Tell me about Arthur Abraham

We agree to disagree.

I agree with your last sentence, though.

After his fight against Demers I thought he's unbeatable, his handspeed, his combinations looked great.

But against Gevor he looked ordinary again.

It's really hard to predict how far he can go. Hopefully he'll be in a meaningful fight soon.

 

Wow, some good replies in here.

He looked ordinary again cause he turned more into a slugger and boxed less. I think also because he came in so pumped up. When I saw him throwing only powershots ... well the side-effects of being pumped up like that. atsch

If Abraham drops a few muscles, becomes fluid and fast again, he will automaticly box more and not only depend on slugfests. I know he likes slugging but he should refrain from beeing one-dimensional, otherwise boxers like Taylor will eat him for breakfast. The old fast Abraham will beat Taylor but this new version .... hmmm, it simply depends on Taylors Ego. If he think he can slug it out with AA he ll lose.

Against Pavlik I totaly agree with this reply. If Pavlik boxes like he did against Marinda, AA will have huge problems, also since I find his blocking too passive in comparison to for instance Mayweather who on the defense is still looking for possibilities to get in a good return and never stops moving. Against Gevor he got away with it cause Gevor was lacking the bang in his fists but against Pavlik it'll be different.

Pavlik will only lose if he stops boxing and wants to play "The Destroyer", cause this is AA's specialty and even though he is slugging he is very very accurate, since he never loses his cool.

 

BTW against Demers Abraham was as muscular as against Gevor. Abraham could have done better against Gevor though, his trainer was not pleased in the corner with Abraham.

 

I thought after the Miranda fight in which Kelly ate some vicious right hands and kept coming for Miranda, the untested chin **** was put to bed.

 

I think Abraham was too confident of destroying Gevor. He won't overlook a fighter like Pavlik or Taylor and will even train harder and trying another gameplan against both. His coach Ulli Wegner will find the right tactics to make AA a worthy contender when he fights them...

 

He didnt struggle with Miranad up to the point his jaw was broken.The Armenian twice broke his jaw,and was bleeding and losing blodd like a shot pig.I guess that is why he "struggled " with Miranda for the remaining 7 rounds.
By the way throughout their entire encounter Abraham seemed to be the one who was more likely to take out his foe,and not vice versa.
Lets put it this way:Miranda wasnt able to stop an severely injured opponent.
What does this tell you about Abraham,and Miranda?
Apart from Miranda Pavlik hasnt faced a single recognisable name in his whole pro career.Abraham has a proven track record.He has beaten quite a bunch of good opponents.The same cant be said about Pavlik.
Taylor? Abraham can be outboxed,and Talyor has the tools to do that.Could go either way IMO.