A week and a half ago, I finally got a chance to see “King” Arthur Abraham fight in front of his loyal subjects in Germany. It was a fun and exhilarating experience, but I realized while watching King Arthur beat a better than advertised Mahir Oral that the venue is …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Abraham Guns Down Oral In Berlin
In what may be his last fight at middleweight, IBF champ Arthur Abraham clashed with tough challenger Mahir Oral last night in front of 7,000 fans at Max Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. Oral, a former sparring partner of Abraham’s, showed that he was well acquainted with the style of …
Read More »Showtime Boxing Quotes: Arthur Abraham vs. Mahir Oral
IBF champion “King’’ Arthur Abraham will put his undefeated record and middleweight title on the line against world-ranked Mahir “Lion” Oral this Saturday in a special primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on June 27, 2009, on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, same day, tape delay. With just two …
Read More »Boxing In Germany: Kretschmann, Oral Ready For Big Fights
For eight weeks Arena’s promising heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann and IBF middleweight championship contender Mahir Oral have been in training camp together with coach Hans-Jürgen Witte. After a stay at famous “Sportschule Hennef” near Cologne and another three weeks of sparring in Hamburg the team has hit Berlin last weekend …
Read More »Arena Boxing: Mahir Oral Ready For Arthur Abraham
He is in the best shape of his life! With only four days to go until his world championship clash with IBF titlist Arthur Abraham at Berlin ’s Max-Schmeling-Halle challenger Mahir Oral is confident of dethroning “The King”. At the public workout at Axel-Springer-Passage in Berlin “The Lion” showed a …
Read More »Arena Boxing: “The Lion” Confident Of Dethroning “King Arthur”
“This is the chance I have been waiting for”, states Mahir Oral who will take on IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham on June 27th at Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin , Germany, live on Showtime. “When I heard that Arthur had chosen me as voluntary challenger I didn’t have to think twice. …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Arthur Abraham vs. Mahir Oral June 27 In Berlin
International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion “King’’ Arthur Abraham puts his undefeated record and middleweight title on the line against world-ranked Mahir (pronounced Meyer) “Lion” Oral in a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, on June 27, 2009, on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT (same day, tape delay). …
Read More »European Boxing News: Abraham, Lorenzo, Pavlik, Aydin, Ouali, Petranyi
By Per Ake Persson German tabloid Bild Zeitung wrote Sunday that IBF middleweight champ Arthur Abraham will fight mandatory challenger Giovanni Lorenzo on June 27 in Germany.
Read More »Boxing Preview: Arthur Abraham vs. Lajuan Simon
Tonight at Osteehalle in Keil, Germany, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham puts his belt at risk against undefeated American Lajuan Simon. Abraham, 28-0 (23), won the belt in December, 2005 and has staved off eight challengers during that time, stopping all but three of them and also knocking out nemesis …
Read More »Boxing In Australia: Mundine, Taylor, Green, Kickett
Anthony Mundine won his 12th straight contest by defeating popular fellow Aussie Shannan Taylor this past Wednesday at WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollogong, NSW but more importantly, “The Man” made a successful transition to middleweight, breaking 72.7 kilos for the first time in his career. 33 year old former two-time …
Read More »Boxing In America: Friday Night Results
Welterweight Holly Holm was in action last night at her stomping grounds of the Isleta Casino in Albuquerque, NM where the 27 year old southpaw defeated opponent Myriam Lamare on points after ten rounds of combat. The local southpaw retained her WIBF title in a difficult battle with French slugger …
Read More »Saddo Boxing Needs Your Input: Who Were Boxing’s Top Fighters Of 2008?
2008 was a tumultuous year for the sweet science with a lot of big fights, big triumphs and big let downs. Some of the boxers who won truly big fights in our recently departed year include Manny Pacquiao, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Joe Calzaghe, Chad Dawson, Ricky Hatton, Paul Williams, …
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