Arthur Abraham: record, next fight and profile →
WBO super middleweight champion Artur Abraham is backing up Wladimir Klitschko all the way to defeat Tyson Fury in their expected rematch in the next few months. Fury had a huge upset win last November when he boxed to a twelve round unanimous decision to capture Wladimir's IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight world titles in Dusseldorf, Germany.
On April 9th, welterweights Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley square off for the third time at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Who will round out the rest of the HBO pay-per-view card is coming together.
By Jake Donovan - The respective camps for Arthur Abraham and Gilberto Ramirez made the most of their extended negotiation period, as the two sides are close to reaching terms for a mandated super middleweight title fight showdown. Once finalized, the bout will be contested for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middle..
According to WBO world middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29KOs), he expects his mandatory fight with Mexico's Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24KOs) to be held on a date in March.
A deadline is in place for super middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham and unbeaten Gilberto Ramirez to work out terms for their mandatory title fight. The two sides are feverishly working in order to reach an agreement prior to January 8, at which point a purse bid hearing will be held at World Boxing Organization (WBO) headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Enough hope remains to where an extension could be offered in order to give both sides the necessary time to firm up details.
Negotiations have intensified for the mandatory fight between WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) of Germany and mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) of Mexico. The World Boxing Organization has ordered both sides to reach a deal or head to a purse bid on January 8th.
Super middleweight contender George Groves (21-3, 16KOs) is still very motivated to face the best fighters in his division and he wants to get to them next year. Groves returns to the ring on January 30th, when he faces Andrea Di Luisa at Copper Box Arena in London.
Mexican super middleweight contender Gilberto "Zurdo 'Ramirez (33-0, 24KOs), who hopes to become Mexico's first super middleweight champion, has no issue with traveling to Germany for his mandatory shot against Arthur Abraham, the champion of the division under the World Boxing Organization. Last month in Las Vegas, Ramirez won a decision over Gevorg Khantikian to stay busy. Abraham also had a win last month, with a tough decision victory over British boxer Martin Murray.
With their respective victories last week, WBO super middleweight belt-holder, Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29KOs) and mandatory challenger Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24KOs) are now scheduled to meet in the first quarter of 2016.
Martin Murray has vowed never to box abroad again after suffering his fourth world title defeat to Arthur Abraham in Germany. WBO world super-middleweight champion Abraham retained his belt via a split decision of 115-112, 112-115 and 116-111 but Murray, who wobbled the home fighter in the eighth, was left disappointed by the scoring - and not for the first time. The 33-year-old St Helens star (32-3-1-KO15) said: "I thought I had it and if it had been anywhere but Germany I would have got it.