Abraham: I'm moving up now!

[MELLY-MEL...]

I saw the show in TV here in Germany. There were some spotlights on the development of the fighters before the bout.

AA lost some 14lbs before the fight with Oral, within 25 days. For the fight vs. Simon he had to lose even more weight, and did so in about two weeks. This weight loss was so bad for his health, that he was out of gas in the fight, and just won by points.

He is having difficulties making weight. When not fighting, he is at 176+lbs, and going down to 160 means losing 16+lbs. Not healthy. Going to 168 is an improvement for his health (if Kessler is an improvement to AA health - we'll see).

The reporter tried to nail AA to the point of "going up" or not. AA agreed he'll go up, since the fights with Sturm or Pavlik were still not fixed.

many fighters lost more than 16 lbs. he may very well have outgrown mw, but a month to lose the weight is unacceptable.

[Silencers]

It was a matter of time. Now I'm waiting for Arum and/or Pavlik's camp to say Abraham ran out of the division out of fear.

[BattlingNelson]

Bat, i just saw the fight (he just finished his interview on showtime)

he DID NOT say he's definitely moving up to SMW

he said "middleweight, supermiddleweight - i'll be where ever the big fights are"

he expressed his desire to fight pavlik and to chase his dreams of having huge fights in the united states

He said it in the postfight interview on german TV.

[rizkybizness]

He said it in the postfight interview on german TV.

all i know is that he said MW or SMW, wherever the big fights are

after he beat oral on showtime

i guess he's either lying to america or to germany

[the_blueprint]

Pavlik should follow AA up to SMW so the talent in that division is gonna be serious

Abraham
Pavlik
Kessler
Andrade
Ward
Bute
Froch
Bika
Green
Dirrell
Taylor

And possibly Dawson moving down!!

yeah thats a serious weight class

[BattlingNelson]

all i know is that he said MW or SMW, wherever the big fights are

after he beat oral on showtime

i guess he's either lying to america or to germany

Prefight there was also conflicting statements to german media and boxingscene.com.

It's not out of the question that they are trying to put some pressure on team Pavlik to make the unification happen.

[black.ink]

It's been old news now that Abraham insisted he will be heading to 168. I'm glad he had confirmed it. Arum has had his chance to make the Pavlik fight.

Abraham/Kessler anybody? I think so....

[rizkybizness]

Prefight there was also conflicting statements to german media and boxingscene.com.

It's not out of the question that they are trying to put some pressure on team Pavlik to make the unification happen.

yup, i hope pavlik-AA materializes QUICK

arum, pavlik whoever the hell is responsible for this **** not happening, needs to wake the hell up and make it ***in happen. no more bull****tin with the lockets, rubios and orals - TOP DOG VS TOP DOG

i think pavliks workrate will bother abraham as abrahams power will bother pavlik. its a very intriguing match up that the world wants to see at 160!

damn politics

[BattlingNelson]

It's been old news now that Abraham insisted he will be heading to 168. I'm glad he had confirmed it. Arum has had his chance to make the Pavlik fight.

Abraham/Kessler anybody? I think so....

Kessler was the one mentioned on german TV. They called it a "Wahnsinnskampf".

Kessler is wellknown in Germany having ko'ed both Beyer and Haussler. In Abraham they'll be looking for some sweet revenge.

[Mr. Philadel]

Good. **** waitin around for Pavlik. He needs AA more than AA needs him at this point.

so true.......so true!!!