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Public Radio, Armenia
Jan 6 2012
Arthur Abraham: I have only one goal, I want to be world champion again
06.01.2012 14:10
Former IBF middleweight champion and Super Six World Boxing Classic
semi-finallist 'King' Arthur Abraham is not letting convincing defeats
by Carl Froch and Andre Ward send him into retirement.
The Armenia-born boxer returns on January 14 when he takes on Pablo
Farias in Offenburg.
January is not a popular fight date for most boxers because it means
that they have to train through the Christmas and the New Year
festivities. `I trained all the time. No matter whether it was
Saturday, Sunday, Christmas or New Yearīs Day - I did not miss a
single training session. I did not complain about the hard training.
Itīs part of an athlete's life. Itīs not that bad to skip the sweets
and the good food during Christmas time,' Abraham said in an interview
with BoxRec News.
Ask how he dealt with criticism following the losses in the Super Six
tournament, Arthur Abraham said: `If you lose, you get criticized.
That's fine with me and that is something you have to live with. But I
am not thinking about it any more. I have put it behind me. I am
focusing on the future now.'
`You cannot change the past. You just have to accept it and try to
improve in the future. I would not say I boxed `poorly' or committed a
lot of mistakes. I just was too passive in the fights. I have prepared
well for the fight in Offenburg but that is not any different from the
last bouts. However, I will try to be more active, try to punch more,'
he said.
`Fans can look forward to seeing the old Arthur Abraham, the one who
won the world title and made ten successful defenses,' the boxer said.
Jan 6 2012
Arthur Abraham: I have only one goal, I want to be world champion again
06.01.2012 14:10
Former IBF middleweight champion and Super Six World Boxing Classic
semi-finallist 'King' Arthur Abraham is not letting convincing defeats
by Carl Froch and Andre Ward send him into retirement.
The Armenia-born boxer returns on January 14 when he takes on Pablo
Farias in Offenburg.
January is not a popular fight date for most boxers because it means
that they have to train through the Christmas and the New Year
festivities. `I trained all the time. No matter whether it was
Saturday, Sunday, Christmas or New Yearīs Day - I did not miss a
single training session. I did not complain about the hard training.
Itīs part of an athlete's life. Itīs not that bad to skip the sweets
and the good food during Christmas time,' Abraham said in an interview
with BoxRec News.
Ask how he dealt with criticism following the losses in the Super Six
tournament, Arthur Abraham said: `If you lose, you get criticized.
That's fine with me and that is something you have to live with. But I
am not thinking about it any more. I have put it behind me. I am
focusing on the future now.'
`You cannot change the past. You just have to accept it and try to
improve in the future. I would not say I boxed `poorly' or committed a
lot of mistakes. I just was too passive in the fights. I have prepared
well for the fight in Offenburg but that is not any different from the
last bouts. However, I will try to be more active, try to punch more,'
he said.
`Fans can look forward to seeing the old Arthur Abraham, the one who
won the world title and made ten successful defenses,' the boxer said.