There probably was a lot of money on round 2 given what was known about each man heading in, but it looked like it was a genuine injury. Probably just a coincidence. If it was staged, Bozic should immediately switch over to an acting career as that was a very convincing performance.
Flashback to 2006: Arthur Abraham and Kelly Pavlik, two rising stars destined to unify the middleweight division in a mega fight with one another. Now, 2011: Two of the unluckiest *******s in all of boxing!
:conf Incidentally, I Giffified this momentous occasion after just finishing watching it. Knockout number 26! This content is protected
ray mercer fghts bert cooper for half the fight with a broken jaw. ali fights norton for 11 rounds with a broken jaw. danny williams shoulder and arm are dangling and hes winging punches with one arm. gatti broke his hand in one of the ward fights...some people fight through it, some try to fight through it...some quit like a little ***** in round 2....fighters you to be tough guys...now they are big babies...the guy randal baikey through out the ring lracves on a strecher with a neck brace...give me a break...cintron acts llike he was shot with a bazooka...
i find it disturbing that im told two bookies have stopped taking bets on round 2 on friday and then the fight ends in this manner in round 2
I'm actually thinking that at AA's age, it is already difficult for him to change his style even if he get a new coach. Once he got hit, he will get back to his old style. He is already an old dog.
It's hard to say whether he did indeed hurt his hand, but he certainly never struck him on his elbow or anywhere dangerous like that. It was simply on the arm. Abraham was landing some bombs in that 2nd round too, maybe he took the easy way out. Feel sorry for Abraham though.
yes this was a failure for Arthur who needed a glorified sparring session to hang loose and just beat a guy in a low stakes fight but this is a moral victory he snapped a 2 loss streak and also got to beat a guy in front of his home audience proving to his fans im still here support me im not giving Abraham too much of a chance but Ward cant hurt him and like to be inside or in other words Abraham will be there the whole fight and Ward will be close by if anything Abraham can hit I hope he comes out of his shell and takes it to Ward