IBF middleweight champion Sebastian Sylvester retained his title with a convincing victory over challenger Mahir Oral at Stadhalle in Rostock. Sylvester’s busy close quarters style put the Griefswald based “Hurrikan” in good stead against the much taller Hamburg man Oral. The champion put most of the early rounds in the bank by outworking Oral but…
There was a big fight card last night at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany with IBF featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa leading the way with a victory over previously undefeated Argentine hard man Jonathan Victor Barros. Early on, Gamboa looked to be having his way as he largely has in all of his pro fights so far…
Arena Boxing puts on a show tonight at Kugelbake-Halle in Cuxhaven, Germany. Heavyweights Ondrej Pala: 103,5 kg /228 lbs Robert Hawkins:110,0 kg /243 lbs
By Per Ake Persson Arena Box Promotion returns to the Kugelbake-Hall in Cuxhaven January 23 with a big show headlined by middleweight Mahir Oral, heavyweight Konstantin Airich and super middle Christian Pawlak.
On September 18, Arena and promoter Ahmet Öner will present two shows on both sides of the Atlantic on the same day. At Gran Casino de Castellon in Spain, German heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann, rising middleweight star Mahir Oral and Konstantin Airich will try to get back from their respective losses earlier this year. On…
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 not the deciding factor in…
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 the champion in the early…
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 days to go until the…
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 for their final preparations.
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 Kingâ€. At the public workout at Axel-Springer-Passage in Berlin “The Lion” showed a little bit of what he…
“This is the chance I have been waiting forâ€, 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. I agreed immediately. I have…
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). The site of the scheduled…