Comments Thread For: Arthur Abraham Not Sure of His Next Career Move

[Battle*Hardened]

Abraham has the same problem that Kelly Pavlik has. You give him a guy who can move away from his power shots, and he doesn't know what to do.
All three of his loses, Dirrell, Ward and even surprisingly Froch, all moved.

Abraham is a one trick pony. He needs to learn to cut the ring, corner his opponents and unload. He still has good power. Match carefully he can compete with guys who like him come forward.

Pavlik would KO AA. I don't even think their comparable.

[BoxingTube]

Abraham simply too passive to compete on the top echelon. He's lacking a critical footwork that's required to beat likes of ward, Dirrell and froch. His power has compensated the lack of his footwork in the middleweight, but in the super middleweight his power is not efficient to KO his opponents the way he succeeded in the middleweight, and he's lacking an important technic of footwork he needed to succeed in the SMW. At this juncture I don't see any success for AA in the SMW, as he lost to most of the top SMW guys. The only ones left for his try are bute and Kessler, and I don't see him beat either of those guys either. His pride dramatically was dropped down as he was exalted too high, beyond he deserved. If he wasn't lazy he could train at normal pace to stay at middleweight. From watching his training videos, it's clear that AA doesn't like training. He and his team rely on his power, but what good can his power do if he can't hit the target? The Bear is stronger than the rabbit, but the bear can't catch the rabbit. Today's boxing no longer is about excitement but competition. They don't stand in front of you to exchange with punches. Today's boxers are sissy cats, they run and hide. They care about their robbed win, they don't give a damn about the fans. Thanks to Dirrell that served froch and ward as a copy machine, as they both used Dirrell to copy his blueprint.

[BoxingTube]

Pavlik would KO AA. I don't even think their comparable.

Pavlik is another bungler, he won't be able to beat AA, in fact I believe AA will KO pavlik if they fight, which I think they should. Pavlik ducked AA in the middleweight. I hope pavlik realizes that he has nothing to lose in the SMW to take on AA. I want to see pavlik vs froch and pavlik vs Abraham.

[hyeduk]

Feel bad for Abraham. One can only imagine what he's going through now

[sdcluser]

Abraham has the same problem that Kelly Pavlik has. You give him a guy who can move away from his power shots, and he doesn't know what to do.
All three of his loses, Dirrell, Ward and even surprisingly Froch, all moved.

Abraham is a one trick pony. He needs to learn to cut the ring, corner his opponents and unload. He still has good power. Match carefully he can compete with guys who like him come forward.

He simply does not have enough physical attributes in terms of athleticism and quickness to make it to the next level. He is simply too....SLOW for the elite. He can move down but it will change very little at the top level. He can't throw a good jab nor a straight from either hand. He throws a lot of loopy hooks and that's about it. Stay in Germany and make some $$.

[ChopperRead]

AA certainly gave a better showing against Ward that he did vs Froch ... that being said, his fall from grace has been swift and brutal. I hope he can find a way back.

[IRISH LULLABY]

If he's still able to make the weight, the best possible option for him is to move back down to 160. He doesn't have the dimensions in his game to defeat the elite fighters at 168 and certainly not at 175 and his power would become a greater force at middleweight.

[budhram]

The only time Abraham looked good was when Ward decided to trade with him. When SOG Ward boxed him, AA looked mediocre and lost.
SOG could've boxed him all night and it would've been entertaining nontheless.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Pavlik is the obvious fight.

[*OG Wenger*]

I don't think he believes he can make 160 anymore. I think the champions at 175 are not as good as the supermiddleweights right now and Abraham has fought at that weight before, thats where he should go.

I have read some pretty ******ed things on this forum but 'Abraham should fight at 175' is right up there.