Abraham vs Simon fight here - ENJOY!

[TheGreatA]

Abraham seemed to hold on and back up in one of the later rounds, maybe the 8th or the 9th. I'll watch it again and say which round it was.

[pesticid]

Abraham seemed to hold on and back up in one of the later rounds, maybe the 8th or the 9th. I'll watch it again and say which round it was.

It was the 8th. A really nice shot too!

[TheGreatA]

The left hook is at 30 minutes, 22 seconds in the video.

[pesticid]

I mean that was Simon's prayer shot, I don't even know how he managed to make it out of rounds 11 and 12. Simon is very tough. I think he could've taken that type of punishment for like 2 more rounds.

[BattlingNelson]

The left hook is at 30 minutes, 22 seconds in the video.

Yep. That's it. Rewatcing I must say that AA appeared hurt by that shot. He was shook to the boots. That might have been Simons career opportunity right there.

Another thought I had during the fight was that AA was open for some bodywork. I think Simon did to little of that also knowing about AA's weight problems that should have been a key tactic for Simon IMO.

[PBDS]

Indeed. I guess Simon surprised many by hanging in there. AA seemed to tired more easily than ever before. Especially following a big rally in the 5. or 6. round he looked tired. What also surprised me was that AA was stunned by a nice left hook in the middle of the fight. That made AA hold on.

Still a deserved decision win for Abraham but of course dissapointing that he didnt get the KO.

...Simon took some big shots well for sure. AA does seem to tire too easily and then he goes through stretches where he throws very little. When he's on the offensive he's so effective, but it seems like he fights in spurts because of stamina issues. It was still a good win and the people saying that AA sucks are completely full of ****. I liked the Lennox Lewis hold behind the head upper cut he threw in the 11th. Lennox got away with it, AA didn't.