Clip: Abraham stops Ikeke

[Neuraxis]

I don't see why it was stopped.
Was the fight an even one up until that point?

It would have been 50-44 had the fight not been stopped, had he beat the count, and had he survived the rest of the round.

[LondonRingRules]

Anyone know their ring weights? Ikeke had to fast for 30 hrs and dehydrate to make weight. I'm guess he was the same as Winky, 170+ and Abraham was the same as Soliman, 159 or so.

[AintGottaClue]

well bozo where is your responce? i thought so

[.::EnRiQuE::.]

well bozo where is your responce? i thought so

hehehehe.......

[Bozo_no no]

well bozo where is your responce? i thought so

Maybe you missed by response, which isn't suprizing with your 10th grade comprehension level.

Here it is again:

Where did you download it from?

Ikeke didn't fight poorly, Abraham is a sharper puncher, and was hungry.

Either you didn't see the fight, or are making (usual) hatefull comments towards other middleweights because you're swinging from Strum's sack.

Abraham was the better fighter. That doesn't mean Ikeke ******. He got beat by the better man last night.

[AintGottaClue]

Maybe you missed by response, which isn't suprizing with your 10th grade comprehension level.

Here it is again:



Abraham was the better fighter. That doesn't mean Ikeke ******. He got beat by the better man last night.

yes arthur is better then ikeke, not being said that ikeke wasnt really that good anyway lmao and i answered your question, where i get my fights from, u didnt answer that, same old insults are boring bozo,

[Bozo_no no]

No more boring than your hate towards any middleweight thats not Strum, junior.

[Soliloquy]

Felix Sturm really has balls. He takes on blown up welterweights and nobodies in Germany. He will get exposed soon enough I'm sure.

[kadyo's]

Arthur Abraham (19-0, 17 KOs) won the vacant IBF middleweight world title with a fifth round stoppage of Kingsley Ikeke (23-2, 13 KOs) Saturday night at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany. Abraham, who was very sharp, was able to hit Ikeke almost at will the entire fight. He finished the 6'4 Ikeke in the fifth with a series of hard shots punctuated by a crushing left hook to prompt a referee's stoppage at 1:36. Ikeke was in the process of collapsing to the deck when referee Samuel Viruet stepped in.

I actually didn't like this stoppage. Yes, Ikeke was hurt, and he did go down, but I don't see any reason why he shouldn't have gotten a count when he went down. It's not like the 7 consecutive bombs Corrales hit Castillo with in their 1st fight. Ikeke was hurt, but he's pretty tall and has no legs. IMO the ref stepped in way too soon and after a glancing blow. Ikeke would have went down, and should have got a count.

wow! thanks again bozo!!!

[Red_Menace]

Looks like a ref had a clear view of the guys eyes. I may be wrong, but I think they stop fights if they see certain reactions in the fighters eyes. I'm not sure if they're looking for the eyes rolling around, rolling back into their head, staring off into space or any of the above. Could be that the ref could see something in the guys face that we couldn't. I've seen guys take a lot worse before they stop it though.