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Abraham to defend IBF middleweight crown

Fri 29 May, 12:48 PM


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BERLIN (AFP) - IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham of Germany will defend his title for the tenth time against compatriot Mahir Oral in Berlin on June 27.

Abraham, unbeaten in 29 fights with 23 KO's, has held the IBF belt since December 2005.

Oral, 29, has a record of 25 wins, two defeats and one draw, and has a world ranking of 30th.

Abraham was initially to have fought Dominican Giovanni Lorenzo as official challenger but the contest could not be formalised because of differences between the two sets of promoters.

 

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  1. I think if Froch fights kerssler next and wins then­ calzaghe would come out of retirement to fight him.

    From neilsenti55, on Fri 5 Jun 7:46PM

  2. I agree Neil. Kessler is Froch's destiny and will­ be the only way to cement a legacy post Calzaghe. The­ only defence to Froch for fighting Bute is­ either...

    a) Kessler's got a mandatory defence­ against someone else

    b) To try to beat Calzaghe (in­ statistics anyway), he's trying to be the holder of­ all 4 World Title belts, starting with Bute. This will­ then make the Kessler fight a 2 World Title Belts­ holder v 2 World Title Belts holder contest. Calzaghe­ never held all 4 belts so I believe. But correct me if­ I am wrong.

    c) Kessler's injured

    From The Xentertainer, on Fri 5 Jun 2:13PM

  3. yes xetenaier, your correct. But ithink Pavlik should­ have a rematch with hopkins, b4 he is seriously old!!­

    And you are right about froch , but what i dont­ understand is if he calls out calzaghe and thinks he­ can genuinly beat him, why not fight kessler. WHY BUTE?­ it would get him a hundred times closer to a calzaghe­ DREAM FIGHT.wb.

    From neilsenti55, on Thu 4 Jun 9:43PM

  4. As for Abraham v Pavlik, why would Pavlik want to fight­ in the infamous haunt of Germany with judges of no bias­ at all...if you're based in Germany, trained in­ Germany and sponsored and backed by Germany!! For a­ neutral venue...how about Cardiff?

    From The Xentertainer, on Thu 4 Jun 3:12PM

  5. Froch v Hopkins could be quite good depending how much­ Froch hurts B.Hop in the first couple of rounds. If he­ hurts Hopkins, the fight will be turned into a­ horrible, ugly fight with Bernard trying to spoil­ Carl's fighting. If he takes the shots (a la­ Pavlik), he may actually fight on the front foot. And­ if he Hopkins done that to Calzaghe, he would have­ beaten him.

    From The Xentertainer, on Thu 4 Jun 3:11PM

  6. froch shud either fight hopkins or kessler, no1 else.

    From neilsenti55, on Thu 4 Jun 12:23PM

  7. Or if Pavlic has the balls he could leave the good old­ US of A.

    From hannatunbridge, on Wed 3 Jun 11:28PM

  8. Abraham fights another 50/50 fighter that he will beat­ and stay champ. There is only one fight out there for­ him and thats Pavlik.

    From JamesH, on Wed 3 Jun 6:25PM

  9. NO, CALZAGHE DOESNT NEED 2 FIGHT FROCH. hE HAS TO FIGHT­ mayweather. decider. has to be done. at middleweight

    From rickysenti55, on Tue 2 Jun 8:29PM

  10. i think calzaghe is scared of froch after his­ prefromance against hopk and jones.

    From neilsenti55, on Mon 1 Jun 9:01PM

  11. Froch wants to fight Bute purely because he wants the­ glamour of World Title Unifications just as Calzaghe­ did. However, he's doing it the hard way by going­ to their backyards to fight, a la Taylor. Beating Bute­ will mean Kessler v Froch will be a fight to unify 4­ belts in his division and something that I don't­ think Calzaghe did....but feel free to correct me if­ I'm wrong. Also, it means more revenue. As for­ Calzaghe v Dawson, forget it. Calzaghe would pound­ Dawson into next week. In fact, why not Froch v Dawson­ just to prove the point?! It's Calzaghe v Froch I­ want to see. But it will never happen just as Witter v­ Hatton won't happen either.

    From The Xentertainer, on Mon 1 Jun 5:01PM

  12. FROCH WANTS 2 FIGHT BUTE. he'll neva take on­ kessler till he's well past it. froch is way too­ slow. calzaghe shoud come back and beat froch and­ dawson cus he hasnt really proved himself yet.
    only­ agenst laccy and kessler. joe if u read this u have­ more to do mate.

    From rickysenti55, on Sun 31 May 8:20PM

  13. How about Froch coming down to Middleweight and­­ stuffing them both?! Because he would. But Froch v­­ Kessler is the fight we want if only to see if Froch­ really is as good­ as Calzaghe. Especially if he can KO­ Kessler! But why won't the promoters sort it out?!

    From The Xentertainer, on Sun 31 May 5:35PM

  14. How about Froch coming down to Middleweight and­ stuffing them both?! Bevause he would. But Froch v­ Kessler is the fight to see if Froch really is as good­ as Calzaghe. Especially if he can KO him!

    From The Xentertainer, on Sun 31 May 7:48AM

  15. Abraham vs Pavlic? Perhaps Pavlic could also take heed­ of that advice and grow some balls and fight outside of­ the USA.

    From larner983, on Sun 31 May 12:20AM

  16. why not felix strum frist? then pavlik, then we'll­ see who is undisputed middleweight king!

    From jas, on Fri 29 May 10:46PM

  17. why not felix strum frist? then pavlik, then we'll­ see who is undisputed middleweight king!

    From jas, on Fri 29 May 10:46PM

  18. Pavlik v Abraham has to be the next fight. If you have­ the balls Abraham, leave Germany!

    From The Xentertainer, on Fri 29 May 9:17PM
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