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By Jake Donovan - Seven months after losing his super middleweight title on the road, Robert Stieglitz enjoyed the mother of all homecomings.
A packed crowd of over 8,000 at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany saw their hometown favorite avenge last year’s narrow loss to Arthur Abraham with an emphatic stoppage win. Stieglitz was relentless from the opening bell, unloading on his prior conqueror before forcing the two-division titlist to quit on his stool at the start of the fourth round.
The book has been out on Abraham’s reputation as a notoriously slow starter. Stieglitz took advantage in the first fight and did so again on Saturday, attacking his familiar foe immediately from the opening bell. Abraham made a mid-round adjustment, finally letting his hands go, but the sequence was just a burst as Stieglitz resumed control in the final minute to outwork the defending titlist.
It was the closest that Abraham came to being competitive at any point in the fight.
Stieglitz continued to fight like a man hell-bent on revenge. The 31-year old had previously served as a super middleweight titlist for more than three years before conceding the crown in a tightly contested affair last August. There was nothing that was going to allow the title to leave his hometown on this night. [Click Here To Read More]
A packed crowd of over 8,000 at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, Germany saw their hometown favorite avenge last year’s narrow loss to Arthur Abraham with an emphatic stoppage win. Stieglitz was relentless from the opening bell, unloading on his prior conqueror before forcing the two-division titlist to quit on his stool at the start of the fourth round.
The book has been out on Abraham’s reputation as a notoriously slow starter. Stieglitz took advantage in the first fight and did so again on Saturday, attacking his familiar foe immediately from the opening bell. Abraham made a mid-round adjustment, finally letting his hands go, but the sequence was just a burst as Stieglitz resumed control in the final minute to outwork the defending titlist.
It was the closest that Abraham came to being competitive at any point in the fight.
Stieglitz continued to fight like a man hell-bent on revenge. The 31-year old had previously served as a super middleweight titlist for more than three years before conceding the crown in a tightly contested affair last August. There was nothing that was going to allow the title to leave his hometown on this night. [Click Here To Read More]