Comments Thread For: Arthur Abraham Confirms 160 Drop: Don't Write Me Off!

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Former world champion Abraham is to return to middleweight to revive his career after three defeats from five bouts at super-middleweight, it was announced Saturday.

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[Ray*]

Just too small for 168 but then he's struggling to cut weigh and be health at 160..

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

hope he can make some noise again he is fun to watch

[DigitalBeast]

Just too small for 168 but then he's struggling to cut weigh and be health at 160..

Read the last bit of the article. Reading just the headline is ******. Don't be ******. As long as the skill is there, a 5'10" guy can easily enough fight guys who are a bit over 6'. In Arthur's case, however, he may not be simply too small, but not quick enough to compensate. He may be a powerhouse, but sometimes that alone won't get it done. If he was a bit more zippy, he'd been ok at 168. My take on it.

[spoonwars]

Read the last bit of the article. Reading just the headline is ******. Don't be ******. As long as the skill is there, a 5'10" guy can easily enough fight guys who are a bit over 6'. In Arthur's case, however, he may not be simply too small, but not quick enough to compensate. He may be a powerhouse, but sometimes that alone won't get it done. If he was a bit more zippy, he'd been ok at 168. My take on it.

His powerhouse style is better off for opponents of the 160 weight class than 168.

[SplitSecond]

nothing to do with size, he lost to the better men, when he stepped up, he got stepped on

but i like the move down, lets see martinez-abraham

[Sergio11]

Martinez Abraham I like as well

[Hitman932]

People who say Abraham is too small for 168 are idiots.

He's like 1 inch shorter than Mike Tyson.

Abraham's problem has never been his height, it's the fact that he sucks.

[-Kev-]

Just too small for 168 but then he's struggling to cut weigh and be health at 160..

Tyson was 5 11 at HW. Chris Byrd was a pretty solid HW at just 6'. Eddie Chambers is also a short HW at 6 1, has the height of a SMW-LHW but still a solid HW. Glen Johnson is 5 11, just 1 inch taller than Abraham, he was a solid LHW, and is a solid SMW.

I think it's just that they're too good for him.

But I know what you're saying. His height combined with this style is a disaster for him at 168.

[Pugilistic™]

Abraham was really struggling to make 160 before he moved up.

It's his choice though, Maybe Martinez - Abraham can happen.