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ARTHUR ABRAHAM: I WANTED TO LET ORAL ATTACK EARLY DOORS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 13:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Unbeaten middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham
retained his IBF title with a thrilling tenth-round technical knockout
over German-based Turk Mahir Oral (on Saturday night at the Max
Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. Abraham scored five knockdowns
in all, including three in round ten before Oral's corner stopped
the fight.
On Saturday, Oral got off to a good start, making good use of his jab
and trying to exploit his advantage in reach. King Arthur started out
defensively. "I am a rather slow starter," he explained. "Sometimes it
takes a little longer until I really get going. That is why I wanted
to let Oral attack early doors. But then I gave my best and gave the
right answers," fightnews.com cited Abraham as saying.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 13:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Unbeaten middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham
retained his IBF title with a thrilling tenth-round technical knockout
over German-based Turk Mahir Oral (on Saturday night at the Max
Schmeling Halle in Berlin, Germany. Abraham scored five knockdowns
in all, including three in round ten before Oral's corner stopped
the fight.
On Saturday, Oral got off to a good start, making good use of his jab
and trying to exploit his advantage in reach. King Arthur started out
defensively. "I am a rather slow starter," he explained. "Sometimes it
takes a little longer until I really get going. That is why I wanted
to let Oral attack early doors. But then I gave my best and gave the
right answers," fightnews.com cited Abraham as saying.