Arthur Abraham Returns Against Frenchman Mehdi Bouadla

ByCorey Quincy

Battle hardened Armenian-German Arthur Abraham (35-3-0 27 KO’s) will look to retain his WBO Super Middleweight title strap in a planned showcase bout with fringe contender Mehdi Bouadla (26-4-0 11 KO’s) of France, live tonight from Bayern, Germany.

Abraham, age 32, is looking at a final title run. Falling past his physical peak, he is thriving by outbrawling guys, while he used to be known for crushing top contenders with his brutal right hand.

Can facing a man like Bouadla bring that exclamation mark back to his fights? Or will he just cling onto his career as he did twice against Piotr Wilczewski and Robert Stieglitz in his last two fights?

He won close decisions in those bouts while Bouadla proved in his losing effort KO to Mikkel Kessler last year that he doesn’t throw with as much volume as Stieglitz or Wilczewski.

Again, Bouadla is known by few as a regional contender. He is popular in his French homeland but not recognizable to even the most enthusiastic fight observers.

Far and seldom are people who actually believe Abraham won’t shove past him or even believe that he deserves the opportunity.

Nevertheless, Abraham’s keys to victory is to pressure Bouadla. Keep him uncomfortable and make him fall apart just as Danish star Mikkel Kessler did last year. Try to finish with the right hand late. Bouadla needs to keep his range and stay out of the pocket or otherwise he will have little chance to upset the local favorite.

Sauerland promotions presents us quality tripleheaders every month, internationally renowned for extraordinary match ups all across Europe. This is far from the finest but we will see some solid prospects in Jack Culcay (13-0-0 9 KO’s) and Polish Crusierweight Mariusz Masternak (28-0-0 21 KO’s) on the undercard and as usual be sure to tune in on ARD in Germany, Boxnation in the United Kingdom and more!

Corey Quincy is a boxing writer for Saddoboxing.com, his blog Blboxing and more. Like his page on Facebook at Boxing legends and follow him on Twitter at Quincyboxingfan.