrian Nikola Sjekloca during their WBO super middleweight fight
in the Velodrom in Berlin yesterday. Abraham won the fight on points.
(EPA)
World super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham will take an enforced
break from the ring after breaking his right hand during his points
win over challenger Nikola Sjkeloca in Berlin yesterday.
The 34-year-old Abraham defended his WBO super-middleweight title when
the judges awarded a unanimous points victory (116-113, 116-112,
119-110) against Sjkeloca of Montenegro.
But the champion left the ring in clear discomfort and the injury
clearly impeded his performance.
"If you push too hard, it really hurts," said Germany's Abraham. "I
couldn't really hit with the right."
The Armenian-born fighter had injured the hand in the fight's build-up
and laboured with it from the first round, revealed his coach Ulli
Wegner.
It forced the champion to jab with his left as he picked up the 40th
win in his 44th professional bout, just 61 days after winning back his
title from Germany's Robert Stieglitz.
Abraham says his dream is to fight Germany's IBF middleweight champion
Felix Sturm at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.
"Everyone dreams of boxing in the Olympic Stadium," said Abraham, but
Sturm must first face Australian challenger Sam Soliman on May 31
before any plans can be made.
http://www.gulf-times.com/sport/192/details/390816/-abraham-breaks-right-hand-in-title-defence