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    Arthur Abraham defends IBF title
    16.03.2009 16:08 GMT+04:00



    PanARMENIAN.Net/ Arthur Abraham retained his IBF middleweight title
    with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Lajuan Simon on
    Saturday.

    Abraham pounded Simon, who finished with a swollen left eye, but could
    not land a knockout punch. Simon moved well and took a lot of
    punches, but his counter punches were few and never really troubled
    the champion, who defended the title for the ninth time and improved
    to 29-0.

    The judges scored it 117-110, 118-109 and 117-110 for Abraham, a
    naturalized German who was born in Armenia. "I am pleased with my
    performance tonight," Abraham said. "He was not a bad opponent and he
    took a lot and he fought bravely. It was important to win." He was
    hoping for a unification bout against Kelly Pavlik, who holds the WBO
    and WBC belts. "After that I will move into the super-middleweight
    division," Abraham said. He traditionally has trouble making the
    weight limit in the middleweight division and 15 pounds in 10 days
    before the fight. Simon lost for the first time in 25 fights. He also
    has two draws. "He was stronger than I thought, it was an interesting
    experience. I will be back," bostonherald.com cited Simon as saying.
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