Severe dehydration might force Abraham to 168.

[Addition]

This will delay a possible fight with Pavlik.

[kayjay]

This will delay a possible fight with Pavlik.

No it won't. They're both big middleweights and can fight at a different weight.


It will give Arum some bargaining power though.

[The Surgeon]

No it won't. They're both big middleweights and can fight at a different weight.


It will give Arum some bargaining power though.

Yeah both have fought above the middle weight limit before and both look set for SMW in the near future

[PRboxingfan]

AA is a joke! Faking the flu to get out of a fight is a new low for him. Just be honest and say that you drained yourself and you're too much of a ***** to get in the square circle. That's all real boxing fans need to hear.

[Addition]

No it won't. They're both big middleweights and can fight at a different weight.


It will give Arum some bargaining power though.

Very True.

[BattlingNelson]

This sounds believable.

They did reschedule the fight though. That wouldn't make as much sense if it were a weight issue.

But the indications are that AA is having immense problems making 160. It might be Marquez and then a move up.

[MANGLER]

AA seemed legitimately strained, be it sickness, dehydration or whatever. Sucks cuz even tho I figured him to be beaten, I wanted to see a gutsy guy like Raul get his one last shot and interested in the fight. Looks like we got us anotha fighter who can't make weight and may have to move up if the flu thing is false, but I'd give AA the benefit of the doubt for now.

[Ryn0]

Ugh, so much for Pavlik-Abraham. Actually I would look forward to Abraham-Kessler and Pavlik will move up eventually, unfortunatly once Pavlik moves up it leaves 160 barren even more so that before.

[BattlingNelson]

Abraham looks pretty bad here:



Here he is preparing for the weigh-in:



Maybe participation in the german version of "dancing with the stars" harmed him?

[deanrw]

That is what i was saying all day yesterday. I even posted these symptoms of dehydration for comparison:

"Check this out:


If dehydration is allowed to continue unabated, when the total fluid loss reaches 5% the following effects of dehydration are normally experienced:

• Increased heart rate
• Increased respiration
• Decreased sweating
• Decreased urination
• Increased body temperature
• Extreme fatigue
• Muscle cramps
• Headaches
• Nausea
• Tingling of the limbs
• Chills"