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This Saturday, it will be a championship doubleheader on AWE- A Wealth of Entertainment as the Arthur Abraham vs. Martin Murray WBO Super Middleweight Title Bout from Hanover, Germany, has been added to the already announced broadcast featuring the rematch between WBA Lightweight champion Darleys Perez and Anthony Crolla from Manchester, England.
“I am pleased to be able to bring this fight to the American boxing fans,” said Charles Herring, President of AWE.
Abraham has been a champion in Middleweight and Super Middleweight divisions for the better part of the last ten years with a record of 43-4 with 29 knockouts.
He won the IBF Middleweight title with a fifth round stoppage over Kingsley Ikeke on December 10, 2005, and defended the title 10 times which included seven knockouts. He then entered the Super 6 Super Middleweight tournament and knocked out former undisputed Middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in 12 rounds.
Abraham became a two-division world champion when he won a 12-round unanimous decision over Robert Stieglitz on August 25, 2012. After one successful defense, he lost the title to Stieglitz, but won it back three fights later via 12-round split decision. Abraham has defended the belt successfully three times which includes a sixth round stoppage over Stieglitz in their fourth bout on July 18.
Murray of St. Helens, England, has a record of 32-2-1. He won his first 26 bouts which was highlighted by winning the Prizefighter tournament in 2008 and defeating two undefeated fighters in the process.
Murray also has wins over Kevin Concepcion (14-1), Sergey Khomitsky (22-5-1), Shalva Jomardashvili (26-1, Carlos Nascimento (25-2), John Anderson Carvalho (21-4-1), Nick Blackwell (8-0). He had a draw with former world champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1).
Murray won the WBA Interim Middleweight title with a sixth round stoppage over Jorge Navarro. That win facilitated Murray into a fight with WBC Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.
The bout, which took place on April 27, 2012, in front of over 50,000 in Argentina, saw Murray knock down Martinez in round eight. In round eleven, It looked like Murray dropped Martinez again but it was ruled a slip and Martinez was able to win a razor thin decision.
Murray once again challenged for the Middleweight title and was stopped in 11 rounds to WBA/Interim WBC champion Gennady Golovkin on February 21, 2015, in Monte Carlo.
Since that bout, Murray moved up to Super Middleweight and won three fights in a row, including his last outing when he stopped Jose Miguel Torres (31-6) in five rounds on September 5 in Leeds, England.
The start time on Saturday will be 3 pm ET / 12 Noon PT.
Boxing fans can enjoy this amazing card on AWE available on AT&T U-Verse, ch 147 and 1147 in HD, Verizon FiOS TV, ch 169 and 669 in HD, and numerous regional cable providers across the nation. Please check www.awetv.com for boxing updates.
