No respect for Arthur Abraham
Is this the most protected fighter in the biz, or what?
Since that terrible decision against Miranda, he has fought a string of nobodies. Now Elvin Ayala? Who lost to David Banks--twice? How does he even get into the title picture? Because of a draw with overblown Contender champ Mora? C'mon...
He is fighting a list of losers like I have never seen a 'champion' do before. And they continue to do their best to accommodate him by not sanctioning a mandatory or a #1 or #2 contender. What a crock!
I give him credit for his wins over Ikeke (Mwt) & Jantuah (LtMwt), but he refuses to fight any real top ten guys, I really wish Winky would have taken the contract to dispose of this overrated boxer, and I think a fight with G. Lorenzo would be the perfect remedy at this time. But again, he seems to disappear from anything that might pose a real risk to his record.
Don't get me wrong; I think he still might be able to make waves in this division, but until he steps up the competition, he will always remain overrated in my book.
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To be fair he fought pretty decent competition on the way to his title and then took the fight against Miranda. Its just since then he's gone into a shell, I mean a few keep busy type fights is one thing but four in a row? Needs to get his shit together.
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He has to protect his paper title. Those things rip real easily.
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lance Uppercut
He has to protect his paper title. Those things rip real easily.
LOL... yes they do!;D
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...for him fighting a guy who just got a draw with mora and then two losses count em' two against banks is pretty sad. A tune up fight is one thing but when you start beating up ordinary people off the street...............anyhow just fight miranda again abraham.
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Mar
...for him fighting a guy who just got a draw with mora and then two losses count em' two against banks is pretty sad. A tune up fight is one thing but when you start beating up ordinary people off the street...............anyhow just fight miranda again abraham.
hehehe too funny man. Check this out though:
2008-06-07?
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States12
~ IBF middleweight title ~
bout subject to commission approval / change
He is coming over here to fight. I wonder if he is trying to line something up with Duddy? Nah I doubt it, Duddy bats over .500 in KO's! hehehe
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Deanrw
hehehe too funny man. Check this out though:
2008-06-07?
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, United States12
~ IBF middleweight title ~
bout subject to commission approval / change
He is coming over here to fight. I wonder if he is trying to line something up with Duddy? Nah I doubt it, Duddy bats over .500 in KO's! hehehe
If Pavlik needs a dance partner for the 7th of June and Abraham is going to be fighting on that date then why don't they fight each other? I have never seen Abraham fight so I have nothing bad to say about him but I really wouldn't mind seeing pavlik in the ring against him.
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I do not like what Abrahams is doing but I think in the long term he is doing what is best for his career. The picture of his jaw being broke and still fighting on against Miranda shows a lot of guts and he does need a lot of time to recover. It is his livelihood and he does need to protect himself. Miranda may have the respect but I believe Abraham will have a longer and more lucrative career. He will choose when he fights Miranda and it will be when he is ready and probably when Miranda is not. (my spell checker is not working)
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Abraham is another Svenn Ottke or Daruisz Michalzweski...it's a shame, he's got good skills....GOOD but not great.
Abraham is a guy people would LIKE to see....but they would also like to see him test himself like Jermain Taylor or Kelly Pavlik or even Edison Miranda.
Abraham is a flat out disgrace to the middleweight division
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I know...its boxrec...but still...
Looks like AA is fighting in Madison Square Garden at Jun 7th against an not named opponent...:o
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I know...its boxrec...but still...
Looks like AA is fighting in Madison Square Garden at Jun 7th against an not named opponent...:o
Arthur Abraham
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Man... if it will be Pavlik vs Abraham on Jun 7th...it will be great...FOTY...
Kelly Pavlik
But its only boxrec so far...so I won't get my hopes to high...
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He's fought decent guys they arent to be just written off, but he does need to fight either Sturm or Pavlik soon. I would say Sturm makes more sense being the battle for Germany, but will they risk their current status to do it? Umm Miranda isn't in the picture because he cant make the weight and I don't think Abraham is gonna go out of his way to rematch a guy he beat, so once again Miranda is just saying stupid shit...I thought he was fighting Ayala as his first fight here in the U.S. but I see it's taking place in Germany. Im wondering if its his send off fight, or if he's ever gonna leave Germany.
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JohnnyKickAss
Man... if it will be Pavlik vs Abraham on Jun 7th...it will be great...FOTY...
Kelly Pavlik
But its only boxrec so far...so I won't get my hopes to high...
Just noticed that. hmmmm Abraham and Pavlik both scheduled to fight at MSG on June 7th against unnamed opponents. Even if they do not fight each other on that date, there is definitely work being done in the background to match them up eventually.
