Abraham-vs-Marquez has been MOVED to Nov. 8th!!!

[TigerFan]

Abraham has the flu and the bout will likely be rescheduled for Nov 8. Abraham-Marquez Off!

[Rotten Apple]

That really sucks for Marquez

[Diane]

Oh this sucks!!!

I was soooooooo looking forward to watching this fight today!!!!

[Deanrw]

Flu my ass!! He had 6 pounds to lose two days before the weight in. He made it and weakened himself doing so.

They are doing this so he can keep his belt IMO.

[LEGION]

[Deanrw]

I mean if Abraham was in a weakened and vulnerable state from making weight, he should not go ahead with the fight at this time. A fighters health should be held at the highest level.

It does not remove the fact that it was his responsibility to make the weight though, but where do you draw the line? If you strip him Marquez loses out also. At least the fight will still happen next month so all is not lost I guess.

[Greig]

Read this on fightnews.com

IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham's mandatory defense against Raul Marquez has been postponed after King Arthur woke up today with a fever, swollen lymph nodes and the typical complaints of a cold. He was immediately brought to the Erlangen University Hospital where ring physician Dr. Walter Wagner and a local specialist diagnosed a flu virus. The sad consequence is tonight's entire card has been postponed until November 8th. "I am incredibly sorry for my fans," said Abraham. "I wanted to fight, but in this physical condition, I can't climb into the ring. The doctors have forbidden me." Trainer Ulli Wegner added, "There is no way he can make a mandatory title defense in his current state. It is a pity but there is nothing we can do. I am very sorry for the fans. We'll try to get Arthur healthy again as soon as possible and will prepare him for the fight on November 8." Tickets for tonight's postponed card at the Jako Arena in Bamberg, Germany will be valid for the new date.


The story is accompanied by photos of Abraham lying in a hospital bed looking miserable and another of a doctor looking at his throat.

From what I've read Abraham may have had trouble making weight. Either way, going to university hospital because you have a cold is close to the weakest thing I've ever heard in my whole fucking life.

Say you've got the flu if you need to bullshit, but the university hospital and the stupid photos when real people with REAL illnesses can't get a bed??

WEAK AS PISS ABRAHAM.

[Salty]

You can't really expect him to compete in the most mentally and physically draining sport in the world when the man has a cold. He would get his head beaten in, give him a break, the fights still going to happen.

[Kev]

You can't really expect him to compete in the most mentally and physically draining sport in the world when the man has a cold. He would get his head beaten in, give him a break, the fights still going to happen.

haha I pissed myself when I read that. Not sure if you were being sarcastic or not but it sure sounded funny.

Abraham pulls out of the toughest, most manly sport on earth becuase he has a cold

Most fighters would have fought on, Winky had flu through his fight with Soliman and could barely speak.

It's rather ironic that Abraham fought bravely for 12 rounds with Miranda with his jaw hanging off his face, but pulls out of this fight with less than 24 hours becuase of a runny nose and sore throat

[Salty]

You can't really expect him to compete in the most mentally and physically draining sport in the world when the man has a cold. He would get his head beaten in, give him a break, the fights still going to happen.

haha I pissed myself when I read that. Not sure if you were being sarcastic or not but it sure sounded funny.

Abraham pulls out of the toughest, most manly sport on earth becuase he has a cold

Most fighters would have fought on, Winky had flu through his fight with Soliman and could barely speak.

It's rather ironic that Abraham fought bravely for 12 rounds with Miranda with his jaw hanging off his face, but pulls out of this fight with less than 24 hours becuase of a runny nose and sore throat

haha I know, he can survive nearly a whole fight with a broken jaw, yet can't with the sniffles? Sounds to me like he was having a hard time making weight and needed an excuse. It's not much you can do though, I just hope Marquez dominates him when the fight actually happens.

[Majesty]

You can't really expect him to compete in the most mentally and physically draining sport in the world when the man has a cold. He would get his head beaten in, give him a break, the fights still going to happen.

haha I pissed myself when I read that. Not sure if you were being sarcastic or not but it sure sounded funny.

Abraham pulls out of the toughest, most manly sport on earth becuase he has a cold

Most fighters would have fought on, Winky had flu through his fight with Soliman and could barely speak.

It's rather ironic that Abraham fought bravely for 12 rounds with Miranda with his jaw hanging off his face, but pulls out of this fight with less than 24 hours becuase of a runny nose and sore throat

haha I know, he can survive nearly a whole fight with a broken jaw, yet can't with the sniffles? Sounds to me like he was having a hard time making weight and needed an excuse. It's not much you can do though, I just hope Marquez dominates him when the fight actually happens.

Are you speaking out of knowledge of boxing or hate for Abraham?

Don't expect him to NOT knock Marquez out.

[p4pking]

You can't really expect him to compete in the most mentally and physically draining sport in the world when the man has a cold. He would get his head beaten in, give him a break, the fights still going to happen.

haha I pissed myself when I read that. Not sure if you were being sarcastic or not but it sure sounded funny.

Abraham pulls out of the toughest, most manly sport on earth becuase he has a cold

Most fighters would have fought on, Winky had flu through his fight with Soliman and could barely speak.

It's rather ironic that Abraham fought bravely for 12 rounds with Miranda with his jaw hanging off his face, but pulls out of this fight with less than 24 hours becuase of a runny nose and sore throat

Ironic?? Maybe if he had a worse cold before the Miranda fight and had chose not to pull out, it would be ironic. Sounds more just like bad luck to me. Why would there really be any correlation between physical pain he overcame in a fight to win, and not wanting to enter the ring sick for another one? Having said that it does sound like a bit of a BS excuse to me but who knows.

[Markusdarkus]

If hes ill hes ill its a career here. Its not as if he is in anyway scared of Marques, who lets be honest hasnt been brought in to beat Abrahams.

[XaduBoxer]

When I've seen AA's face during the weigh-in, I predicted Raul to KO him... AA was too drained... Good that he caught some cold virus in the morning...

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

it says "flu virus".