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German-Armenian Boxer Crowned New World Super Middlweight Champion
BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—Germany's Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan in Yerevan) is the new world WBO super middleweight champion after his unanimous win over compatriot Robert Stieglitz on Aug. 25.
Arthur Abraham from Germany celebrates after defeating Robert Stieglitz after their WBO title bout at the O2 Arena in Berlin. Abraham is the new world WBO super middleweight champion after his unanimous win over Stieglitz. (AFP Phot
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He was lucky he won. He took off the last two rounds. I was screaming at my screen for him to throw punches in the 12th. It disappointed me to see an Armenian athlete get lazy as he did and always does. If anyone can connect with this guy, tell him to get a new trainer – an American one like Teddy Atlas or Ronnie Shields – so he can become a world champion and not just a paper champion. Like a lot of Armenian boxers, he was blessed with tremendous power but the guy is extremely lazy, has slow feet, no championship level endurance, a poor work rate and can’t fight inside – something necessary for a shorter fighter. It saddens me that Armenia’s best athlete is as lazy as he is.
It is always easy to sit aside or out of the ring, judge and make decisions. Positive critics is always good and fruitful. Abraham, I saw you few months ago on Armenian TV (Hye loor). You are3 promising. Don’t give up. Fight for your right fight for your NATION. We love you and I am sure everybody else does the same. Glauben Sie mir. Wir brauchen viel mehr Armenian Championen . Keep your chin up. May be our friend was right. Think twice before you change your trainer.
Look, all I am saying is that if this guy had half the discipline Vic Darchinyan has or half the workout habits Vanes Martirosyan has, he’d be a household name GLOBALLY. Instead he is a lazy guy, who does not learn from his mistakes. He’ll never be great and that is what is truly sad., because of any Armenian athlete since Andre Agassi, he had the potential.
Mark, he’s a World Champion, despite his “laziness” he became Great.. Whatever he’s doing seems to work for him. Most of of us would probably die of exhaustion after 1 day of workouts with him. Congratulations Arthur, excuse me, World Champion Arthur. We’re really proud of you. You’re the man!